Lithoz unveils ceramic 3D printer with biggest build volume yet

Lithoz has introduced it can launch its subsequent ceramic additive manufacturing system with a construct capability that’s 5 occasions bigger than its flagship CeraFab S65 3D printer.

Whereas standing on the identical dimension because the S65, the brand new CeraFab System S320 options its largest construct platform so far at 245 x 130 x 320 mm and is geared in the direction of the serial manufacturing of mid-size technical ceramic elements.

The system is constructed on the Lithoz’s signature Lithography primarily based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) course of and presents a decision of 60 µm and a 4K projection system.

The S320 will launch at Formnext alongside a spread of ceramics functions together with filters, casting cores for extra environment friendly turbine blades, and semiconductor parts. This may embody single segments of a 380 mm diameter alumina gasoline distribution ring from Alumina Methods, which leverages a light-weight and thin-walled construction, afforded by Lithoz’s LCM know-how, to carry out extra successfully than these produced by way of standard strategies. Guests may also be capable of get a primary have a look at a replica of a 3D printed, world-first, subperiosteal jaw implant, which was printed in zirconia and efficiently implanted earlier this yr.

Lithoz’s ceramic 3D printers have been adopted by varied industries from healthcare to authorities, with gross sales of its machines growing by 30% all through 2023 in contrast with the earlier yr. In July, Sandia Nationwide Laboratories put in its second Lithoz machine, whereas the UK’s Manufacturing Expertise Centre put in its personal CeraFab S65 in an effort to drive ceramic 3D printing for industrial finish customers within the UK.