Lithoz is launching a new add-on that promises 'a significant leap' for its ceramic additive manufacturing systems.
The ceramic 3D printing specialist will debut the new "Performance Pack" at Formnext, which is designed to boost both light intensity and resolution for its CeraFab System S65 and S65 Medical printers.
Based on a 4K projection system, the tuning kit, which combines doubled light intensity with a 60% boost in resolution, is said to expand the capabilities of its Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) technology, particularly for dark ceramics, which can be challenging for light-based curing systems.
Specifically, Lithoz says the S65 system's resolution is raised from 40 µm (635 dpi) to 25 µm (1016 dpi), light intensity is amplified from 60 mW/cm² to around 120 mW/cm².
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The CeraFab System S65 Performance Pack will be shown live at the Lithoz booth (Hall 11.0, Stand B50), alongside several application firsts. Amongst them will be 116 aluminium nitride cool plates printed on a single CeraFab S320 platform; a casting core from inside a real turbine blade alongside an identical extracted twin, built by German Access e.V.; luxury watch bezels from blue and black zirconia; and hydroxyapatite spinal cages, co-developed with Swiss ADMS (Adaptive Density Minimal Surface) pioneer Spherene.
Visitors will also be able to see rocket engine segments developed with Leap71; monolithic gyroid-shaped SOFC units from DTU Energy; and lead-free piezoceramic geometries from barium titanate (KNN ceramics).
