Nano Dimension Ltd. is a leading provider of Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (AM) 3D printers. As a result of their close relationship with Germany’s leading research group, the Fraunhofer Institute, Nano Dimension recently received a purchase order for their newest AME system, the DragonFly® IV.
The DragonFly®IV’s specialty applications make it the ideal choice for Fraunhofer IMTE use cases. It allows them to simultaneously deposit proprietary conductive and dielectric substances, which can then be integrated with capacitors, antennas, coils, transformers, and electromechanical components. This makes the DragonFly®IV critical in enabling a range of applications, including autonomous intelligent drones, cars, satellites, smartphones, and in vivo medical devices. Moreover, the DragonFly®IV allows for iterative development, IP safety, fast time-to-market and device performance gains.
Professor Matthias Gräser, Department Head Diagnostics at Fraunhofer IMTE, expressed his excitement about their recent purchase and noted, “Thanks to Nano Dimension’s 3D printer for electronics, the DragonFly® IV, we will be able to design and manufacture electrical components that will complete our platform for Medical 3D-Printing and help to drive our research and development work forward. With this system, we can overcome design limitations and optimize development processes in terms of time and costs.”
Nano Dimension is a Waltham, Mass.-based company, founded in 1999, with a vision to turn existing electronics and mechanical manufacturing into environment-friendly, economically efficient and precision-additive electronics and manufacturing. Their strategy is to integrate a portfolio of products that convert digital designs to electronic or mechanical devices on-demand, anytime and anywhere, with the power of additive manufacturing. They offer a range of solutions, such as rapid prototyping, minimal environmental footprint, design-for-manufacturing, high mix-low volume production and IP security.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Germany’s leading applied research organization. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently has 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany and employs over 30,000 scientists and engineers. Their annual research budget exceeds €2.9 billion (approximately $3.1 billion). Their focus on future-relevant technologies, and the commercialization of their findings, makes them a major player in the innovation process.
The sale of the DragonFly® IV system marks an important milestone in the flourishing relationship between Nano Dimension and the Fraunhofer Institute. It furthers Nano Dimension’s ambition and mission to enable a better, faster, and smarter world of electronics development and add in-situ capabilities to existing additive manufacturing solutions.
