-Italy-based Legor is a leader in metals science and production of best-in-class alloys, powders, and plating solutions for the jewelry and fashion hardware and accessories markets -Legor’s Powmet line of fine, ultra-pure powders for Additive Manufacturing includes a proprietary, ruthenium-based platinum that is now qualified on the Desktop Metal Production System™ P-1 for jewelry and other applications

Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), a global leader in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 technologies for mass production, today announced that platinum is now a customer-qualified material on the Production System™ P-1 with a specialty powder developed by Legor.

Legor is a full-service jewelry manufacturing solutions provider, and the company's Powmet line of certified ultra-pure metal powders is produced for use with both laser and binder jet 3D printing systems.

"The qualification of Legor's Powmet platinum on the Production System P-1 is another major milestone for binder jet 3D printing for the jewelry, watchmaking, and luxury goods industry," said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal. "Platinum is known to be a challenging-to-process material in the jewelry industry because of its high hardness and melting point. Our binder jet 3D printing process simplifies platinum production and enables all-new, once-impossible designs."

"Legor is currently experiencing significant market interest in 3D printing technology, specifically in binder jet technology," added Fabio Di Falco, Marketing and Customer Support Manager at Legor. "This has led us to address a variety of requests, ranging from prototyping to small batch production, as well as larger production runs. Thanks to binder jet 3D printing technology, designers can finally imagine and create objects that are currently unproducible with other technologies, thus expanding the boundaries of creativity to shape the future. At Legor, we are committed to becoming catalysts for innovation and promoting technology we are convinced represents a crucial turning point for our industry."

Platinum jewelry designs 3D printed by Legor — including a classic wedding band, a gemstone ring, and an intricate leaf earring — are slated to be part of a multi-material, multi-customer jewelry display featured by Desktop Metal at Rapid + TCT, North America's largest additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing event, to be held June 25-27 in Los Angeles.

Binder Jet 3D Printing for Jewelry and Watchmaking

In 2023, Legor invested in a Desktop Metal Production System P-1, a high-speed, 1-liter binder jet 3D printing system featuring Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology. The experienced jewelry manufacturer notes that binder jet 3D printing technology offers several benefits over traditional manufacturing methods and other forms of 3D printing for jewelry production including:

Rapid production of jewelry samples without molds or printing supports
All-new design freedom for fast, affordable production of hollow, interlinked, intricate, and mass customized designs
Elimination of processing steps associated with jewelry designs, such as welding
Simplified production of materials that are difficult to work with, such as platinum, which often requires special tools
Low waste production that is eco-friendly and uses only the necessary amount of metal needed to create the design
Legor's Di Falco noted that sustainability is an important feature of binder jet 3D printing technology for the jewelry industry and Legor specifically.

"Binder jet 3D printing technology represents a significant step toward more sustainable production," he noted, "enabling energy efficiency, and reducing the amount of material used. Indeed, binder jetting uses exactly the amount of material necessary to create an object, drastically reducing waste. The metal powder not used in the process can be reused, reducing the need for new raw materials and the risks associated with metal extraction. At Legor, we advocate for 3D printing as a responsible production approach that also considers the planet and people."

A video by Legor showing the benefits of binder jetting platinum jewelry can be viewed at https://legor.com/en/prodotto/platinum-3d-printing/.

For more information about binder jetting jewelry with DM technologies, visit TeamDM.com/jewelry.

About Desktop Metal

Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) is driving Additive Manufacturing 2.0, a new era of on-demand, digital mass production of industrial, medical, and consumer products. Our innovative 3D printers, materials, and software deliver the speed, cost, and part quality required for this transformation. We're the original inventors and world leaders of the 3D printing methods we believe will empower this shift, binder jetting and digital light processing. Today, our systems print metal, polymer, sand and other ceramics, as well as foam and recycled wood. Manufacturers use our technology worldwide to save time and money, reduce waste, increase flexibility, and produce designs that solve the world's toughest problems and enable once-impossible innovations. Learn more about Desktop Metal and our #TeamDM brands at www.desktopmetal.com.