Everyone will not be unfamiliar with the popular vocabulary of 3D printing. Since its invention in the 1980s, this technology has gradually entered people's daily lives. From decorations and shoes to medical and construction industries, people are pushing all things printable to reality step by step.
However, all of these 3D printing are just printing some structures. Is there a "black technology" that allows us to print electronic products that we know in our daily lives? Have you ever imagined that one day, we can even print complete mobile phones, smart watches, vr glasses, etc.?
HZWL Additive Manufacturing Technology Development Co., Ltd. may be able to provide the answer. HZWL focuses on the intelligent manufacturing of electronic products, and its micro-nano-level 3D functional material printing technology can help these unattainable "ideas" in science fiction movies. become reality.
Recently, HZWL announced that it has completed an angel round of financing of 80 million yuan. HZWL is the first company in the field of electronic 3D printing in China to focus on the world's leading micron-level precision 3D precision manufacturing technology.
"Black technology" that can print everything with high precision
With the increasing demand for integration and miniaturization of electronic products, HZWL can directly print various electronic components and integrate electronic circuits while manufacturing three-dimensional structures, achieving things that the industry wants to do but cannot do .
"There are several main 3D printing technologies in the world now." Zhou Nanjia, CTO of HZWL, told us that laser sintering technology, light curing technology, and the material-based 3D printing technology they are developing. The precision of laser sintering technology is generally low, generally only reaching a hundred microns, and can only be used for specific metals. The light curing technology can only be used for plastic parts, and these technologies cannot meet the needs of manufacturing electronic devices. "Our technology can print a lot of materials, including materials that are very important to the electronics industry, and we can make Micron-level precision and complex three-dimensional structure integrating multiple materials. "Of course, there are traditional micro-nano processing methods for the production of precision electronic devices. However, the micro-nano processing cost is extremely high, the speed is slow, the choice of materials and structures is also relatively limited, and there are also difficulties in the manufacture of spatial three-dimensional structures.
Zhou Nanjia’s team has developed a multi-material, multi-scale flexible processing technology, solved a series of domestic and international key technical problems of microelectronics processing, filled the gap in the field of precision processing of electronic and optical materials from hundred nanometers to hundred microns, and achieved product performance. Significant improvement, increase of production speed and reduction of production cost.
What can micron 3D printing do
The application prospects of this achievement are very wide, mainly including display, three-dimensional electronic interconnection, radio frequency/microwave, optical communication, micro and small electronic products, flexible electronics, sensors and other core directions.
"In fact, this technology can be applied to many electronic products such as display screens, mobile phones, wearable devices, drones, car navigation, medical and health equipment, etc. that are common in daily life." Zhou Nanjia said that in the future, 3D printing HZWL will continue to explore and stimulate the infinite possibilities of applications in more fields-and what they want to do will be determined by market supply and demand and industrial development. Zhou Nanjia's team will design precision manufacturing equipment that can produce corresponding products according to customer needs, develop breakthrough materials, and provide customized services.