5-Axis platform for producing 3D printed antenna and sensors
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Posted to News on 21st Oct 2014, 14:46

5-Axis platform for producing 3D printed antenna and sensors

Optomec is announcing the Aerosol Jet 5X system for printing 3D electronics. The system delivers the precision and flexibility required to produce high-resolution 3D printed electronics such as conformal antennas, sensors, and circuits used in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and medical applications. Equipped with an Optomec Sprint Print Module and a 5-axis coordinated motion platform, the Aerosol Jet 5X system is suited for 3D printed micro-electronics development applications.

5-Axis platform for producing 3D printed antenna and sensors

The Aerosol Jet 5X system can also be optionally configured with an Optomec Marathon Print Module extending the printers capabilities from prototyping to low volume production applications. For high-volume production applications, Optomec also offers a scalable version of the Marathon Print Module that can be configured with up to four print heads for integration into production platforms.

Optomec's advanced Aerosol Jet 5X platform was specifically developed to enable a new generation of lighter weight, high-performance micro-electronic devices such as smart phones, tablets, and sensors all of which are used within the Internet of Things. Aerosol Jet 5X systems are currently shipping with initial installations in North America.

Mike O'Reilly, Director Aerosol Jet Product Management at Optomec, says: "Optomec continues to break through traditional manufacturing barriers by extending the advantages of 3D printing to advanced applications such as 3D printed electronics, and further showing the promise to be competitive in the production of cost-sensitive devices such as smart phones and the sensors driving the Internet of Things. With the Aerosol Jet 5X system, Optomec is enabling functional electronics to be readily integrated onto and within 3D structures in ways not previously imagined."

Using its patented material input and aerodynamic deposition capabilities, the Aerosol Jet 5X can print feature sizes ranging from 10 microns on up to millimeters in width. The system's 5-axis motion platform enables a print envelope of 200mm × 300mm × 200mm.The Aerosol Jet 5X supports a wide variety of functional materials, including conductive inks, dielectrics, polymers and adhesives and can deposit these materials on low temperature substrates enabling a range of applications. Please follow the link for more information on the Optomec Aerosol Jet 5x printer.


Optomec

3911 Singer NE
NM 87109
UNITED STATES

+1 505 761 8250

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