www.cubicure.com

Hot Lithography

Solution of the 3D Printing Dilemma

Dr. Markus Pfaffinger

Plast Milano, 29.05.2018

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What the industry really needs!

Additive manufacturing of functional polymer parts with highest precision

prototypes,

design objects,

functional samples

Quality ofInjection Molding

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3D-Printing of polymers

3D-Printing FDMSLS

Inkjet Stereolithography (SLA, DLP)

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Dilemma of 3D Printing

Selective Laser Sintering

Geometry Material Economics

Fused Deposition Modeling

Inkjet Photopolymers

Stereolithography

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Injection molding quality needed!

Precision

Stereolithography

Mechanical properties

Tough Photopolymers

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Dilemma of 3D Printing

Selective Laser Sintering

Geometry Material Economics

Fused Deposition Modeling

Inkjet Photopolymers

Stereolithography

Hot Lithography by Cubicure

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Cubicure GmbH

Spin-Off of TU Wien (2015)

> 9 years of experience in lithography-based 3D-printing

Infrastructure

13 employees100 m² chemical laboratory380 m² office and shop floor

Lithography-based additive manufacturing of polymers for technical applications

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Cubicure GmbH

Additive manufacturing

systems

Businessmodel

Material development

Innovative resins

Process development

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Hot Lithography

New, patented technology High viscous resins

Process heating, highest precision Good thermo-mechanical properties

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Development phase

Highest precision

Finest structures

Unlimited complexity

Individualization

20 mm

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Development phase

10 mm

10 mm

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Development phase

10 mm

10 mm

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Development phase & small series

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Series production

465 ball bearing cages in 2,5 h

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Case study

Scalability: prototyping = pre-series or series production

www.cubicure.com

Cubicure GmbH

Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse 17

Tech Park Vienna

1230 Vienna | Austria

markus.pfaffinger@cubicure.com