SnowX founder looks back on a desktop metal printer few wanted to use

SnowX built a metal laser powder bed fusion printer small enough for a desk by 2024, and it produced real metal parts. According to founder Fangda XU, even the company's own engineers rarely chose to use it. The account, reported by 3Dnatives, raises the question of what desktop metal printing needs beyond a small footprint.

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