金属3D打印初创企业Seurat Technologies又筹集了2100万美元，以帮助加速其专有区域印刷技术的推出。
得到新投资者的支持Xerox Ventures和SIP全球合作伙伴，以及长期支持者True Ventures,保时捷汽车持有SE,Maniv Mobility和摩ri座的技术影响基金（TIF），Seurat Technologies的扩展B系列融资回合2021年6月的总筹集资金达到7,900万美元。
使用新资本,该公司旨在傅rther expand its leadership team, as well as ramp-up the manufacture of its upcoming Area Printing machines, as it builds towards its first commercial launch later this year.
Seurat首席执行官James DeMuth说：“ Seurat的使命是通过拥抱3D打印的敏捷性和设计自由来使制造业更好，但并非以同样的费用。”“我们正在与世界上最大的制造商合作，将其设计迁移到区域印刷中，以帮助他们获得交货时间，成本和质量优势，同时产生积极的环境影响。”
“Area Printing decouples resolution and speed, which is the secret sauce to making 3D printing a high-volume process.”
什么是区域印刷技术？
First honed at劳伦斯·利弗莫尔国家实验室, ‘Area Printing’ essentially describes a process in which a laser containing over 2.3 million pixels, is used to ‘micro-weld’ metal powders into thin layers on a print bed. According to Seurat Technologies, its approach is unique, as it ‘decouples’ print rate and resolution, allowing it to overcome 3D printing’s “speed, quality, scale and cost trade-offs.”
Although Seurat Technologies has yet to introduce a commercial portfolio as such, it says that its soon-to-be-released system will offer users major speed and cost efficiency benefits, especially compared to traditional production methods. At launch, the machine is set to be capable of 3D printing at a cost of $300/kg, but the firm intends to lower this to $150/kg by 2025, giving it casting-level capabilities.
In practise, the process is said to have various applications too, and Seurat Technologies claims that it has now secured seven letters of intent to join its commercialization program from “the world’s largest automotive, aerospace, energy, consumer electronics and industrial companies,” as it seeks to bring its patented technology to market for the first time.
Seurat’s $21M marketing plans
Seurat Technologies的最新一轮资金看到它吸引了SIP全球合作伙伴和Xerox Ventures的支持，这是两个高级技术的连环投资者。尽管前者倾向于针对有望在亚洲市场增长的年轻公司，但后者已经将其失速降低了“投资于早期和成长阶段的初创企业”，尤其是那些开发生态友好的制造技术的人。
Xerox Venturesis also a subsidiary of the widerXeroxcorporation, which itself介绍了其第一台3D打印机， 这 'Elemx,’ in February 2021. As a result, the firm’s investment in Seurat Technologies could be seen as a fresh commitment on behalf of its parent company to the additive manufacturing sector, although Xerox Ventures’ Tim Chiang says the move is consistent with its long-term goals.
Chiang解释说：“施乐风险投资正在投资高增长初创企业，以引发真正的变革性业务解决方案。”“我们相信，我们如何制造产品的未来将解决当今的供应链和可持续发展挑战，而Seurat将通过突破性的先进制造技术来帮助这一未来成为大规模生产的现实。”
Seurat Technologies利用其通过资金巡回赛筹集的2100万美元，目的是继续发展其团队，在2021年几乎将其成员翻了一番，同时聘请Anthony Di Paola为CFO，乔伊斯·杨（Joyce Yeung）担任其高级营销总监John Rushton担任John Rushton的高级总监它的市场发展总监和艾米·多纳休（Amy Donahue）为其总监。
该公司还承诺了一些资金来资助其第一级生产级系统的制造，这是一台机器，它认为这将具有强大的生态批准。引用EPA figures该公司表示，该公司表示，其即将到来的单位将有助于“全部运营时减少有害环境污染物”，这表明制造业部门负责22％的美国温室气体排放。
“We strongly believe that the team, its technology and its industry partners, represent a unique opportunity to create a vastly more efficient and sustainable global manufacturing ecosystem,” added Jeffrey Smith, General Partner at SIP Global Partners. “We are exceptionally excited to join Seurat in its mission to reinvent precision manufacturing at scale.”
Accessible metal 3D printing efforts
当Seurat Technologies确实将其新机器推向市场时，它将面临来自许多建立的高通量金属3D打印公司的激烈竞争。使用其电线式电子束添加剂制造（EBAM）系统，例如雷电竞充值Sciaky能够存入一个record-breaking 12,000 lbs of titaniumin 2020 alone.
在成本效率方面，新的竞争对手，例如Valcun还试图使金属3D打印更加易于访问节能金属系统去年。该机器将配备有独特的加热输入，该输入能够更有效地处理原料，该机器一旦完成就可以具有汽车，机器人或能源应用。
Xact Metal同时，已经降低了金属3D打印的入境成本economical new ‘XM’ portfolio. Launched in late-2021, the firm’sXM200C和XM200G机器旨在为中小企业提供采用粉末床融合的更实惠的方法，并从工业级打印中获得好处。
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