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61 additive manufacturing .” Although 3D printing is not a new phenomenon , gaining access to the wide range of materials customers need for metal parts has proved a significant barrier . However , with such advances in manufacturing technology , the sales of industrial 3D printers have been predicted to surpass US $ 18bn by 2021 .
Fully designing its systems around metal injection moulding ( MIM ) and its powder supply chain , Desktop Metal has sought to utilise metal powders from the MIM industry , where it has gained access to a wide range of materials , from steels and copper to superalloys and titanium . Taking raw materials and shipping them around the world , these parts are then assembled into product components and taken to factories which develop increasingly complex products . With trillions of dollars in capital travelling at any given time , Desktop Metal is leading the way in enabling a new era of productivity .
“ A new class of high-speed industrial 3D printers from companies like Carbon , HP and my own at Desktop Metal are enabling this change and are quickly becoming an integral part
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