Spanish 3D printer manufacturerTriditivehas announced the closure of a €5 million pre-Series A funding round.
在一个投资者Tridive的领导下，该计划将其称为“一个重要的西班牙工业集团”，该倡议使该公司的总筹集到约800万欧元。该公司利用其额外的资金计划不断提高其模块化AMCELL 3D打印机的开发，目的是将其确立为一种能够促进“快速响应供应链危机”的技术。
Triditive’s AMCELL development drive
Based in the Spanish city of Gijón, Triditive is a firm whose offering mainly revolves around its proprietary AMCELL 3D printers. Comprising eight robotic modules, each featuring a 220 x 330mm build volume, the systems can be operated independently but simultaneously to churn out parts 24/7 via the firm’s AMD (Automated Multimaterial Deposition) technology.
Leveraging AMD, essentially a combination of binder jetting and fused deposition modeling, the modules enable the creation of components from a mixture of polymers, composites and metals. Both versions of Triditive’s AMCELL, the1400和8300, also have automation subsystems, capable of not only calibrating each module, but ejecting parts onto a conveyor, ready for collection.
Thus far, the firm has gained significant backing to accelerate its machines’ development, including a$1.8 million funding roundlast year, which was supported byStanley Ventures,Techstars,Hunosa Empresas, Fourth Funding andIDEPA.
Utilizing some of the investment it has raised over the years, Triditive has built a 20,000 square foot factory in Northwestern Spain. Designed to be the biggest of its kind in the country, the facility is said to be lined with AMCELL systems connected via the company’sEVAM solution, a cloud-based software that offers part tracking, order optimization and even quality assurance functionality.
Advancing metal 3D printing’s adoption
除了扩大其设施外，Tridive还试图通过一系列合作伙伴关系来推动Amcell的发展。早在2019年，该公司宣布plans to work with Elnik Systems，以使其能够采购MIM拆卸炉和工具的动作。SCALADD,’ an additive manufacturing center providing high-throughput turnkey services.
Established with the aim of expanding the adoption of metal 3D printing, the consortium includes theUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria(ULPGC), theMediaLab of the University of Oviedo, and theECRIMESA Group.
As well as being fitted with several AMCELL systems, the SCALADD facility is said to house training initiatives being carried out by both the ULPGC and Oviedo University. Through these programs, covering areas such as the processability and characterization of polymers, the consortium’s members ultimately aim to drive the wider industrial adoption of Triditive’s technologies.
Since SCALADD was set up in late-2018, the company has also made significant strides elsewhere, including the commerciallaunch of the AMCELL 8300 and 1400, and the fostering of close ties withFoxconn. Alongside the Taiwanese electronics firm, Triditive is now developing anew metal binder jet 3D printer, with work on a prototype and accompanying materials already understood to be underway.
鉴于富士康是世界上最大的电子产品组装商之一，为像Apple,Sony和Intel, it’s possible that the resulting system will see Triditive 3D printing applied on a wider scale than ever before.
Securing part supply via 3D printing
With COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine continuing to cause global trade disruption, 3D printing has become an increasingly attractive proposition for those manufacturers seeking to reinforce their supply chains. In the oil and gas sector,conocophillipsrecently revealed that it’s trialing the3D printing of offshore oil rig parts, as a way of overcoming supply chain problems at its oilfield in Alaska.
Similarly, in the medical field,Aquila Biolabshasbegun Sinterit 3D printing its biosensor parts, as a means of reducing the costs of its low-cost production runs. Using aLisa Prosystem, the firm says it’s now able to produce bio-pumps and sensors to specification, while only doing so as and when they’re needed.
3D printing’s potential market in this area also took center stage atthis year’s Rapid+TCT trade show，上个月全额返回。在活动中，SiemensCEO Barbara Humpton delivered a keynote on the ‘glocalization’ of manufacturing, in which she said that current supply chain disruption is starting to make in-sourcing a necessity.
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Featured image shows a rendering of Triditive’s 3D printing factory in Spain. Image via Triditive.
