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Use sandbox to mold 3D printed silicone parts. This process, called “granular media dynamic shaping”, was invented by 3Deus Dynamics, a Lyon start-up founded in 2020. Formation of support material.
Operating molds used in hospitals
During the layer-by-layer printing process, silicone is included to prevent the sticky material from collapsing under its own weight. Since creating the first industrial dynamic prototyping printer in 2022, 3Deus Dynamics has produced around a hundred molds for surgical preparation and for use in different hospitals. The company plans to advance further thanks to a €10 million financing round completed in May from Elkem Silicones and the European Innovation Council’s EIC accelerator programme.
Enough to fund the start-up of production in 2025 at its new 2,000 m² factory in Rillieux-la-Pape, metropolitan Lyon (Rhône Valley). The company has 20 employees and will have 25 by the end of 2024, and eventually plans to launch two production lines (medical molds and industrial parts), each producing 4,000 to 5,000 parts per year. In particular, it intends to create electromagnetic interference-resistant, 1000°C shielded connectors for aerospace manufacturers.
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