Above: Additively Manufactured 10 Layer Board/Image Credit: HENSOLDT
HENSOLDT, the sensor solutions provider from Germany, together with Nano Dimension, the world leader in Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME), has achieved a major breakthrough on its way to utilizing 3D printing in the development process of high-performance electronics components.
By making use of a newly developed dielectric polymer ink and conductive ink from Nano Dimension, HENSOLDT succeeded in assembling the world’s first 10-layer printed circuit board (PCB) which carries high-performance electronic structures soldered to both outer sides. Until now, 3D printed boards could not bear the soldering process necessary for two-sided population of components but the new development has opened up new doors for additively manufactured electronics.
Above: Conventional 10 Layer Board/Image Credit: HENSOLDT
Speaking about the breakthrough, HENSOLDT CEO, Thomas Müller said, “Military sensor solutions require performance and reliability levels far above those of commercial components. To have high-density components quickly available with reduced effort by means of 3D printing gives us a competitive edge in the development process of such high-end electronic systems.”
Yoav Stern, the President & CEO of Nano Dimension commented, “Nano Dimension’s relationship with HENSOLDT is the type of partnership with customers we are striving for. Working together and learning from HENSOLDT led us to reach a first-of-its-kind in-depth knowledge of polymer materials applications. Additionally, it guided us in the development of Hi-PEDs (High Performance Electronic Device) that create competitive edges by enabling unique implementations with shortest time to market.”
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AMEs are useful to verify a new design and functionality of specialized electronic components before production. AME is a highly agile and individual engineering methodology to prototype a new electronic circuitry. This leads to significant reduction of time and cost in the development process. Furthermore, AME gives a verified and approved design before production starts, leading to higher quality of the final product.
HENSOLDT started working with Nano Dimension’s DragonFly 3D printing system in 2016, in order to examine the possibilities of additively manufactured electronics. Last year, HENSOLDT successfully implemented the DragonFly Lights-Out Digital Manufacturing (LDM) printing technology, the industry’s only additive manufacturing platform for round-the-clock 3D printing of electronic circuitry.
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