The LightFab 3D printer is specially designed for the subtractive 3D printing of precision parts made of glass using the SLE process and is also used for this purpose in our contract manufacturing.

The LightFab 3D printer is suitable for both prototyping and mass production. You can customize your printer to meet your specific needs.

For R&D purpuses, features for a higer process flexibility are available.

In mass production, speed and precision are the main priorities as well as a higher degree of automation.

Every single feature we offer for our machines has been stress tested for at least one year on our own production machines.

As a result of this, and thanks to our many years of experience, the 3D printer not only complies with the Machinery Directive and features vibration isolation and laser safety (in accordance with EN 60825-1:2014).

The LightFab 3D printer is used for the SLE process and also for other laser processes with a focus diameter of <2 micrometers.

• USP welding (picture above)
• Particularly fine laser ablation of hard, brittle materials
• writing 3D waveguides inside glass
• additive 3D printing with 2-photon polymerization.

The CAD software with our “3D printer driver” in combination with the machine software ensures automated and fast 3D printing of complex models.

Not only us, but also an international jury of experts considered our LightFab 3D printer to be unique.
The jury awarded it with the 2016 Prism Award in the “industrial lasers” category at Photonics West in San Francisco.