The goal of this collaboration is to develop a 3D printer designed specifically for demanding, advanced ceramic resins. Zortrax, as the manufacturer of the solution, will supply AM-COE with the printers.

On July 18, 2023, a letter of intent was signed between a global 3D printers' manufacturer, Zortrax, and a British company specializing in the production of advanced resins, AM Centre of Intelligence (AM-COE). The goal of this collaboration is to develop a 3D printer designed specifically for demanding, advanced ceramic resins. Zortrax, as the manufacturer of the solution, will supply AM-COE with the printers.

Zortrax has decided to work with AM-COE to develop and market a professional 3D printer for handling demanding ceramic resins. Zortrax has the necessary experience in developing high-quality 3D printers, automatic post-processing devices, a wide range of resins, as well as printing software to support resin 3D printing. AM-COE, in turn, owns professional research facilities and has the necessary capabilities to produce specialty resins.
"The cooperation between Zortrax and AM-COE will allow us to develop an optimal solution for printing demanding ceramic resins. I am convinced that Zortrax engineers' experience and skills in the development of resin 3D printers, peripheral devices, and printing software, combined with the relevant background of AM-COE, specializing in the production of ceramic resins, will lead to the release of a modern printer, tailored to the needs and requirements of both businesses and individual users producing ceramic parts." - underlines Mariusz Babula, CEO at Zortrax.
Zortrax's R&D team has been working with resin 3D printing daily for many years. Last year saw the premiere of a new comprehensive resin printing system, Zortrax Powerful Trio, which consists of the Zortrax Inkspire 2 resin 3D printer and two automatic resin post-processing devices - Zortrax Cleaning Station and Zortrax Curing Station. Numerous technical improvements introduced in the Powerful Trio, as well as collaborations with world leaders in the chemical industry, BASF Forward AM and Henkel/Loctite on the double validation of Zortrax machines and the expansion of the resin portfolio, have provided the experience that proves invaluable in the collaboration with AM-COE and the development of a new specialized printer designed to work with ceramic resins.
"AM-COE is the biggest research and manufacturing centre on vat-photopolymerization of ceramic parts and components for aerospace, electronics, chemical, automotive, and other industries. In our strive for offering a mass manufacturing solution for 3D printed ceramics, we've partnered up with Zortrax to develop a versatile, fast, effective, and affordable ceramic 3D printer, like no other. This excellent machine is an open-source solution with free software that assists researchers to develop material and ceramic printing processes, as well as manufacturers who are after a low-maintenance and easy-to-run ceramic printer for mass manufacturing." - says Ehsan Sabet, CEO at AM-COE.
AM-COE has high-end research laboratories for resin production, and focuses mainly on designing light-cured materials, where 3D printing is mainly used for prototyping and mass production of casting patterns and ceramic cores.
Within the partnership agreement with AM-COE, Zortrax will be responsible for manufacturing the printers with embedded firmware, and the implementation of dedicated Z-SUITE software, designed strictly for the preparation of ceramic resin models on the printer developed under the project. Moreover, Zortrax will be responsible for the printer's warranty and ongoing updates to the firmware and software. AM-COE will provide consulting services for ceramic resin printing, distribute the new printer, and will be responsible for testing the software before each update, particularly to ensure that ceramic resins are printed correctly.

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About Zortrax

Zortrax is an established manufacturer of 3D printers for both desktop and industrial sectors. The products offered by the company operate in four technologies: LPD, LPD Plus, UV LCD and SVS. The brand has built a strong position on the market by offering comprehensive solutions for 3D printing, including printing materials and peripherals as well as dedicated Z-SUITE software and Zortrax inCloud platform for remote management of the printing process and personnel. Zortrax machines are used by thousands of customers around the world in industries ranging from architecture, medicine, education, design, automotive, engineering, industry to aerospace. This has enabled the company to build a business on an international scale. The company achieves this goal by providing devices that are reliable and precise, adapted to work in harsh environments, meeting the most stringent standards, and at the same time, are intuitive and easy to use. The company manages to create such quality 3D printers by cooperating with three key sectors: education, medicine, and space. Zortrax engineers developed the technology to print composite models from two PEEK blends in collaboration with the European Space Agency. Zortrax specialists in cooperation with ESA, have also developed 4D printing technology, where 3D models can change their geometry under the influence of external stimuli. Within the project, the first successful demonstrators with electrically activated movement were printed on Zortrax M300 Dual. Zortrax solutions are used by such giants as: NASA, Toyota and Bosch.