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Metal Binder Jetting

Your end-to-end metallurgical partner for functional 3D printed metal parts with high complexity in volume production. With the largest binder jetting systems and the manufacturing infrastructure for industrialization, let's scale Metal Binder Jetting.
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Metal Binder Jetting: A realistic method for 3D printing in volume production

How it works:

An industrial printhead selectively deposits a liquid binding agent onto a thin layer of metal powder particles to build high-value and one-of-a-kind parts and tooling. The process is repeated layer by layer, using a map from a digital design file, until the object is complete. Metal materials are cured and sintered after printing to achieve densities greater than 97%, in line with metal injection molding (MIM) and better than investment castings.

 

Why Metal Binder Jetting?

ADVANTAGES OF THE TECHNOLOGY:

  • Quick print speeds for volume production output
  • Parts with internal geometries
  • Design freedom for complex designs
  • Greater complexity and better surface finish and feature details compared to investment casing designs
  • Wide range of material possibilities
  • Geometries that are difficult to produce in hard tooling
  • Larger sized components for production
  • No required initial tooling or retooling

EXPLORE ALL BINDER JETTING CHARACTERISTICSS

Our Technology Portfolio

SCALABLE 3D PRINTER PORTFOLIO

SYSTEM DETAILS

Industrialized 3D Printing Systems

Unlocking complex part designs for volume production in metal binder jetting.

X160Pro

  • Build area of 800 x 500 x 400 mm (31.5 x 19.7 x 15.8 in)
  • Serial production through our fully automated cell with continuous sintering

X25Pro

  • Suitable for medium-sized production, R&D and prototyping
  • Build area of 400 x 250 x 250 mm (15.75 x 9.84 x 9.84 in)

METALLURGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE & EXPERTISE

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In-House Metallurgy Processes

Enabling high volume Binder Jetting with 250,000 sq ft of metallurgical operations. 

DSB Technologies holds the world's largest installed capacity of high temperature sintering furnaces - a core process step needed for most metal Binder Jetting alloys. 

With over 40 years of metallurgy experience, we bring an extensive infrastructure of processes and equipment to support volume production of metal additive manufacturing every step of the process, from designing for AM to post-printing sintering and secondary machining.

Sintering Capacity

The largest capacity of high temperature sintering in North America coupled with over 40 years of metallurgical expertise

Material Development

Broad range of material availability, new material and alloy development, and strong interest in lightweighting applications

Production Portfolio

In-house printing, sintering, secondary machining, and automation to lead volume production in Metal Binder Jetting

Metal Binder Jetting: Design Features

Geometric Freedom

Because of the process's capabilities to support parts through sintering and control distortion, Binder Jetting allows for design freedom to create undercuts, complex internal channels, lattices, sharp edges and corners, surface textures, and fine features.

Reduced Support Structures

Binder Jetting minimizes the support structures needed by using the powder bed itself to support the part while printing. Sinter support structures can also be printed at the same time - separate from the part - to reduce the need for support structure removal after printing and sintering.

Part Accuracy

To ensure part accuracy, we have the ability to manage shrinkage during sintering. Also, post-sintering secondary operations can support qualifying key dimensions and addressing surface finish requirements.

Thinner Wall Thickness

Thinner wall thicknesses aid in the removal of the binder prior to sintering, and more uniform wall thicknesses minimize the potential for distortion and cracking during sintering.

Printing Speed

Binder Jetting print speeds are much faster than competing additive processes, opening the door for the possibility of higher volumes and more cost-competitive finished parts.

No Tooling

With the ability for iterative design changes in a single build, Binder Jetting eliminates the need for expensive upfront tooling costs and retooling - significantly reducing lead times.

Internal Geometries

Binder Jetting excels at producing parts with internal geometries as the powder acts as the support structure to the internal cavities and is easy to remove as long as there is some open passageway to the surface.

Light-Weighting

Binder Jetting supports light-weighting not only by controlling the fill ratio through lattice structures, but also by providing a porous initial structure that can be sintered to maintain the porous structure, infiltrated to create a composite structure, or sintered to high density.

Metal Additive Manufacturing Resources

DESIGN GUIDE

Metal AM Technology Characteristics

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WEBINAR

The Metal Binder Jetting Process

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WEBINAR

Achieving Large Scale Metal Binder Jetting

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