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The Pilot line for laser enabled printed electronics and biosystems is a bespoke equipment set designed to incorporate key functionalities of advanced subtractive and additive manufacturing. The system enables the realisation of both bio-fabricated and electronically fabricated components using integrated scalable digital manufacturing methods. Microfluidics, printed electronics and printed biomaterials can all be incorporated, using this system, on a single device.
The three-module glove box combines both precision additive and precision subtractive processes to realise next generation thermally, electrically and optically activated smart devices or tissue engineered lab-on-a-chip devices.

This facility, located in the NCLA Laser Laboratory at NUI Galway, provides the opportunity to efficiently produce prototypes using scalable pilot production, significantly enhancing the translation of R&D concepts into product prototypes.

Multi-functional, multi-material, smart devices can be manufactured, leveraging ultra-short and laser and low temperature materials processing. The pilot line is capable of processing metals, ceramics, organics, nano-materials and biodegradable electronics. The system is reconfigurable through utilisation of the latest CAD/CAM packages for tool control and simulates high-throughput scalable processes on either cylindrical or planar geometries.