Case Study: Lumenium reduces prototyping time and costs with Desktop Metal Studio System

Reducing product development timeline by 25% with metal 3D printing

Virginia-based engine startup Lumenium was developing its novel IDAR engine and needed a faster, more cost-effective way to create metal prototypes. Their existing process of in-house CNC machining and wire EDM was time-consuming, costly, and limited their ability to iterate on complex, high-performance parts that must withstand extreme heat and stress.

By implementing Desktop Metal's Studio System for metal 3D printing, Lumenium gained the ability to rapidly produce functional prototypes. The solution enabled significant part light-weighting and the use of steel, which has a lower thermal expansion than aluminum. This resulted in a 43% time savings and a 74% cost savings on a key part, contributing to a projected 25% reduction in their overall product development timeline.

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