Figur G15
Delivering sheet metal forming that is flexible and cost-effective, even at low volumes.
Breakthrough digital sheet forming (DSF) technology is changing the way industries manufacture sheet metal components. This digitally-driven process eliminates the need for expensive stamping tools and opens up entirely new segments that weren’t accessible with existing production technologies.
Classic car builder Rob Ida of Rob Ida Concepts used digital sheet forming technology on the Figur G15 from Desktop Metal to quickly make exotic body panels in Aluminum 6061 for the Tucker Carioca, a concept from legendary carmaker Preston Tucker that is now being produced for the first time.
DIGITALLY DRIVEN METAL SHEET FORMING
Traditional sheet metal forming is a capital- and time-intensive process that requires expensive equipment as well as tools and dies with long production lead times. Eliminating metal forming dies gives manufacturers a competitive advantage in supplying customers with unique metal products quickly and without high development costs. Flexible, on-demand production also opens new markets where stamping isn’t technically feasible or cost effective.
Figur G15 is the first commercial platform of its kind to shape sheet metal on demand directly from a digital file. A precision-controlled toolhead forms sheet metal at over one meter per second in a machine structure that is purpose-built for Figur’s patent- pending Digital Sheet Forming (DSF). DSF technology eliminates the need for a traditional stamping press and dies – delivering sheet metal forming that is accessible, flexible, and cost-effective, even at low volumes.