Manufacturing. Accelerated.
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Desktop Metal technology vs. conventional manufacturing
Illustrative breakeven analysis vs. tool-based manufacturing
Casting
Inkjet technology Moore's law(1)
Printhead drops per second (2)
Cost per part
Machining
Additive 1.0 technologies are
typically throughput-limited,
breaking even with conventional
manufacturing at ~100's of units
Additive 1.0
Desktop Metal (today)
Desktop Metal (2030)
1E+10
1E+09
Inkjet performance (printhead drops per
second) has roughly doubled every
18-24 months for the past 20 years
MEMS
Single Pass
1E+08
Additive 2.0 leverages advances in
1E+07
inkjet technology to drive throughput
improvements, bringing breakeven
quantities to ~100,000's of units
1E+06
1E+05
1E+04
Glass chip
1E+03
100K
1M
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
1
10
100
1K
10K
Quantity of parts
Desktop Metal's Single Pass Jetting TM print engine is designed to be the world's fastest and most advanced print engine implemented in additive manufacturing.
D Desktop Metal
1. Source: Wijshoff, Herman, (2008), Structure and fluid-dynamics in piezo inkjet printheads, Integrated Assessment; management estimates.
2. Printhead drops per second calculated as number of nozzles multiplied by maximum drop frequency.
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