en.Wedoany.com Reported - Italian precious metals group Legor has entered into a strategic partnership with US additive manufacturing company Tritone Technologies to jointly bring precious metal additive manufacturing technology to the high-end jewelry, watchmaking, and luxury goods sectors. Under the agreement, Legor, headquartered in Bressanvido, Italy, will integrate Tritone's patented MoldJet technology into its additive manufacturing center of excellence, 3D Metal Hub, enabling 3D printing of gold and platinum for the production of high-value jewelry with complex geometries.
The MoldJet platform joins the HP Metal Jet binder jetting system already operating at 3D Metal Hub, which is primarily used for steel, silver, and bronze materials. Through this collaboration, Legor becomes Tritone's official manufacturing service partner for the jewelry and luxury goods market, providing technical support to brands, designers, and manufacturers interested in exploring MoldJet for precious metal applications.
Tritone's MoldJet technology employs a different approach from traditional powder bed processes, completely eliminating loose metal powder during production. The process jets a polymer mold layer by layer, which is then filled with metal paste and sintered. According to the partners, this process can produce components with complex geometries featuring high definition, surface quality, and production flexibility—characteristics particularly suited to jewelry manufacturing, where handling precious alloy powders involves both safety concerns and material recovery challenges.
With the integration of MoldJet, 3D Metal Hub can support the complete product development cycle, from rapid prototyping to finished components and jewelry, covering single items as well as small to large batch production. The core of the partnership lies in materials development: the gold and platinum pastes used in production are developed and validated by Legor specifically for MoldJet technology, leveraging the company's metallurgical expertise in precious metal alloys.
Massimo Poliero, CEO of Legor, stated that combining MoldJet technology with the company's precious metal scientific expertise provides the market with innovative additive manufacturing solutions for gold and platinum jewelry production. Ofer Ben-Zur, CEO of Tritone Technologies, noted that Legor's deep expertise in precious metals, along with its commitment to innovation and manufacturing excellence, enables it to unlock the potential of additive manufacturing in these markets. Both companies believe this collaboration can accelerate the integration of 3D printing into product development for high-end custom brands, designers, and manufacturers, with the sintering-based powder-free process lowering the barrier to using high-value metals.
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