Aerospace
Lightweight fixtures, ducting aids, bracket studies, and inspection-ready tooling packages.
Aerospace and medical deep-dive
Additive routes for industries where evidence matters as much as geometry
Desktop Metal supports industry teams that need production tooling, equipment components, fixtures, and prototypes to move through engineering review without losing documentation. The work is especially valuable when complex geometry, low-to-mid volume demand, or rapid launch pressure creates a gap between conventional sourcing and practical additive manufacturing.
Eight verticals
Industry programs mapped to real sourcing constraints
Medical devices
Design validation models, surgical tool aids, device housings, and documented material choices.
Robotics
Grippers, end-of-arm tooling, compact brackets, and repeatable low-volume mechanism parts.
Automotive launch
Gauge fixtures, ergonomic assembly aids, cooling inserts, and bridge-run component support.
Industrial equipment
Replacement components, complex manifolds, test hardware, and equipment accessory programs.
Energy
Service tools, prototype flow components, repair support, and high-mix spare part evaluation.
Consumer hardware
Appearance models, functional prototypes, and pre-tooling design feedback for launch teams.
Research labs
Experimental fixtures, sensor mounts, small-batch equipment parts, and rapid design learning.
Alternating process
How industry-specific risk is handled before the build starts
A
Regulatory expectation scan
Teams identify whether the project needs material certificates, AS9100D-style documentation, ISO 13485-style traceability, customer drawing control, or internal engineering release evidence.
B
Geometry and process matching
Complex features are compared against metal additive, resin printing, machining, tooling, or hybrid routes so buyers know which process is carrying the value.
Case highlight
Fixture redesign for faster launch validation
An aerospace supplier needed a lighter assembly fixture before a pilot run. Desktop Metal reviewed the CAD model, flagged access surfaces that still required machining, selected a metal additive route for the complex body, and preserved inspection notes for the customer quality meeting. The result was not merely a printed part. It was a documented launch tool with a route the buyer could repeat.
Certification awareness
Quality language aligned to industry reviews
ISO 9001:2015
Baseline quality management expectation for repeatable manufacturing communication.
AS9100D alignment
Aerospace-style documentation expectations can be reflected in route and inspection planning.
ISO 13485 awareness
Medical device teams receive clearer material, traceability, and validation conversation points.
FAI and inspection notes
First-article style evidence can be scoped before build, finish, and release decisions.
Industry intake
Tell us which review your part must survive.
Share the industry, drawing status, material constraints, and evidence expectations. We will recommend an additive or hybrid manufacturing route that respects both geometry and approval pressure.