INSPIRATION
Manufacturers constantly search for new technologies to cater to all aspects of the growing market demand. Additive manufacturing, which started out as a prototyping technique,is revolutionizing and decentralizing production. Hybrid manufacturing aims to integrate both additive manufacturing and
subtractive manufacturing.The advancement in material science and techniques such as stereolithography and metal 3D printing enables simpler fabrication of intricate structures and complex components. Additive manufacturing is making highly-customizable and sustainable cloud-based production
a reality.
The US-based startup AMBOTS develops an autonomous additive manufacturing solution by making use of swarm robots. Digital designs are split into smaller tasks that several different types of robots perform. Currently, the speed of additive manufacturing is limited by the size of the product. AMBOTS addresses this bottleneck by making use of a proprietary chunk-based 3D printing method.
Exaddon is a Swiss startup providing a metal additive manufacturing system, CERES, which prints at a micrometer scale. Producing micrometer-scale components is challenging with traditional manufacturing techniques such as lithography.CERES uses electrochemical technology for achieving micro-manufacturing, conducting the process at room temperature while also eliminating post-processing. The system prints complex metal objects in sizes ranging from 1 micrometer up to 1000 micrometers.
