12/21/2022

Innovative Collaboration for Inkjet 3D Printing

New partnership with Meteor Inkjet Ltd, a leading provider of electronics, software, tools, and services for industrial 3D inkjet printing.

The focus is on the precision and multimaterial capabilities of inkjet printing, as well as new opportunities for automating additive manufacturing.

4D_Additive from CT is a comprehensive software suite for all additive manufacturing processes, offering functions such as model repair, geometry analysis and optimization, support, lattice and hollow structure generation, texture creation, nesting, and slicing. Combined with the world-leading printhead drive electronics from Meteor and the Met3D Digital Front End, OEMs of printers now have a straightforward path from development to the production of inkjet printing systems for additive manufacturing. The implementation of inkjet technology for the application of binders or materials requires a close integration of hardware and software from industrial printing systems, as well as innovative tools for additive manufacturing and the ability to read all common CAD models and provide optimized 3D data in a special format for inkjet printers.

“As a result of our collaboration with Meteor, binder and material jetting systems with Meteor hardware and software can be easily integrated into the industry-standard workflow provided by 4D_Additive, enabling the processing of precise native CAD models from all major systems and formats,” said Rémi Goupil, CT Product Manager – 4D_Additive. Clive Ayling, CEO of Meteor, comments: “Our collaboration with CT not only offers a clear development path for OEMs of 3D printing systems, but will also lead to significant sustainability benefits for the industry, such as the real-time optimization of 3D sand casting prints with precise density control, reducing material waste and curing time.”

About Meteor Inkjet

Meteor Inkjet Ltd. (www.meteorinkjet.com), headquartered in Cambridge, UK, is the world’s leading independent provider of industrial inkjet electronics, software, tools, and services. Meteor is known for its technical expertise and innovation and is trusted by both printhead manufacturers and printing system builders. Meteor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hybrid Software Group PLC (Euronext: HYSG), a leading developer of enterprise software for industrial print production.