nScrypt Secures U.S. Patent for Revolutionary High-Speed Micro-Dispensing Technology
nScrypt, an innovator in advanced manufacturing solutions, precision micro-dispensing technologies, and next generation electronics is proud to announce that they have been granted a U.S. patent for their invention titled "Dispensing Patterns Including Lines and Dots at High Speeds." With two independent claims and thirteen dependent claims, this patent marks a significant advancement in the field of high-speed micro-dispensing of materials on substrates, particularly for electronic device manufacturing and other precision applications. [...]
nScrypt 3Dn Manufacturing System Pushing the Boundaries of Space Technology Printing Sensors for NASA Project
The nScrypt Inc. 3D manufacturing system is pushing the boundaries of space technology. NASA granted $300,000 to Florida State University (FSU) and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) to pioneer a project using 3D printing to develop cutting-edge sensors capable of withstanding the harsh extremes of space. Vital for space missions, these devices aim to boost the durability and accuracy of spacecraft monitoring systems dramatically.
A multidisciplinary research team, under the guidance of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Professor Subramanian Ramakrishnan, has produced silver ink-based strain sensors crucial for monitoring spacecraft structural integrity using nScrypt's 3Dn manufacturing system. Known for its precision and versatility, the machine relies on a SmartPump™ microdispensing tool head to print directly onto curved and irregular surfaces. Introduced in 2021, this capability is perfect for fitting sensors onto the non-flat components of spacecraft. The sensors, designed to outperform conventional ones, are crafted using a 3D printing process coupled with laser annealing, enhancing their electrical and mechanical properties without melting them. [...]
nScrypt Awarded Laser Oven Patent to Innovate Furnace Efficiency in 3D Manufacturing
Florida-based 3D Manufacturing OEM nScrypt’s research arm, Sciperio, has received US Patent no. 1,958,246, entitled “LASER OVEN WITH TRANSPARENT CHAMBER AND EXTERNAL LASER SOURCE,” which has one independent claim and 17 dependent claims.
The patent covers a transparent vacuum chamber with one or more external lasers and internal temperature sensors. An object placed in the chamber (which functions as an oven and can be cylindrical), can be held under a vacuum while being heated by the laser(s) through the chamber walls, which are made of material that is both transparent and capable of handling the pressure of the vacuum, for example, sufficiently thick quartz. This allows the object to be heated locally, precisely where heat is needed, rather than heating the entire chamber. Heating the entire vacuum chamber from the inside requires a much more complicated design, which is not energy efficient or easily scalable. [...]
Dr. Kenneth Church Recognized as NextFlex Fellow for Pioneering Work in Advanced Additive Manufacturing
Dr. Kenneth Church, the founder and CEO of companies nScrypt and Sciperio, has been distinguished by NextFlex®, America's Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, for his outstanding leadership and expertise in advanced additive manufacturing. A trailblazer in 3D printed electronics and printed circuit structures, Dr. Church boasts over 80 technical publications and holds more than 20 patents or patents pending. The annual NextFlex Fellow Awards honored five individuals, including Dr. Church, for their exceptional dedication to advanced manufacturing and the additive hybrid electronics member community.[...]
DOD ‘Point-of-Need’ Manufacturing Initiative Picks nScrypt as One of Six Projects to Advance Warfighter Tech Development
In March 2023, MII member companies presented pitches for technologies that would help warfighters who are forward deployed in austere environments, facing contested logistics, to circumvent potential supply chain delays. After just eight months, the six winners demonstrated advanced capabilities in extreme temperatures during a December 4-8 event at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire. nScrypt demonstrated its Austere nField Repair, a rugged "factory in a box" that employs additive electronics and mechanical part manufacturing to replace and repair damaged hardware, during the OSD ManTech Program's Point of Need Challenge. [...]
A Decade of Pioneering Collaboration: PulseForge and nScrypt Partner to Revolutionize 3D Additive Fabrication
In a groundbreaking collaboration that traces its origins back to 2014, NovaCentrix, the then parent company of PulseForge, and nScrypt unveiled an integrated equipment solution designed to revolutionize 3D additive fabrication. This innovative technology had its public debut at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event in Santa Clara, CA, on November 18-19, 2014. Over the past decade, this partnership has emerged as a game-changer in the rapidly evolving landscape of 3D printing.
At the core of this innovative equipment lies the fusion of nScrypt’s multi-nozzle microdispensing material extrusion systems and PulseForge’s state-of-the-art digital thermal processes. The multi-nozzle system offers greater customization and higher production volumes, [...]
nScrypt Innovates 3D Printing with Breakthrough Multi-material Mixing Valve Patent
nScrypt announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 11,230,054(‘054 patent). The ‘054 patent, entitled "Active Valve for Mixing and Dispensing Control," covers a valve and system for precisely controlled feeding, mixing, and dispensing materials through a pentip for 3D printing.The patented valve has the ability to mix and dispense a wide range of materials, from low viscosity to high viscosity, including particle-loaded materials, in real-time or near real-time, with clean starts and stops. The valve can be used to print (or dispense) in two or three dimensions. [...]
nScrypt Partners With J.A.M.E.S. to Propel AME Innovation
nScrypt proudly announces a formal partnership with J.A.M.E.S. (Jetted Additively Manufactured Electronics Sources). This strategic alliance marks a significant milestone in the advancement of Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME), aiming to revolutionize the 3D printed electronics industry through innovation, collaboration, and the fusion of expertise.
nScrypt’s novel ability to 3D manufacture complex, electronically functional structures on complex surfaces with unparalleled precision, align seamlessly with J.A.M.E.S’s mission to accelerate 3D printing electronic innovation. This collaboration is set to yield groundbreaking solutions to current challenges within the 3D printed electronic industry. [...]
nScrypt Receives US Patent for Modular Mobile Direct Digital Manufacturing System
Florida-based microdispensing specialist nScrypt has announced the issuance of its U.S. Patent No. 11,707,889, (‘889 patent) aptly named “Modular Mobile Direct Digital Manufacturing Systems.”
Within this patent lies a novel modular system tailored for direct digital manufacturing (DDM), ingeniously ensconced within a conventional shipping container. What distinguishes this system is its exceptional adaptability in managing a vast spectrum of materials, spanning from high and low-temperature thermoplastics to formidable substances such as metals and ceramics, says the company.[...]
nScrypt's FiT Platform Takes Additive Manufacturing to the Extreme with Austere nField Repair Project
nScrypt, Orlando based manufacturer of the Factory in a Tool (FiT) series of high-precision motion platforms for 3D manufacturing, was one of six winners of the Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology (DOD ManTech) “Point of Need Challenge”. The challenge sought solutions to support forward-deployed forces in austere environments, both extreme arctic-type and hot, humid conditions.[...]
Celanese announces collaboration with nScrypt to advance printed electronics space
Celanese (Dallas, Texas) has entered a new strategic partnership between its Micromax Electronic Inks and Pastes and nScrypt (Orlando, Florida), which designs and manufactures high-precision microdispensing and direct digital manufacturing (3D printing) equipment for various industrial applications. [...]
nScrypt & Sciperio 3D Manufacture Conformal Heaters With Variable Resistance Traces
A recent study conducted by a team in nScrypt’s research arm, Sciperio, demonstrated a
significant improvement in the performance of conformal Printed Circuit Structures (PCSs) through the
use of novel manufacturing techniques made possible by nScrypt’s high-precision Factory in a Tool.
The research focused on improving 3D manufactured conductive traces and vias to increase total yield [...]
Entire Nanosatellite 3D Printed within Single nScrypt 3D Printer
Under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research grant with the Space Force, Sciperio relied on 3D printers from its sister company nScrypt to make small six unit CubeSats, measuring up to 20 cm × 10 cm × 34.05 cm. More interesting still, these satellites were made entirely inside the 3D printer, specifically an nScrypt Factory in a Tool (FiT) system. [...]
nScrypt Announces Release of New nStructor Factory in a Tool Trainer System
nScrypt announces its Factory in a Tool trainer, which it calls nStructor™. Soon after nScrypt released its new nStudio advanced software package, it saw a need for a low-cost machine customers can use to learn nStudio. Using an nStructor™ system, customers can become proficient nStudio users without competing for machine time on their high-precision nScrypt 3Dn, 3Dx, or nRugged Factory in a Tool systems. [...]
nScrypt 3D Prints Phased Array Antenna on a Curved Surface for the US Air Force
nScrypt announced that its research arm, Sciperio, working with the Sensors Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), has used its Factory in a Tool 3D manufacturing system to print a phased antenna array on a curved surface. Sciperio, which developed the world’s first fully printed phased array antenna for the U.S. Air Force in 2016, has continued work to conform 3D printed antennas to complex surfaces, for advanced communication technology [...]
nScrypt 3D Prints Gaskets for Jet Car Fuel Pumps
nScrypt is excited to announce that the all new Larsen Motorsports Generation 6 jet car dragster uses gaskets in its afterburner fuel system 3D printed by nScrypt on its nRugged Factory in a Tool (FiT), the first and only 3D manufacturing system for use in harsh environments. According to Chris Larsen, CEO of Larsen Motorsports: The jet racing industry standard afterburner fuel pumps that most jet cars use were produced in the 1960’s. We have a very large inventory of surplus afterburner fuel pumps, but all of them have seals that are now deteriorated beyond serviceability [...]
nScrypt Granted Patent for 3D Printed Electronic Personalized Therapy Devices
Florida-based microdispensing specialist nScrypt’s research arm, Sciperio, has been granted a US patent for a personalized electronic therapeutic training device of which some or all of the device, circuitry, and sensors are 3D printed.
The wording of the US patent (no. 10,926,1136) is “Health Monitoring with 3D Printed Sensors”, and covers not only the device itself, but also how it communicates data in real-time to a video game for therapeutic training, as well as the device’s method of performing personalized therapy and tracking training data. [...]
Researchers Partnership with nScrypt Advances 3D Printing at College
“If you look at the evolution of the smartphone, you can see where 3-D manufacturing is going,” Ken Church, CEO of nScrypt, a high-tech 3-D equipment company, said. “Phones at first were used just for talking, now the smartphone technology has replaced everything from a GPS to a digital camera.” Florida-based nScrypt specializes in high-precision, micro-dispensing, direct digital manufacturing and provides specialized 3-D printers for FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers who are improving materials and processes using nanotechnology[...]
AME Academy: First Online Portal to Educate About Additively Manufactured Electronics
3D printed electronics is this niche of the additive manufacturing industry that has not experienced the same growth as others while the industries leading the adoption of additive manufacturing are the same kinds of industries that are now making strides in the direction of additive manufacturing of electronics (aerospace, defense and R&D organizations) [...]
3DPOD Episode 50: DARPA and More with Ken Church, nScrypt CEO
Talking with the CEO of nScrypt, Ken Church, was a blast. We discussed bioprinting from a realistic standpoint, as well as electronics 3D printing and the future of our industry. Ken’s a straight shooter and is as knowledgeable as he is opinionated, so you’ll learn a lot from him, I’m sure. We also surprisingly talked a while about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with nScrypt having been partially funded by them. Unsurprisingly, Max and I had a [...]
nScrypt Achieves 6-Axis 3D Printing with New 3Dn-Axis Factory in a Tool 3D Printer
Microdispensing equipment manufacturer nScrypt has achieved 6-axis 3D printing with its new 3Dn-Axis Factory in a Tool (FiT) 3D printer. Based on the previously released 3Dx-700, the multi-head 3Dn-Axis comes complete with nScrypt’s entire line of specialized toolheads. This includes the SmartPump microdispensing tool, the nFD material extrusion tool, the nMill milling and polishing tool, and the nPnP360 pick and place tool. As such, the comprehensive 3D printer is well suited to complex functional device production, with potential applications in integrated electronics, sensors, and radio frequency communication devices [...]
Why Astronauts are Printing Organs in Space
Andrew Morgan has seen some of the worst things that can happen to the human body. As a battlefield doctor with the US Army, he's treated young soldiers whose bodies had been torn and broken in explosions. "I've seen the loss of limbs and some devastating injuries as the result of blasts," he says. Witnessing the slow healing and recovery process first-hand got Morgan thinking – what if new tissue or even entire organs could be simply printed off to replace injured body parts [...]
3D Printing and the Future of Space
Undoubtedly the most exciting frontier for human exploration, outer space is a gateway to probing promising worlds, looking for biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets, or pushing the boundaries of our scientific and engineering limits. Nonetheless, steering the course of human space exploration beyond the far side of the moon could take decades. It has been 49 years since the last Apollo 17 crewed mission landed in the lunar Taurus-Littrow highlands, and it could be at least five more years before we see humans navigating the moon’s lower-gravity [...]
Additive Manufacturing is Being Used More to Make High-End Electronics
I recently wrote in a blog posted to The Additive Report website that a sea change is underway in the printed circuit board (PCB) and integrated circuit (IC) industries, and that the future of electronics manufacturing is one in which companies will 3D-print “smart parts with embedded electronics.” I also stated that we’re still in the pioneering stage of 3D-printed electronics, about where IC inventor Jack Kilby was a few years after applying for his patent on the Miniaturized Electronic Circuit in 1958. It turns out I was wrong. The future described in the blog is already here, and it comes with a shiny new acronym: AME, short for additively manufactured electronics [...]
Ozark IC Wins 2nd Stage of Geothermal Manufacturing Prize
I recently wrote in a blog posted to The Additive Report website that a sea change is underway in the printed circuit board (PCB) and integrated circuit (IC) industries, and that the future of electronics manufacturing is one in which companies will 3D-print “smart parts with embedded electronics.” I also stated that we’re still in the pioneering stage of 3D-printed electronics, about where IC inventor Jack Kilby was a few years after applying for his patent on the Miniaturized Electronic Circuit in 1958. It turns out I was wrong. The future described in the blog is already here, and it comes with a shiny new acronym: AME, short for additively manufactured electronics [...]
FAMU-FSU Scientists Identify Ideal Parameters for 3D Printing Conductive Graphite Composites
Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed a parameter set for 3D printing graphene-based structures with optimized conductive qualities. After a series of test runs, the team found that while factors like print pressure and nozzle diameter affected the composite’s properties, at specific speeds, its particles could be aligned vertically. Using these parameters as a guide, the scientists produced a material with enhanced strength and conductivity, potentially making it ideal for use within military applications such as 3D printing heat sinks or shielding [...]
4D Bio3 Program Designated as a USU Center for Biotechnology by the Uniformed Services University
The Geneva Foundation (Geneva) announces today the official designation of the Biotechnology, Biomanufacturing, and Bioprinting Program (4DBio3) as a Uniformed Services University (USU) Center. The USU-4DBio3 Center for Biotechnology, derived from the 4DBio3 Program and administered by The Geneva Foundation (Geneva), was established originally as a five-year program with funding by the Defense Health Program (DHP) to ensure that warfighters are equipped and supported with the latest advancements in biotechnology [...]
nScrypt to Present and Show nRugged at AMUG 2021
nScrypt’s LJ Holmes will speak at AMUG as part of the program entitled “Developing and Transitioning Best AM Practices for Technological Dominance for Our Warfighters.” LJ will focus on nScrypt’s 3D manufacturing systems and their use by the U.S. Department of Defense, and will also discuss how multi-material multi-technology fabrication in a single manufacturing system can reduce supply chain shortfalls experienced during the pandemic. nScrypt will also have its nRugged 3D manufacturing system in its AMUG booth [...]
3D Printing for Preppers: Ruggedized 3D Printers for Austere Environments
3D printers are ideal for making improvised, emergency repairs in austere environments. If you need something now, or a new design to improve something quickly, 3D printing is ideal. It’s no wonder, then, that militaries from around the world have been looking to add 3D printing to their supply chain. Aid agencies have also looked at 3D printing, as have people in developing countries themselves. One idea that is emerging is that we need ruggedized 3D printers [...]
How Conformal Will Change Design and 3D Printing
For over a decade, conformal cooling for molds has been an oft-cited 3D printing application. Conformal batteries are talked about periodically, as well. Sometimes you’ll see a mention of conformal antenna or things like heat sinks. So, what does conformal mean? And what effects will it have on design and manufacturing? Essentially as outlined here in my article on flow, I’ll sum up the Flow Thesis as it stands right now. [...]
Additive Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2021
MS 2021, the most focused conference on business intelligence for the additive manufacturing industry, is back for its fourth year. It is an online event and we will be adding times of discussion on software and automation for additive manufacturing and time of discussion on bioprinting [...]
Electronics 3D Printing, Part Four: 3D Printing Antennas the Future of Communication?
nScrypt’s multihead tool exchanger system can also 3D print electronics and antennas. The above and below nScrypt parts show you examples of antennas printed on mobile phone housings and tablets. nScrypt can do this in several different ways through inkjet, aerosol jet or microdispensing across a range of viscosities, materials, and target materials. The U.S. Air Force uses nScrypt to make tunable radio frequency filters. These let antenna switch between different frequencies if they are jammed or unavailable. This paper delves deeper into comparing 3D printed high-frequency filters with conventional ones. NASA also uses the company for high-temperature traces for use on Venus [...]
Ruggedized 3D Printers for Medical Use in Harsh Military Environments
Can 3D printers treat soldiers on the battlefield? Yes — sort of. A recent pilot program conducted by the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences shows that 3D printers can be deployed in desert and remote environments to fabricate medical tools and biomaterials, where it’s not practical to have soldiers carry hundreds of medical supplies in their packs [...]
Printed/Flexible Sensors Required for Wearable Skin Patches
Wearable technology with sensing functionality is emerging as a highly promising application for printed/flexible electronics. Deployed either as skin patch or embedded within an e-textile, these devices enable parameters such as heart rate [...]
nScrypt Delivers 6 Axis 3D Manufacturing System to University of Delaware
nScrypt delivered a “Factory in a Tool” (“FiT”) manufacturing system to the University of Delaware. From its roots as a private academy in 1743, the institution today is a research-intensive, technologically advanced university with global impact. The Electrical and Computer Department of the university plans to use the FiT for the additive manufacture of functional devices with integrated electronics, sensing and radio frequency communications [...]
Twenty Years Aboard the International Space Station Through the Eyes of Researchers
For almost 20 years, since the Expedition 1 crew arrived Nov. 2, 2000, humans have been continuously living in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station. In addition to the hundreds of astronauts who have worked on experiments aboard station, thousands more people, including researchers, students, and NASA employees, have worked tirelessly to develop and conduct the science from the ground. To celebrate 20 years of human presence on the space station[...]
Air Force Research Team Awarded Patent For New Tunable Radio Frequency Filter
Air Force Research Laboratory scientists recently patented a new tunable radio frequency (RF) filter design. The new design is for a smaller, lighter, less expensive device that requires much less power than current technology. As the Air Force moves to smaller, more “agile” flying vehicles such as hand-launched drones, reduced size, weight and power (SWaP) for all components become more critical [...]
Bioprinting in Microgravity: Where Do We Stand?
A crucial part of translating biomedical research and technology into space health means space crew will have to create their own functional cells, tissues, and even organs. Although the realization of regenerative medicine solutions capable of mimicking a human organ for transplantation in space is not expected within the next decade, researchers are already developing applicable technology that will work under microgravity conditions. Today, the risk of an astronaut developing a serious illness and needing intensive care is very small (between 1% and 2%), but it could happen. Even more so with deep space travel, [...]
RoosterBio Signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with The Geneva Foundation, Sciperio, and the Uniformed Services University
RoosterBio, a leading supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) working cell banks and hMSC bioprocess systems, today announces that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with The Geneva Foundation (Geneva), a non-profit dedicated to advancing military medicine, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), an institution of higher learning within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on behalf of USU's 4 Defense Biotechnology, Biomanufacturing, [...]
ISS National Lab Hosts AM in Space Workshop
Off-Earth manufacturing is beginning to shed some light on how humans could live in orbit. The development of in-situ resource capabilities, like in-space manufacturing, for sustaining life and mobility in space, has been on NASA’s space technology grand challenges list for years. Experts across industry, academia, and government are attempting to create radical systems using disruptive technologies with the potential to transform critical space missions [...]
NEXTFLEX Manufacturing Day 2020
On October 2, 2020, NextFlex and other manufacturers across the country opened their doors to provide an up-close view of their companies and what it’s like to work in the advanced manufacturing sector. At this year’s Manufacturing Day, the skill and ability requirements of the future workforce was explored, highlighting the need for creative workers that can think critically, problem solve and communicate well. As part of the program, NextFlex, America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Institute, hosted a virtual event that brought student participants into the Institute’s state of the art Technology Hub. [...]
Eagle Named Most Promising Engineer, Spearheads Student Space Project
Dr. Eduardo Rojas, assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been honored with a Great Minds in STEM Most Promising Engineer, Ph.D. — Education award, in the organization’s 32nd-annual class.
Of hundreds of nominees representing more than 60 organizations throughout the country, Rojas was selected through peer-review for teaching, research and service excellence, and was recognized in a virtual awards conference earlier this month. [...]
Energy Department Announces Round One Winners of Geothermal Manufacturing Prize
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the Ready! contest of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize. Launched in April 2020, the prize is designed to spur innovation using additive manufacturing to address challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal environments. The winners of the Ready! contest – the first in a series of four progressive competitions – were announced at the Geothermal Resources Council’s Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo by Daniel R Simmons, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy [...]
Ozark IC Uses nScrypt 3D Manufacturing System for High-Temperature Printing
Orlando, FL: Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc. (Ozark IC) is working with nScrypt’s research arm, Sciperio, and an nScrypt 3D manufacturing system to create high temperature electronic systems, specifically, a RISC-V processor that would operate for extended times on the surface of Venus, where the temperature is ~932⁰F or ~500⁰C. The work was funded by a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project and will be continued in a just-announced Phase II project. [...]
3D Printed Micropores with FibreTuff Material
3D printed micropores with FibreTuff medical grade filament by nScrypt. The pores are symmetrical and consistent. This technology will promote a desired platform for cell and tissue growth. [...]
The Strength of 3D Printed Electronics Webinar
On April 28, 2020, a consortium of 3D printing entities – nScrypt, U.S. Army Research Center, and DeLux Engineering to name a few – convened for a discussion panel webinar showcasing the science behind 3D printing electronics and highlighting both ongoing and future research efforts. The panel was moderated by John Hornick of Sciperio, and Larry Holmes and Brandon Dickerson of nScrypt.[...]
4D Bio3 Program Completes First 3D Bioprinting Test Experiment in Space
The Geneva Foundation (Geneva), in partnership with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), commercial space company TechShot, Inc, and 3D printer manufacturer nScrypt, Inc., have successfully completed the first 3D printing test experiment of a human knee meniscus[...]
Electronics 3D Printing, Part Two: Direct Writing
This was followed on by numerous similar government-funded projects, as well as bioprinting initiatives. In 2002, nScrypt was spun out of Sciperio to focus entirely on micro-dispensing and electronics 3D printing technology. Today, nScrypt sells several direct write systems, including its Tabletop system and higher end 3Dn 300 and 500 systems, all of which rely on the company’s SmartPump dispenser. The SmartPump is capable of depositing over 10,000 commercially available materials, ranging from solder pastes and adhesives to living tissue. nScrypt has combined[...]
nScrypt Demonstrates 3D Manufactured Printed Circuit Structure
Orlando, Florida-based nScrypt demonstrated a 3D manufactured printed circuit structure (PCS) at the recent IPC APEX show in San Diego, California. The PCS was an inductor disc that, when held close to any show attendee‘s smart phone with an NFC Reader app, would open the nScrypt website on that person’s phone. [...]
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station early this morning (March 9), delivering more than 4,300 lbs. (1,950 kilograms) of supplies to the orbiting lab. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir used the station's huge Canadarm robotic arm to capture Dragon at 6:25 a.m. EDT (1025 GMT), while the two spacecraft were 262 miles (422 kilometers) above the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver, British Columbia, NASA officials said. [...]
TE Connectivity Donates $350K nScrypt 3D Printer to Penn State
The Penn State College of Engineering has been given a multi-functional nScrypt 3Dn-450-HP 3D printer, courtesy of consumer electronics company TE Connectivity. The donated 3D printer, worth around $350,000, will be used by researchers to deepen their exploration of new additive manufacturing materials and processes, as well as to explore the use of 3D printing on high-power devices. The 3Dn-450-HP is an industrial 3D printing system developed by Florida-based nScrypt.
Geneva Strengthens Board with New Members
Ross Colt, MD, MBA, FAAFP (left) and John Hornick, JD (right) joined Geneva’s Board of Directors to lend their expertise in support of Geneva’s mission to advance military medicine. Dr. Colt is the Medical Director for Gary and Mary West PACE, a non-profit clinic that unites the delivery of medical, social, and behavioral services to the elderly in San Diego, CA. Dr. Colt is an experienced Family Physician with 20+ years of full spectrum clinical practice experience, including a background in academic medicine and progressive leadership in managed care environments at the regional and national level. [...]
Techshot and nScrypt Successfully Complete Knee Cartilage Test Prints In Space
GREENVILLE, Ind. (April 6, 2020) – Commercial space company Techshot Inc., used its space-based 3D bioprinter, called the BioFabrication Facility, or BFF, to successfully manufacture test prints of a partial human meniscus aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last month. The meniscus pattern was manufactured for the company’s customer, the 4-Dimensional Bioprinting, Biofabrication, and Biomanufacturing, or 4D Bio3 program, based at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). The program is a collaboration between the university and The Geneva Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that advances military medical research. [...]
4D Bio3 Improves Battlefield Care with nScrypt's Parent Company Sciperio
Geneva’s 4D Bio3 program, in collaboration with Uniformed Services University, Safi Biosolutions, Sciperio, Advanced Bioprocess Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Food and Drug Administration, launched the 4D Bio3 On-Demand Blood Program to deliver on-demand blood and revolutionize military trauma care. Blood transfusions used in trauma care are currently obtained from human donors and are reliant on donor health and long-term storage [...]
nScrypt Provides Factory in a Tool Platform For Advanced Ceramics Research
nScrypt, a Florida-based manufacturer of micro-dispensing and 3D printing equipment, has delivered and installed one of its Factory in a Tool (FiT) machines to France’s Center for Technology Transfers in Ceramics (CTTC). Leveraging nScrypt’s 3Dn-Tabletop system, CTTC plans to 3D print fine conductive lines conformally on various substrates, as part of the company’s electronics materials project: “We selected nScrypt’s 3Dn-Tabletop machine,” explains Dr. Olivier Durand, CTTC’s CEO, “because it meets the needs of our electronics materials project and it expands our technological portfolio of Direct Writing Printers.”[...]
nScrypt and Taking Bioprinting to the Field
The medical AM segment is multifaceted, consisting of 3D printed medical devices, anatomical models, prosthetics and more. Within the industry, bioprinting has carved out a prominent position, gaining interest across the board for its huge potentials in drug development and screening, therapeutic treatments and regenerative medicine, to name but a few. While much of the excitement surrounding bioprinting is focused on the future—what it could do—we want to look at what is happening now in the field that is exciting [...]
3D Printed Organs are Coming to an International Space Station Near You
Two high-tech companies have teamed up to take 3D printing in space to the next level. A new 3D printer, sent to the space station on a SpaceX cargo resupply mission last July, is now officially open for business. It’s goal: to print human tissue in space. Formally known as the 3D BioFabrication Facility (or BFF), the printer will use adult human cells (like stem cells) as its feedstock. The BFF is [...]
We Are One Step Closer to 3D Printing Human Organs in Outer Space
You might call it a giant leap for 3D bioprinting: Human heart cells have been 3D printed on the International Space Station (ISS) and are making their way back to Earth this week inside a SpaceX capsule. The 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF) was developed by Techshot Inc., a commercial operator of microgravity research and manufacturing equipment, in partnership with nScrypt, a manufacturer of industrial 3D bioprinters and electronics printers [...]
U.S. Military Looks to Boost Use of Additive Manufacturing
The U.S. Army has demonstrated its interest in additive manufacturing over the years, but according to service secretary Ryan McCarthy, it’s now time to really ramp up adoption. At a recent press event at the Reagan National Defense Forum, McCarthy emphasized how crucial 3D printing will become to the military, especially for the production [...]
Hybrid 3D Printing: Comparing High-Frequency Filters with Conventional Methods
In the recently published ‘High-Frequency Filters Manufactured Using Hybrid 3D Printing Method,’ authors Ubaldo Robles, Edgar Bustamante, Prya Darshni, and Raymond C. Rumpf outline the development of two varying devices. In using hybrid 3D printing, they employed both conductive inks and thermoplastic substrates [...]
nScrypt Tool Changer Enables Seamless Switching Between Tool Heads For DDM System
Florida-based manufacturer of micro-dispensing and 3D printing equipment nScrypt has developed a tool changer for its multi-head Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) machines. Demonstrated on the company’s 5-axis 3Dx-700 system, a gantry-based, high-precision platform built for an unnamed military client, the tool changer allows the machine to seamlessly switch[...]
3D Printed Organs Market Rapid Growth with Rising Application- Scope by 2026|Top Players- nScrypt, Organova, Modern Meadow, Cellbricks, Digilab Inc.
“The Latest Research Report 3D-Printed Organs Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast 2019 – 2026 provides information on pricing, market analysis, shares, forecast, and company profiles for key industry participants. – Data Bridge Market Research” Top Companies Covered in this Report: Organovo Holdings Inc., Modern Meadow, Poietis, REGEMAT 3D S.L., Cellbricks, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc., Medprin Regenerative Medical Technologies Co., Ltd, EnvisionTEC, nScrypt, Advanced Solutions, Inc., Digilab Inc., TeVido BioDevices, others[...]
Ruggedized Bioprinter Proves Itself
Biofabrication gets a boost with a successful pilot program in an austere environment.
Earlier this year, nScrypt announced its ruggedized bioprinter, the Austere BioAssembly Tool (ABAT), was gearing up for in-the-field service. This week they’ve announced early success in taking ABAT for a test run in 3D printing medical products in rough conditions — such as those endured in military deployments[...]
SpaceX launches nScrypt's and Techshot, Inc.'s BFF bioprinter into space!
It’s official, nScrypt’s BioFabrication Facility (BFF) bioprinter was launched into space yesterday aboard the SpaceX CRS-18 Cargo Mission. The bioprinting system is now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will ultimately be used to print adult human cells and adult tissue-derived proteins into tissue structures.[...]
The BioFabrication Facility (BFF) Tool Was Officially Activated August 2nd, 2019
The Expedition 60 crewmembers are busy conducting new and advanced science experiments today aboard the International Space Station. A U.S. space freighter will begin its secondary mission after it departs the station on Tuesday. 3-D bioprinting in space may become a viable platform in the future for fabricating human organs. NASA astronaut Christina Koch activated the new BioFabrication Facility in the morning testing its ability to print cells. Flight Engineer Nick Hague is researching the thermophysical properties [...]
Future Electrical Engineer Takes Advantage of New MicaPlex Lab with nScrypt 3Dn-TableTop
Growing up in the West African country of Cameroon, Sofia Mvokany started learning English by watching movies and TV shows. Today, at age 22, she’s working toward her Electrical Engineering degree by studying the finer points of laser micromachinings with Dr. Eduardo Rojas in the Embry-Riddle Wireless Devices and Electromagnetics (WiDE) Laboratory. The newly opened facility, located in Embry-Riddle’s John Mica Engineering and Aerospace Innovation Complex, or MicaPlex, gives students like Mvokany access to a design room with state-of-the-art software, [...]
UTEP Professor Awarded $100K Grant to Develop Fast Electromagnetic Simulation Algorithms with nScrypt 3Dn-TableTop
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Engineering has received a $100,000 grant from IERUS Technologies to develop numerical techniques that will be incorporated into a high-performance computing (HPC) platform suitable for simulating and optimizing advanced photonic devices. Leading the research is Raymond C. Rumpf, Ph.D., the Schellenger Professor in Electrical Research and director of UTEP’s EM Lab, who says the overarching goal of the project is to develop [...]
RFID Tag Antenna Market to Witness Astonishing Growth with Key Players| nScrypt, Texas Instrument, GSI Technologies
A latest survey on Global RFID Tag Antenna Market is conducted covering various organizations of the industry from different geographies to come up with 100+ page report. The study is a perfect mix of qualitative and quantitative information highlighting key market developments, challenges that industry and competition is facing along with gap analysis and new opportunity available and may trend in RFID Tag Antenna market. [...]
Versatile Embedded 3D Bioprinting to Create Thick Biomedical Tissue Structures
This biocompatible matrix bath enables rapid 3D printing of thick tissue analogues with custom features. Tissue engineering is a rapidly growing field that requires advanced fabrication techniques to create permeable thick constructs with specific channels, cavities, and cell compositions similar to tissue[...]
3D Printing Transforms Rocketry in Florida
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 3D printing technology is changing the way rockets are made and the way Florida space companies do business. Significant new space companies or related technology endeavors in central Florida are building entire rockets, rocket fuel and even human tissue[...]
SpaceX Launches nScrypt's BFF Bioprinter into Space!
It’s official, nScrypt’s BioFabrication Facility (BFF) bioprinter was launched into space yesterday aboard the SpaceX CRS-18 Cargo Mission. The bioprinting system is now on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will ultimately be used to print adult human cells and adult tissue-derived proteins into tissue structures. The recent SpaceX mission launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station yesterday, where onlookers got to see a Falcon 9 rocket disappear beyond the clouds. The rocket is carrying a Dragon capsule to the ISS, which is itself loaded with the BFF bioprinting system as well as roughly 5,000 pounds of other experiments and supplies.[...]
NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 7:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, July 21, for the launch of its 18th agency-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website Sunday with prelaunch events.The Dragon spacecraft will deliver supplies and critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 60 and beyond. In addition to bringing research to station, the Dragon's unpressurized trunk is carrying the International Docking Adapter-3 (IDA-3), which, when[...]
nScrypt Developing 'Ruggedized' Bioprinter for Military Applications
Though bioprinting technologies are steadily advancing, uses for bioprinters have largely been limited to laboratory settings. Though this research-focused side of bioprinting is essential, there are a handful of efforts that are aiming to take bioprinting beyond the lab. For instance, there is a growing trend to bring bioprinting to space led by companies such as 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Allevi, CELLINK and nScrypt. Interestingly, Florida-based nScrypt is now also partaking in a joint[...]
Bioprinting World Map
With 109 established bioprinting companies and many entrepreneurs around the world showing interest in the emerging field, it’s just a matter of time before it becomes one of the most sought after technologies. Mapping the companies that make up this industry is a good starting point to understand the bioprinting ecosystem, determine where most companies have established their headquarters and learn more[...]
Global 3D Bioprinting Market is Estimated to Grow at CAGR +5.0% with Major Key Players like Stratasys Ltd. nScrypt Inc., and Aspect Biosystems Ltd.
According to a new informative report by Research N Reports an analytical data of Global 3D bioprinting Market has recently added to its massive database. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has harbored several innovations in diverse areas of medicine, manufacturing, engineering, and education. Bioprinting is the 3D printing of various biocompatible materials, including cells and components, into three[...]
nScrypt Reveals Advanced 3D Printed Circuit Structures for RF Applications
Orlando, Fl.: During the May 2019 Rapid conference and trade show in Detroit, nScrypt’s CEO, Dr. Ken Church, showed examples of advanced PCS (printed circuit structures) for RF applications made with nScrypt’s Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) system, called Factory [...]
nScrypt Develops In Situ 3D Printing Inspection System
nScrypt, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, wants to see 3D printing operations running at their full potential. In high-performance industrial atmospheres, that means heavy monitoring to ensure any errors or ongoing system problems are dealt with quickly. To promote precise additive manufacturing processes—mainly with their 3Dn systems— [...]
Complex Living Tissue To Be 3D Printed Aboard ISS
Russian, American and Israeli scientists are working together to create the muscular tissue biomaterials that will be used to 3D print complex types of living tissue, including muscles and blood vessels, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This historic experiment is slated to take place in September and is part of a microgravity 3D bioprinting experiment. Leading the experiment [...]
nScrypt Develops Proprietary Method for 3D Printing Titanium
Florida manufacturer nScrypt, which develops high-precision Micro-Dispensing and Direct Digital Manufacturing equipment and solutions, is now focusing on repeatable 3D printing of metals for the medical, defense, and aerospace industries [...]
Additive Manufacturing Primed for Blockchain Adoption
Blockchain in additive manufacturing (AM) offers immediate opportunities for military use, said Kenneth Church of nScrypt. One of the first use cases will be to easily and securely replace broken [...]
nScrypt's Newly Appointed Director of 3D Printing LJ Holmes Discusses DoD Work
nScrypt’s Director of 3D Printing, Larry (LJ) R. Holmes, Jr., is in charge of directing the company’s market participation for industrial-level 3D printing hardware, including its work with the US Department of Defense [...]
Viewpoint 2019: Xudong Chen, VP of Marketing
"Companies constantly look at potential technical solutions that might disrupt electronic packaging. The consumer is becoming more demanding and wants [...]
Why Your New Heart Could Be Made in Space One Day
That may sound like science fiction, but bizarre as it seems, it could bring new hope for transplant patients within the next decade. While about 7,600 heart transplants were carried [...]
First Living Tissue 3D Printed in Space Aboard ISS
In February, NASA plans to send a bioprinter capable of producing beating heart tissue to the ISS. Named the 3D BioFabrication Facility (BFF), the machine [...]
nScrypt introduces new Factory in a Tool
Orlando, Florida-based nScrypt is a manufacturer of micro-dispensing and 3D printing systems, and it has just announced the release of its new Factory in a Tool (FiT) [...]
nScrypt patents high-speed 3D printing method for patterning conformal surfaces
3D printer and microdispensing system manufacturer nScrypt, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a patent for a new high-speed micro [...]
nScrypt acquires Newton Cyberfacturing
Florida-based 3D bioprinter developers nScrypt has bought Newton, Cyberfacturing, an additive manufacturing service [...]