I-Desktop Metal iyinkampani, selokhu yasungulwa, elwele ukwenza ukuphrinta kwe-3D kufinyeleleke kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lomkhiqizi. Ngenxa yalokhu, bakwazile ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obuthile obusebenzele bona, njengoba kumenyezelwe kokukhishwa kwabo kokugcina kwabezindaba, bathola utshalomali olukhulu olungaphansi kuka Ama-dollar ayi-115 lokho kuzodalelwa ukusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi abo.
Ngokuningiliziwe, ngikutshele ukuthi lokhu akusikho kuphela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwesigidigidi okutholwe yile nkampani esekwe e-United States kusukela, ngesikhathi isungulwa, bebevele bekwazile ukuthola imali engaphezu kwamadola ayizigidi ezingama-45, yize manje kulokhu okuhlukile kungabatshalizimali lapho sithola izinhlangano zibaluleke njenge-SGS, GE Ventures, Fondo Futuro, Enterprise Associates noma Techtronic Industries.
Kusukela yasungulwa, iDesktop Metal isivele ithole imali engaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 210 kutshalo-mali olukhulu.
Ngokuya ngezitatimende ze- URic fulop, Umphathi omkhulu kanye nomsunguli we-Desktop Metal:
Siphezu konqenqema loguquko oluthokozisayo lokuthi zakhiwe kanjani, zaqanjwa kanjani nobuningi bezingxenye zensimbi ezikhiqizwayo. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwakamuva kusinikeza isikhundla esiyingqayizivele sokunikeza izixazululo zethu zokufundwa kwezinhlelo ezinyangeni ezizayo kanye nohlelo lwethu lokukhiqiza ngo-2018, ngenkathi kusivumela ukuthi sikhule emhlabeni jikelele. Ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo okuvela kubatshalizimali bethu kugcizelela amandla ezixazululo zethu zokuphrinta zensimbi ze-3D ezisiza onjiniyela nabenzi bezinto zensimbi ukuthi basebenzise ukuphrinta kwensimbi kwe-3D kuzo zonke izigaba zokuthuthuka komkhiqizo, kusuka ekuvezeni izingxenye zensimbi. Ukukhiqizwa kochungechunge oluyinkimbinkimbi.
Lesi simemezelo siza ezinyangeni ezintathu ngemuva kokwethulwa kwezixazululo zaso zensimbi ezimbili zokunyathelisa i-3D, uhlelo lwestudiyo senoveli nohlelo lokukhiqiza. Imishini emibili ephatha ukusebenza kwe-prototyping nokukhiqiza. Ukusetshenziswa kobunikazi be-jetting technology obunelungelo lobunikazi, izixazululo zishesha ngokuphindwe ka-100 kunezinhlelo ezisemakethe namuhla.