Desktop Metal Production System: Read the History and Evaluate the Full Workflow — working record
Yenra | October 4, 2026
https://yenra.com/desktop-metal-production-system/

Purpose: Distinguish the named platform and dated claims, then evaluate output through printing, post-processing, sintering, inspection and support.

Instructions: Make a working copy. Fill the fields below with actual evidence and units. Record unavailable information as unknown, give it an owner, and resolve it before using the record for acceptance. Keep raw evidence by reference. Use the approved method, equipment limits and acceptance rules for your application. This blank record does not establish qualification.

1. Exact machine model, serial/configuration, software and material revision
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

2. Dated seller/support confirmation, service region, spares and unresolved gaps
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

3. Part drawing, quantity, acceptance criteria and representative features
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

4. Complete approved material route, equipment, batch sizes and queues
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

5. Build, thermal batch, finishing and inspection identity links
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

6. Planned parts, handling losses, rejects, rework and accepted parts
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

7. Elapsed lead time, equipment hours, labor hours and sustained output
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

8. Full batch-cost boundary, included/excluded costs and cost per accepted part
   Response / evidence reference: ______________________________

Teaching example (fictional; not acceptance criteria):
Fictional batch-cost example A fully processed batch costs $4,800 under an explicitly defined cost boundary. It starts with 100 planned parts and delivers 80 accepted parts. Cost per accepted part is $4,800 / 80 = $60, compared with $48 when divided by all 100 planned parts. The 80% accepted yield belongs to this fictional batch; neither figure is a supplier quotation.

Primary source context (consult for applicable method and scope):
December 2020 company announcement
https://www.desktopmetal.com/press/press-release-desktop-metal-becomes-the-worlds-only-publicly-traded-pure-play-additive-manufacturing-2.0-company-1-1
Nano Dimension reported Desktop Metal's Chapter 11 filing
https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Statement-Regarding-Desktop-Metal-Bankruptcy-and-Strategic-Decision-Not-to-Acquire-Assets/default.aspx
company-hosted ARC recruiting document
https://www.desktopmetal.com/uploads/Arc-Process-and-Materials-Engineering-Technician-NH-Job-Description.pdf

Review outcome: accepted / held / further evidence needed
Reviewer and date: __________________
Open actions, owner and due date: __________________