[Startup Nations Summit 2014] Competition - Israel

A Revolutionary 3D Printer For Electric Circuits

http://www.nano-di.com

©Nano Dimension 2014, www.nano-di.com

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 2012 Nano Dimension is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

Based in the Science Park by the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel

Current status:

• Mechanical engineers are refining a 3D printer dedicated to making electronic circuits

• Software team is developing solutions for print-heads and for electronics design files

• Nano-chemists are developing proprietary conductive and insulating inks

http://www.nano-di.com/

http://www.tase.co.il/Eng/General/Company/Pages/companyMainData.aspx?subDataType=0&companyID=000751&shareID=00751032


THE NANO DIMENSION 3D PRINTER

Desktop sized 3D inkjet printer and software package dedicated to making electric circuits.

Additive manufacturing of professional multilayer PCB prototypes and small batches.



HOW THE 3D PCB PRINTER WORKS

In order to achieve the extreme precision required for modern circuit boards (PCBs) the printer uses the most sophisticated inkjet printheads available. The printheads contain hundreds of small nozzles that allow for very exact deposition of the nanotech inks. Sophisticated proprietary software ensures that the ink droplets are deposited in such a way that the silver-particle build-up is smooth and maintains the shape required for correctly built conductive traces. The printer system also ensures that the inks dry quickly at the time of deposition. An additional process cures the silver nano-particles to ensure a durable end product. Once the conductive traces have been printed and cured the printer prints an insulating layer which in its turn serves as the substrate for the next conductive layer. In this way a professional multi-layer PCB is constructed, layer by layer. Interconnnections or vias between conductive traces on different layers can be printed where necessary, allowing for easy and rapid manufacture of advanced multi-layer circuitry.



NANOTECH INKS FOR PCBs

A suite of proprietary nanotech inks engineered in-house specifically for making circuit boards.

Conductive nano-silver for traces and polymers for the insulating layers.

Silver nano-particles in solution Cured silver nano-particles Polymers



HOW THE NANO-INKS WORK

The suite of inks being developed in the in-house laboratory is dedicated to the printing of multi-layer, professional standard PCBs. The nano-silver particle ink is used to print the very fine conductive traces that create the electrical connections between the various electronic components. The insulating ‘sandwich’ layer is built by printing polymer based inks. The sandwich or substrate may need to be either rigid or flexible depending on the requirements of the circuit board. The companies’ chemists are researching and developing new solutions and encapsulation technologies to answer this novel challenge.



APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITS

The final printer will be suited to advanced PCB prototyping and small batch PCB production.

Electrical engineers and circuit designers across a broad range of industries from defence and aerospace to industrial, automotive and consumer electronics as well as R&D labs and educational institutions will derive significant benefits:

• Dramatically accelerated development cycles

• No exposure of IP to outside 3rd party PCB manufacturers

• Freedom to test and retest, to create and to innovate



FOR MORE INFORMATION:

WEB: www.nano-di.comVIDEO: Early prototypeDOCUMENT: An introduction to Nano DimensionCONTACT: [email protected]



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4m5skH0sGw

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1791023/An introduction to Nano Dimension - Sept 2014.pdf

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