3DCERAM Sinto, a turnkey supplier for additive manufacturing of superior ceramics, and SINTX Applied sciences, a producer of superior ceramics for biomedical and technical markets, have entered a collaboration to develop a number of novel resins and processes for the additive manufacturing of ceramic merchandise. These two corporations plan to leverage and additional develop their present experience to supply distinctive, high-value resins, 3D print ceramic parts, and topic these parts to superior thermal processing. The collaboration is targeted on the biomedical and funding casting industries.
“We’re excited in regards to the prospects of making a silicon nitride-based resin for the biomedical market. With curiosity in silicon nitride medical units persevering with to develop quickly, we imagine 3D printed silicon nitride units will play a serious position in the way forward for medical and technical segments by which we take part,” stated Dr. Sonny Bal, CEO of SINTX Applied sciences. “We imagine that SINTX’s resin formulation and densification experience, mixed with 3DCeram’s manufacturing scale printers, will present the market with parts of superior high quality.”
Sharing wealthy histories in superior ceramics and additive manufacturing, SINTX and 3DCeram anticipate the outcomes of their collaboration to drive expanded geographical adoption of additively manufactured superior ceramics.
“There was curiosity for most of these capabilities throughout the globe. The funding casting business particularly has a powerful want for silica-based resin. If we’re profitable, this collaboration will present game-changer options inside these industries,” stated Michael Halsband, CEO of Sinto America.
This isn’t the primary time that SINTX ventured into the realm of ceramic AM. In 2022, the corporate leveraged the distinctive properties of its Flex SN PEEK silicon nitride composite to 3D print medical implant units with distinctive biocompatibility, leading to excessive charges of acceptance and long-term implant success.
That point the corporate used the FleX-SN PEEK silicon nitride-PEEK composite in a normal polymer materials extrusion 3D printing expertise. This expertise allowed medical system producers, resembling SINTX, a excessive diploma of intricacy and customization. With 3D printing, implantable medical units might be created to match very complicated constructions inside a affected person’s anatomy.
