{"id":194060,"date":"2022-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/the-promised-land-of-3d-printing-am-nations\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T00:00:00","slug":"the-promised-land-of-3d-printing-am-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/the-promised-land-of-3d-printing-am-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Promised Land of 3D printing AM Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Promised Land is generally intended as the land of Israel, which, according to the Bible\u2019s Old Testament, God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham and several more times to his descendants. Metaphorically speaking, the idea of a Promised Land is also well suited for describing <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a>\u2019s potential, as the AM industry grows trying to deliver a better, more efficient and more sustainable way of producing all types of objects and p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s. So it should not come as a surprise that many Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies are among the world leaders in the development of new AM technologies.<\/p>\n<p>It st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ed with Objet (now merged with Stratasys) but even before that, it was large-format digital 2D printing at Indigo and Scitex (now p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> of HP), laying the foundation for jetting-based <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> processes. This huge knowledge base has sprouted many new st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ups (and continues to do so). Some were founded shortly after the Stratasys-Objet merger: companies like XJet and Massivit are now st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ing to reap the fruits of nearly a decade of advanced development on unique technologies.<\/p>\n<p>A new generation of Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies is entering the market now, bringing innovative solutions that will enable AM to break through into higher productivity segments. For example, we are talking about companies such as 3DM, Largix, and Tritone, among others, that are putting a truly original twist and turning the tables on consolidated AM processes such as polymer LFAM, metal and composites <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> or polymer laser PBF.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4410896826103565994.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Stratasys, the global <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> market leader, stands over all other Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies, providing an example of resiliency and success, even against the many challenges that have characterized the AM industry\u2019s growth. Beyond the two base technologies (<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/fdm-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDM<\/a> and Polyjet), Stratasys recently added new state-of-the-<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> thermal powder bed fusion (SAF), <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLA<\/a> and layerless high-speed <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DLP<\/a> photopolymerization (Origin\u2019s PPP process) to its increasingly advanced PolyJet (material jetting) and (mainly US-based) industrial filament extrusion technologies.<\/p>\n<p>These are not the only Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies advancing the state of the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> of AM across global markets: more exist and are continuously emerging but, even if it is a small, well-connected, country there is only so much time to visit them all. But we tried to so let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<h2>Consolidated market leadership<\/h2>\n<p>Stratasys is the global leader in the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> market. While the company has struggled through challenging times in the past, it remains the market leader and is able to provide a constantly growing array of solutions, products, and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s through a wide range of technologies. The Israeli side of the company focuses on the resin business and the HQ in Rehovot is where all new R&amp;D and new <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s are developed for the established PolyJet business as well as the recently introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLA<\/a> (Neo from RPS and Covestro\/DSM materials) and high-speed <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sla-dlp-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DLP<\/a> (Origin) businesses.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2228849496854645381.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">  <\/p>\n<p>While hardware production takes place in a separate remote facility in Kiryat Gat, Polyjet technology and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a> do remain the main focus for the Rehovot HQ (which was voted among the architecturally best buildings in Israel). Polyjet has been around for two decades, but the feeling is that Stratasys has only begun to scratch the surface of its full potential. Compared to just a few years ago, there are many more systems on the market including those that are very much segments specific (for textiles, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/medical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medical<\/a>) and those that are much more accessible (faster, smaller, more affordable) such as the new J55 and J35, with spinning tray technology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8271542331250784187.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">   An exclusive inside look at Stratasys\u2019 R&amp;D lab for Origin technology.   <\/p>\n<h4>Weaving the lines of AM<\/h4>\n<p>This translates into two businesses that Stratasys has identified as key for Polyjet\u2019s mass adoption. The first is printing on textiles. What st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ed as an explorative project (we covered its genesis when the dedicated 3D printer, the J850 Tech Style, was launched at Milan Design Week) is now becoming a major business opportunity and one where <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a>\u2019s value proposition is most evident. It\u2019s not easy to effectively, accurately and precisely print complex patterns on textiles, and to make sure they stick, but the technology now seems to have reached a quality level sufficient to achieve full commercialization. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/fashion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fashion<\/a> industry decides to massively adopt it, it would be a huge breakthrough. While there are competing color material jetting technologies on the market no one can come close to the level of Stratasys\u2019 dedicated J850 Tech Style systems in this area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4571722850872402272.jpg\">  One of the labs where Stratasys conducts testing for its Polyjet printing on textiles business. This is rapidly evolving into a major business opportunity.   <\/p>\n<h4>Taking a bite out of the biggest cake<\/h4>\n<p>The other major segment that Stratasys is targeting with multiple products and numerous innovations is the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> industry. The legacy Eden systems have been among the most popular products for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> industry but now many more competitors have entered the market even as the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s and adopters has continued to grow. Stratasys offers several systems for <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> manufacturing, all the way up to the giant J4100 for mass production and with a p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icular emphasis on the J5 DentaJet. This compact full-color system is the key element in the recently announced p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>nership with intraoral 3D scanner manufacturer 3shape for a 3MF-based digital workflow on full-color <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> models. We are now fairly certain that this year\u2019s IDS show in Cologne, Germany, will be a major milestone for Stratasys\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/dental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental<\/a> business as it will be for several other AM companies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6989416875566767279.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3751274661879642940.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/161694468018926097.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Future leaders growing up<\/h2>\n<p>Polyjet technology, such as that offered by Stratasys, is the most technologically advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> technology on the market today and the only one that can offer voxel-level control of materials. At the same time, the materials initially used for PolyJet <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s were too costly and not sufficiently durable for higher throughput production, making it ideally suited for advanced prototyping, modeling and tooling but not for final p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s. That has changed now, with textile and other <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/consumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumer<\/a> product <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s but, in the past, it was not always strategically important for Stratasys, to produce final, durable industrial final p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s via Polyjet since it could do so via its <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/fdm-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDM<\/a> business using engineered thermoplastics. So new Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies emerged, founded by former Objet staff, that aimed to apply their material jetting knowledge in new ways or to new types of materials.<\/p>\n<h4>XJet<\/h4>\n<p>With nanop<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icle jetting, XJet is the largest and best-funded among these \u201csecond gen\u201d Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies. The company launched a new process that can jet ceramic and metal nanop<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icles to produce dense green p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s that can subsequently be easily sintered to obtain the final p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s. The technology offers a printing speed that is comparable to metal binder jetting but the ability to jet a metal or ceramic nanop<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icle water-based solution onto a platform (rather than jet binder onto a powder) offers several advantages. For example, not having to deal with messy fine powders (the XJet materials come in closed containers), to jet only the material needed (so that no powder recycling is necessary), and jet water-soluble materials along with the nanop<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icles to obtain the same complex geometries that can be obtained via support-free metal binder jetting.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3552585203788784204.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7641063193587550042.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition, because the green p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s are highly dense, they can be sintered at lower temperatures, for shorter times and much lower shrinkage, resulting in smooth surfaces and extremely high detail with thin walls. The downside to offering such and advanced and unique process is that fine-tuning the XJet Carmel systems in order to guarantee a high level of repeatability has taken a long time. The upside is that, according to Guy Zimmerman, XJet\u2019s Chief Marketing Officer, that time has now arrived and it\u2019s just in time to exploit the renewed industry focus on non-PBF metal AM technologies brought on by HP\u2019s GE\u2019s and Desktop Metal\u2019s introduction metal binder jetting systems for high-throughput production.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8438872231323217898.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5980887207352482074.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3976668880262831514.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">  <\/p>\n<p>One thing that was clearly visible during our visit to XJet\u2019s AMC (Additive Manufacturing Center) in Rehovot, compared to the last time we were here in 2019, was the higher number of 3D printers running. Even more importantly, we saw a much higher number of serially manufactured metal and ceramic p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s laying around, especially considering that the company is not offering AM services but only developing <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s for current or potential customers. While the number of available materials is limited to Zirconia and Steel, the quality, surface smoothness, and precision of these p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s were impressive.<\/p>\n<h4>Massivit<\/h4>\n<p>Massivit is on the opposite side of the spectrum of Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a>. Like Stratasys, the company works with polymers, especially non-durable ones in the early days. The difference is that Massivit developed its GDP technology to produce very large p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s, quickly and at relatively low costs. The GDP process works by polymerizing a resin material as it\u2019s extruded and deposited onto a build platform in a chamber that can easily fit two full-size humans. Since the last time we visited in 2015, the company has come a long way, with an expanded office structure and several new product lines now on the market, beyond the early Massivit 1800 system. That\u2019s in p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> because in February 2021 Massivit, which lists Stratasys among its investors, raised $52 million (NIS 169 million) in an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1122065355214792697.jpg\">  Epoxy composite tooling can be 3D printed using Massivit\u2019s unique Cast in Motion system, on a Massivit 10000-class system. In the photo: isotropic mold for COATICOM <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/drone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drone<\/a> cover, 3D printed on a Massivit 10000.   <\/p>\n<p>With its large format modeling capabilities, Massivit began by targeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a>, marine, rail, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/furniture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">furniture<\/a>, advertising, and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/aerospace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aerospace<\/a> markets. Cumulatively, it has sold more than 180 printers in 40 countries worldwide and has accrued a sales volume of over $58 million as of Q3 2022. During the nine months through September 2022, Massivit sold 19 printers compared with 14 printers in the comparable period of 2021 \u2013 an increase of 36%.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2100171623541336324.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6905099049179243802.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6638430835999179390.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7058403903186725245.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2022 Massivit also introduced a new technology, which it refers to as Cast in Motion in the new Massivit 10000 system, for which it has obtained 28 (non-binding) pre-orders. This process enables the direct production of highly complex epoxy tools within a break-off 3D printed shell and it could mark a revolution in the composites tooling industry. The first 3 Massivit 10000 printers were sold to customers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/aerospace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aerospace<\/a> (Kanfit in Israel), luxury bath ware (Lyons USA), and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a> industries (Novation Tech in Italy). A new system, the 10000-G, which enables both stand-alone GDP and Cast-in-Motion processes in the same machine, was released at Formnext.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eaeaea7a;padding: 15px 30px;align-items: center;border-radius: 4px;margin-top: 1em;margin-bottom: 1em\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1;padding-right: 30px\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 14px\">Manufacturing on Demand<\/h4>\n<div>Have design to produce? Get professional manufacturing suggestion for free at FacFox!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #0baee8;color: white;padding: 10px 20px;border-radius: 4px\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Addressing next-gen market needs<\/h2>\n<p>While Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies such as XJet and Massivit emerged as a spinoff of Objet\u2019s technological knowledge base, the AM market has continued to evolve. Many operators have understood that the only direction for AM to continue growing is to address the need for scalability, higher productivity and cost-effectiveness by finding new <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s where AM can guarantee a stronger value proposition than traditional manufacturing methods. Within this context, two technologies have proven most suitable to address these requirements: polymer PBF and LFAM (large format additive manufacturing).<\/p>\n<h4>3DM and fast laser PBF<\/h4>\n<p>The need for better, faster, multiple lasers in polymer PBF processes is evident for the technology to be able to cater to higher productivity markets and adequately compete with rivaling processes such as <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/mjf-3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MJF<\/a>, SAF and HSS (collectively referred to as thermal PBF). According to 3dpbm\u2019s latest Polymer AM Market Report, even as thermal PBF technologies get their foothold into the PBF market, especially in terms of generated hardware revenues, laser PBF solutions will continue to represent the vast majority of units sold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5356885523738309371.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4895579172444288440.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4387630696226363978.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3457237205813451549.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7312736382199169484.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>3DM intends to cater to the growing number of laser PBF companies and systems entering the market by offering a new quantum cascade laser (QCL) solution that dramatically changes the way the laser system works in the polymer PBF additive process. Unlike CO2 lasers commonly used in standard <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sls-rapid-prototyping-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLS<\/a> processes (which require the addition of a specific material to the polymer powder in order to facilitate <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a> absorption), the 3DM beam head operates on frequencies that are optimal for melting thermoplastics.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/602059321885407529.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8203813783512564189.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is why we are referring to this process as laser polymer PBF (LP-PBF) and not simply <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/sls-rapid-prototyping-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SLS<\/a>: the 3DM beam head completely melts the powder, it doesn\u2019t just sinter it. It can do this because the system has complete control of the meltpool. Each 3DM beam head integrates four different laser beams which converge into a single beam. Up to four of these beam heads can be integrated into a single large laser PBF system, achieving extreme speeds and precision. In addition, because the 3DM system enables the regulation of the laser frequency to obtain optimal results, it can rapidly adapt to an infinite variety of new materials, opening unprecedented possibilities for polymer PBF companies and adopters in an area (the qualification of new materials) where competing thermal PBF technologies still struggle.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4717722020951565485.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4888292124492960415.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Largix, bigger, better LFAM<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Much like 3DM (but in a very different way) Largix is using lasers to radically change the thermoplastic polymer deposition process for LFAM (large format additive manufacturing) technology and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s. The Largix system uses a relatively standard large-size gantry system and augments it with an ultra-high-tech laser extrusion printhead.<\/p>\n<p>The big difference, compared to all other polymer LFAM extrusion systems on the market, is that Largix does not use pellets or <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> filaments and does not extrude a thick rounded layer of material. Instead, the Largix printhead uses large spools of squared-off thermoplastic material \u201cstrips\u201d: four of these are fed into the machine at the same time and bonded together by a laser that melts the exterior surface of each strip, making them bond to the lower layer, whose surface is also melted by the laser beam and then pressed together. The result is a flat, rectangular layer that bonds perfectly to the previous one. For even better surfaces, Largix will integrate a CNC system that can cut off all excess material during the build.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5706184117443178658.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6558431814436825597.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/748030161873578670.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This approach enables several significant innovations, that make this technology unique and very much end-use <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>-ready. The first is that it can use standard thermoplastics, including the most widely available and cost-effective ones such as standard polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). The second is that most of the printable material (except its outer surface) remains relatively cold, so the process is extremely fast. Another advantage, which may seem counterintuitive, is that the layers bond more strongly than in standard extrusion due to the fact that both the previous and current layers\u2019 surfaces are melted by the laser beam.<\/p>\n<p>All these elements make Largix\u2019s technology ideal for producing large format p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>s, even those that are not overly complex, in an automated and cost-effective manner. The opportunities here are as large as the technology, which is nearly infinitely scalable and we will be exploring them further in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>An appetite for the future<\/h2>\n<p>The last p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> of this reportage on Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> companies focuses on one of the most futuristic (and in many ways fascinating) potential <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a>: vegetable-protein-based or cellular-agriculture-based cultured meat production. Israel is one of the places in the world that has the highest concentration of alternative meat st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ups and many of these are based in Rehovot. 3dpbm has been tracking this segment for years \u2013 ever since we published our first analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> in 2014 \u2013 and we\u2019ve seen the number of cellular agriculture companies working with <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printing<\/a> technology listed in our Index grow to 19. Two of these best represent two diametrically different approaches to 3D printed meat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8471449003984983887.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h4>Feeding the machine<\/h4>\n<p>Redefine Meat uses different types of vegetable-derived proteins to mass 3D print multi-material products whose texture is more complex than basic nuggets, meatballs and burgers. The company has already established a presence with commercial products in supermarkets and restaurants in Israel as well as in Northern Europe, with its largest production facility based in Holland.<\/p>\n<p>The HQ in Rehovot is where the multimaterial extrusion and deposition technology is fine-tuned and new materials are tested. The production facility was off-limit during our visit but it is also located in the same building (which is the same building where XJet was originally located \u2013 before moving to the new HQ across the street in 2019).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6801055520708190318.jpeg\">  We were able to see the Redefine Meat 3D printer but were not allowed to take pictures. It does, however, look exactly like the system in this render.   <\/p>\n<p>We could not find the Redefine Meat products in the Rehovot supermarket and one restaurant in Jerusalem that was supposed to serve it told us they no longer carry it (but other ones that we could not visit confirmed that they had it). So we can\u2019t tell you how the Redefine Meat tastes. However, the company\u2019s business model appears fairly solid and not reliant on difficult-to-obtain cellular-based materials. Different vegetable pastes are \u201cfed\u201d into the machine to obtain the cuts, which are conserved in large freezers like any meat would be.<\/p>\n<h4>A bioprinting farm<\/h4>\n<p>Renting out a two-floor office in the Stratasys building is Aleph Farms, a company that is working on developing products that mimic actual meat products by integrating different cellular materials and even vascularization into its bioprinting process. This is no easy task. So far the company has managed to produce non-3D printed meat-like products that combine a vegetable protein-based scaffold and lab-grown cellular materials for true meat flavor. The cells are grown in a standard incubator and then applied to the vegetable protein scaffold.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3042957114770292161.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7165514078686021244.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6018753314525982861.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6340207465239593362.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are many challenges in this approach and some, such as the need for bovine serum, have already been solved (no animal-derived product at all is present The biggest challenges now for Aleph Meat (and all cellular agriculture) companies are scaling cell production and scaling productivity for more advanced meat products (so products that integrate texture).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible at this time to predict when and how they will be addressed but this is true of many new technologies. At one time this was the case for EV batteries, and reusable rockets (then Elon Musk came along) and has been \u2013 and it is still \u2013 the case for nuclear fusion (but progress is ongoing and accelerating). However, just like in all these examples, a huge demand (in this case for non-animal-derived meat) is a sufficient driver to ensure that investment will keep coming in for those companies that show progress. This progress will take place across different <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a>s, with fully bioprinted, mass-produced, multimaterial, vascularized meat likely seen as the Promised Land at the very end of a long timeline.<\/p>\n<p>In Israel, the counting of years st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ed 5,783 years ago. What\u2019s a few decades more?<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 16px;border-left: 4px solid #cdcdcd;border-radius: 4px;background-color: #f9f9f9;font-weight: 500;color: dimgrey\">\n<h5 style=\"margin-bottom: 6px\">You might also like:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxelmatters.com\/lithoz-sales-of-lcm-technology-systems-doubled-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lithoz sales of LCM technology systems doubled in 2022: <\/a>Lithoz co-founder and CTO Dr. Johannes Benedikt was extremely proud of his team\u2019s achievements this year. Underlining the huge potential of combining ceramic as a powerful material with the geometric freedom of additive manufacturing, he stated that \u201call answers to our urgent questions of today, from aging societies to sustainability and climate change, will probably contain a 3D printed ceramic part as part of the solution.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;color: grey\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxelmatters.com\/the-promised-land-of-3d-printing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Printing Media Network<\/a>. If you are involved in infringement, please contact us to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"far fa-fw fa-user\"><\/i> Author:&nbsp;Davide Sher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Promised Land is generally intended as the land of Israel, which, according to the Bible\u2019s Old Testament, God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham and several more times to his descendants. 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