With the acquisition and set up of a brand new Manufacturing System P-50 and a number of other different steel binder jetting techniques from Desktop Steel, Pennsylvania-based FreeFORM now owns the world’s largest fleet of Desktop Steel binder jet 3D printers for serial manufacturing of end-use components.
In all, FreeFORM now operates 25 DM printers, together with Manufacturing System, Store System, and X-Collection fashions that may effectively produce small- to midsize elements for corporations who’ve extremely complicated half designs or face provide chain disruptions.
“FreeFORM’s funding in steel binder jetting demonstrates our continued dedication to using world-class additive manufacturing processes to satisfy the wants of our prospects,” mentioned Nate Higgins, President of FreeFORM. “This addition of DM printers strengthens our capabilities on this space, permitting us to offer better price effectivity and pace to market.”

FreeFORM now gives additive manufacturing of a variety of metals, together with 17-4PH, 316L, and 420 stainless steels, in addition to 4130, 4140 and 4340 low-alloy steels, S7 and M2 instrument steels, and infiltrated supplies.
FreeFORM’s main investor is Ryerson Holding Company (NYSE: RYI), a number one value-added processor and distributor of business metals, with operations in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and China.
Beforehand, FreeFORM owned 9 Desktop Steel binder jetting techniques. The corporate is already 3D printing manufacturing jobs for purchasers globally and has produced greater than 350,000 components with binder jetting know-how up to now. These prospects from from numerous adoption segments starting from industrial equipment to protection, medical, robotic, and the buyer items markets. FreeFORM amenities are additionally geared up with conventional manufacturing and high quality management instruments.
“Desktop Steel is delighted to see a startup with deep expertise in powder steel and sinter-based applied sciences pushing the boundaries of what steel binder jet 3D printing know-how can do,” mentioned Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Steel. “FreeFORM is main the best way amongst our Tremendous Fleet house owners, which we outline as prospects utilizing three or extra of our Additive Manufacturing 2.0 techniques. Desktop Steel now has a whole bunch of Tremendous Fleet prospects worldwide delivering last manufacturing of steel, polymer, and ceramic components with our binder jet additive manufacturing techniques. We stay assured that the price, high quality and materials flexibility provided by binder jetting will proceed its momentum in serial AM manufacturing.”