Fluent Metal’s mission is to revolutionize metal additive manufacturing by offering cost-effective and reliable metal 3D printing technology, fostering innovation across industries.
Fluent Metal’s drop-on-demand approach is compatible with most metals, including refractories, and enables the creation of parts in a single-step process, minimizing variability. It’s energy efficient: Using less starting material and producing no waste, the process is more sustainable than current powder-based metal 3D printers.
Fluent Metal’s drop-on-demand approach is:
Metal additive manufacturers have come to accept the extensive industrial scale overhead required to operate this equipment safely. Fluent Metal is developing an alternative lean overhead process to make it more sustainable, operationally efficient, and functional, using an inkjet printer-like approach.
Operationally efficient: Fluent Metal’s approach is designed to operate safely on a typical manufacturing floor or even in a prototyping shop with no need for clean rooms or expensive safety measures. Additionally, material changeover is designed to be easy as plug and play, reducing setup efforts and allowing for higher machine uptimes.
“Drop-on-demand technology is an elegant approach to create complex metal components,” says Peter Schmitt, CEO. “Whether it’s prototype iterations of an idea or production runs of a single part, Fluent Metal will provide customers with great operational and material flexibility. This freedom will unlock new creativity and problem-solving abilities across industries.”
Fluent Metal is led by industry veterans from Desktop Metal, Vulcan Forms, and the MIT Media Lab. Visit www.fluentmetal.com to learn more about contract manufacturing and be the first to know about expanded product offerings.