Nano Dimension Ltd., a supplier of Additively Manufactured Electronics (“AME”) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (“AM”) 3D printers announced recently the purchase of their newest DragonFly® IV system by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a leading German research institution. This sale, in particular, is a significant milestone for the company and serves as evidence of their recent strategic relationship with the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medicine Engineering (“Fraunhofer IMTE”).
The DragonFly® IV system is the ideal technology for these use cases due to its capability to deposit proprietary conductive and dielectric substances while also integrating in-situ capacitors, antennas, coils, transformers, and electromechanical components. Such Hi-PEDs® as they are known (short for High-Performance-Electronic-Devices) are critical enablers for a range of applications like autonomous intelligent drones, cars, satellites, smartphones, and in vivo medical devices. This advanced machine can then enable its users to play around with the design and development of Hi-PEDs®, along with the typical advantages of rapid prototyping, high-mix-low-volume production, IP security, minimal environmental footprint and design-for-manufacturing capabilities.
“We are pleased to work with Nano Dimension,” shared Professor Matthias Gräser, Department Head Diagnostics at Fraunhofer IMTE. “With a system such as Nano Dimension’s we can overcome design limitations and optimize development processes in terms of time and costs.” The acquisition of the DragonFly® IV system suggests a growing relationship between Vinyl Dimension and Fraunhofer IMTE, with Fraunhofer IMTE expecting to use the machine for research and development projects in the field of medical electronics and instrumentation.
Nano Dimension, based in Waltham, Mass., specializes in providing solutions to convert digital designs to electronic or mechanical devices – on demand, anytime, anywhere. As they push towards a future of environmentally friendly and economically efficient precision applications, they serve customers across vertical markets like aerospace and defense, advanced automotive, high-tech industrial, specialty medical technology, R&D and academia.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the world’s leading applied research organization, formed in 1949 and operating with over 30,000 employees, predominantly scientists and engineers, working with a €2.9 billion (approximately $3.1 billion) annual research budget. At the moment, it possesses 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany and continues to focus on future-relevant technologies while also commercializing their findings for business and industry.
