Desktop Metallic is being relaunched beneath new possession following the sale of choose property to funding group Arc Influence Acquisition Company.
Arc Influence has acquired Desktop Metallic’s binder-jet IP plus Adaptive3D’s DuraChain elastomers and FreeFoam expandable resins. The acquisition comes after Desktop Metallic filed for chapter 11 chapter again in July, with gross sales of its EnvisionTec, ExOne and AIDRO subsidiaries already underway. The transaction has been authorised by means of the U.S. Chapter Courtroom and a devoted workforce has been appointed to assist present Desktop Metallic clients.
The corporate says it plans to deploy its newly acquired property – which incorporates steel binder jet, ceramic 3D printing, polymers, and AI-assisted supplies – in a ‘distributed R&D-as-a-Service community’ with universities, which can feed into centralised, high-throughput manufacturing hubs.
“Our north star is easy: put superior, automated manufacturing again to work in home markets,” stated Thomas Nogueira, Desktop Metallic’s newly appointed Chief Govt Officer. “By pairing confirmed additive processes with data-driven, autonomous workflows and AI-accelerated supplies R&D, we are able to shorten improvement cycles from years to months—and ship certified elements at scale to resolve our clients’ challenges with excessive precision and repair.”
Per a press launch, the corporate says it plans to concentrate on applications supporting financial competitiveness and nationwide safety akin to heavy rare-earth–free everlasting magnets, sodium-ion solid-state battery parts, solid-state transformer elements for AI information centres and grid modernisation.
Particular initiatives embrace:
- A $7.9 million collaborative program with the U.S. Military DEVCOM Floor Car Programs Heart (GVSC), administered by the Nationwide Heart for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), to qualify aluminium binder jet additive manufacturing (BJAM) for defence automobile parts.
- A number of U.S. Division of Protection initiatives to develop silicon carbide (SiC) parts and SiC 3D printing methods to enhance missile defence system efficiency that features a associated collaboration with Northrop Grumman to 3D print SiC optics for high-energy laser programs.
- A $2 million program with the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs to fabricate FreeFoam elements, together with affected person cushioning units, utilizing digital mild processing (DLP) expertise.
Earlier this mont, dental 3D printing model SprintRay acquired Desktop Metallic’s EnvisionTec/ETEC portfolio of dental merchandise, which had been initially acquired in 2021. Associates of Anzu Companions have additionally been granted approval to accumulate EnvisionTec GmbH, ExOne GmbH and ExOne KK.