3D PCB printer & printing cost ?

[randsl]

hi,

Just saw this awesome 3D printer : http://www.nano-di.com/3d-printer
Looks like there'll be more PCB printers soon from other manufacturers as well..

BTW, What's the price range of this one? has anyone inquired?

Any idea of the production cost of a PCB (may be cost /sq. inch)?

cheers,

[mairo]

There is already a topic on this:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/dragonfly-2020-3d-printer/


The cost in AU would be in the mid AU$300k (yes hundreds of thousands), I am guessing this in US$ would be somewhere in mid 200k?

[Rerouter]

the part i have never understood with these printers is why they go with the conductive ink approach, when for rapid prototyping, you generally want a copper wire, I always assumed they would get a 1 oz thick bit of wire, as its extruded coat one side in a UV setting epoxy then as its drawn along the board pulse a UV laser to cure the wire to the board,

You could combine this with a conventional printer if you didnt care about it being fibreglass, using a powder fusing printer for the core / prepeg. having a head pop over and spool copper in circles up the via or throughholes,

[Yellofriend]

the part i have never understood with these printers is why they go with the conductive ink approach, when for rapid prototyping, you generally want a copper wire

There is an old and near forgotten technology called Multi-Wire PCBs:

http://www.hitachi-chemical.com/products_pwb_05.htm

[Jeroen3]

I'm only seeing renders.