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MTC installs system for the 3D printing of electronic components

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The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry - home of the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing - has become the first research and development centre in the UK to install precision equipment that facilitates the 3D printing of small and complex electronic components. With the arrival of the Nano Dimension DragonFly LDM precision additive manufacturing system, the MTC will be able to produce small-scale electronic components used in smart connected devices, as well as multi-layer printed circuit boards and sensors. The system will be available to all MTC clients.

MTC technology director Ken Young says the technology further pushes the boundaries of additive manufacturing capability: "We will use this equipment for advanced applications development, including the production of devices requiring increasingly complex features, high geometric intricacy and very small dimensions. This innovative technology will complement our existing additive manufacturing capabilities, and extend our industry footprint further into the research and commercialisation of manufacturing electronic components in this way.”

The DragonFly LDM printing technology is said to be the industry's only comprehensive additive manufacturing platform for the 3D printing of electronic circuitry.