Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.74
…developers have started launching the technology into the third dimension, throwing off the constraints of flat, 2D architectures to integrate electronics directly into a product’s geometry. Until recently, electronics companies designed and manufactured components, systems and layers in 2D. Then they finished off the lengthy process by performing steps like drilling, pressing and plating to connect the separate dies to create a multi-layer circuit board. When you say, “3D circuit,” people still think of stacked planar circuits, perhaps connected vertically using vias. The inability to shake off the 2D mindset has slowed the evolution of printed electronics technology, limiting how…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 97.27
Nano Dimension Ltd. has received a purchase order for a DragonFly Pro 3D system from Hensoldt, formerly part of Airbus Defense, which focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions. Hensoldt was formed in 2017 from the Airbus Group’s defense electronics activities. The multinational corporation provides advanced solutions for armed forces and security agencies. In 2017, Hensoldt joined Nano Dimension’s early adopter beta program and leveraged on its new abilities in circumventing traditional prototyping limitations primarily to develop sensor parts with real-time information for defense functions. Following the trial period where Hensoldt familiarized itself with Nano Dimension’s technologies, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 62.17
…systems focused on the electronics industry, you’ve heard about Nano Dimension. In 2012, the company began developing its dual-material DragonFly system for 3D-printing prototype multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs). The approach combines inkjet technology with 3D printing using proprietary nanotechnology-based conductive and dielectric inks. Users are able to produce their own complex, high quality prototype PCBs in hours instead of days or weeks (the usual turn-around time for out-sourced boards). 3D-printed multilayer PCB. Top layer displays traces with various trace- and space-widths, as well as non-plated and plated through-holes and vias. Produced on the DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D Printer from…