Fabrica Group (formerly Nanofabrica) announces 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 that demonstrate the quality and precision of components that can be manufactured.

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.

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.

Fabrica Group
www.nano-fabrica.com