Aerospace sector seeks to reduce weight and volume and to customise processes

Functional printing consists of layering functional materials onto a range of substrates, such as paper, plastic or composites, adding new functions to the finished parts. The most widely-used techniques are inkjet printing, screen printing, flexography and microdispensing.

All these offer an array of advantages for the industry: lower weight, smaller volumes, product digitalisation and more flexible customisation processes. They increase the value of the finished pieces using simple, easily-customisable processes.

We will be at the LOPEC trade fair to showcase our newest solutions, including 3D composite parts with LED lights and touch-sensors integrated in epoxy resin, without changing the laminate manufacturing process: on site polymerisation, infiltration, pre-impregnation, etc.

The aerospace sector is currently looking for ways to reduce weight and volume and to customise processes. In our solutions, the lamination process does not need to be altered, as printing takes place on normal laminates. The embedding process on the finished part is not altered.

We also offer printed 3D plastic parts that include functions such as detection and direct surface wiring. We have developed processes to print 3D parts with conductive, detection and dielectric multilayers directly, in a wide range of complex geometries.

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