(25th October 2021, Ness Ziona, Israel) Fabrica Group (formerly Nanofabrica) is pleased to announce that it will be showcasing its market-leading micro AM technology — the Fabrica 2.0 — at the upcoming Formnext event in Frankfurt, Germany 16-19th November Hall 12.1, booth C131. In addition, Fabrica Group will be giving a talk at the on-site conference between 11.00 and 11.20 on the 16th November.
This is the first time that the Fabrica 2.0 has been exhibited in Europe, following an extremely successful debut at the Rapid + TCT event in Chicago in September. On the booth in addition to a machine, there will be an array of parts on show which demonstrate the quality and precision of components that can be manufactured, some of which are truly mind boggling.
Avi Cohen, Head of Stategic Sales for Fabrica Group says, “We are all excited to finally be able to visit trade shows after the COVID pandemic, and at last convene some face-to-face meetings in a show setting. It has been a long time, and we are happy to support Formnext 2021 as we all emerge from the lockdowns that have affected countries across the world. For Fabrica Group, this is effectively part of our global launch, as it is the first time since commercialising our Fabrica 2.0 Micro AM system that we have exhibited at a European trade event. It will be fantastic to be able to show attendees the amazing parts that our technology can produce, and the levels of detail and tolerance attainment that are now possible through the use of industrial 3D printing. If up until today you have figured that the only route to market for volume production of micro precision plastic parts is micro molding, meet us at Formnext and we will change your mind! We have the power to disrupt your product development process.”
Existing at the interface of 3D printing for production and the industry-wide drive towards miniaturization, the company’s industrial next-generation micro AM technology lifts the lid for designers and manufacturers in their quest to embrace the inherent advantage of the technology. It also enables them to exploit the ability that exists through 3D printing to build complex parts in small, medium, and high volumes in a timely and cost-effective fashion.
The technology is based around a Digital Light Processor (DLP) engine, but to achieve repeatable micron levels of resolution combines DLP with the use of adaptive optics. This tool in conjunction with an array of sensors, allows for a closed feedback loop, the reason that Fabrica Group’s Fabrica 2.0 can achieve very high accuracy while remaining cost-effective as a manufacturing solution. In addition, through rigorous R&D, Fabrica Group has managed to develop its own proprietary materials (based on the most commonly used industry polymers) which enable ultra-high resolution in parts built.
Cohen continues, “It is only through the unique combination of hardware, software, and material innovations at Fabrica Group that we can claim that the Fabrica 2.0 is the first 3D printing machine to not just be able to achieve unmatched precision and accuracy, but to be able to do so while at the same time being commercially viable in terms of speed of production and cost of production. The Fabrica 2.0 is now proven to be a game changer when it comes to opening up the advantages of 3D printing to the micro manufacturing world for the very first time. Design engineers and OEMs can now see that restrictions that they have to work within when designing and manufacturing for traditional manufacturing processes are no longer there. As such the Fabrica 2.0 and the use of 3D printing for micro manufacturing will be the spur to innovation and increasingly cost effective, speedily produced mass customizable micro parts and components into the future.”
Boasting single micron resolution, Fabrica Group’s technology is targeted squarely at the optics, semi-conductor, micro-electronics, MEMS, microfluidics, and life sciences sectors. These sectors exhibit high-level demand for accuracy and complexity, and until now the only route to market has been through disproportionately expensive or restrictive traditional manufacturing technologies.
You can contact Avi Cohen at Fabrica Group today via [email protected] to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the Fabrica Group team, who will be happy to discuss the specifics of your particular applications.
