Silicone is rapidly attracting the attention of global investors!

Does silicone 3D printing effectively shorten the product development cycle?

With the rise of environmental awareness, green energy industries have gradually taken over the market, for example: electric car and solar panels, and which rely on heat sinks for high-speed computing and seals respectively. The chemical raw materials used in heat-conducting and heat-dissipating parts often cause great harm to the environment, and whether we can achieve sustainable social and economic development is an important issue that cannot be ignored by today's emerging technologies.

The silicone material is currently the most environmentally friendly in the world because it does not contain heavy metals. Silicone is widely used in many countries in Europe and the United States to replace other materials because of its high and low-temperature resistance, weather resistance, and excellent electrical insulation. If it can be used to make medical silicone parts in the future, it will undoubtedly be a great contribution to modern society, but the cost of making a mold is quite high, and it is not easy to design a three-dimensional shape, not to mention that the demolding process also takes longer, which is a disadvantage that most laboratories will encounter. However, in Taiwan, the expert in silicone 3D printing, San Draw Co., Ltd. has already proposed the corresponding process and material design solutions to the above issue of the industry in 2014.

Silicone application example (1): Dehumidification wheel filter?

▲The design of the required parts is according to the needs of the manufacturer, and each 1*1mm hole is precisely printed out.

In the field of industrial: engineering, automotive, marine, metal, air, gas, powder, etc., many machines need to use filter cores to meet different production needs, and the composition of filter cores is the key.

Silicone application example (2): square industrial sealing circle

▲We have developed a special silicone seal in cooperation with the industry, which has a wide range of special temperature resistance and excellent chemical properties, and the grooves can be printed accurately.

The silicone seal has better heat resistance than rubber and can be recycled infinitely, so more and more environmental protection electrical products in the market are using silicone seals. The solution is to use the advantage of 3D printing design so that the objects have complete data and models in the evaluation stage of the software and shorten the R&D cycle.

To improve the quality of life of human beings, the potential of the medical device industry is also being enlarged infinitely. Many precisions medical devices not only need excellent biocompatible materials to be used in the human body but also need to be made very precise to be applied in the most modern and mainstream "minimally invasive surgery". In the medical field, San Draw also provides ISO10993-certificated silicone materials to facilitate the development of medical devices by various institutions or laboratories, and to provide the highest level of support in terms of equipment and technology in the medical industry.

Silicone application examples (3): Medical parts/molds

▲The various medical parts can be used to meet the needs of research and medical units and can be developed to facilitate surgical research and courses.

In addition to passing the ISO10993 biological test, the silicone used by San Draw has also developed a water-soluble support material, which allows users to have a more unrestricted design experience during development and more flexible application in different fields and for customers of different sizes. Our professional engineers and R&D team can plan the most ideal solution for customers' problems.

Our patented FAM printing technology is equipped with the latest Independent Nozzle Position Adjustment (INPA) technology, which provides ultra-precise repositioning accuracy (±0.02 mm) with a minimum nozzle diameter of 0.2 mm, making it possible to print large objects or miniature robotic parts with our equipment. The S300 silicone 3D printer can be used with water-soluble support material, which is suitable for printing free-form objects and thin-walled objects.Recently,more and more research and academic institutions are cooperating with San Draw, and the future development of multiple fields is highly anticipated.

▲San Draw's S300 silicone 3D printing demo.

▲The company's products are also popular in the application of soft robot grippers.

For more information, please refer to the link on the home page!