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One of the ‘Holy Grails’ of Additive Manufacturing is creating mixed metal and polymer composite objects at a scale and cost that goes beyond prototyping and directly competes with existing industry techniques.
MAASS takes on this challenge by combining laser machining, stereolithography, and nano-inks to make functional composite objects with integrated interconnects, antennas, load-bearing features, and sensors. We rely on direct light projection and engineering resins along with a patented material switching system to create the multi-polymer structures, and inexpensive fiber lasers to micromachine and bond metal films that are backed with nano-inks. In this manner, we can fabricate bulk metal elements within dense plastic structures at a scale, speed, and cost that is competitive with existing mass manufacturing methods.
We have released Shimmy, our first tool for printing multipolymers on one machine, the perfect tool for researchers and engineers interested in combining two photopolymers in one 3D printed object.