New 3D-printing system for hybrid materials

3D printer CeraFab 7500 (© Lithoz GmbH) Montanuniversität Leoben is the first university in Austria to have a 3D printer capable of processing hybrid materials. The CeraFab 7500, produced by Lithoz GmbH here in Austria, enables the production of complex, stable and high-resolution 3D components using various materials. It is now possible to print different ceramics as well as filled and unfilled polymers and high-viscosity formulations in general, facilitating applications in other areas (e.g. metal or other material combinations). This new acquisition is the result of a research cooperation between the two Leoben Departments of Materials Science and of Polymer Engineering and Science in the field of the design, production and characterization of new materials with improved structural and functional properties. Lithoz, with whom these departments have already on many projects, was founded in 2011 in Vienna and is now the world market and technology leader for 3D printers, materials and solutions for the industrial production of high-perfomance and bioresorbable ceramics. Different material combinations possible.