体积3D打印机开发人员Xolohas announced the successful completion of its latest Series A funding round, totaling €8 million ($8.6 million).
This follows a successful €2.5 million ($2.7 million) seed round in 2021, along with the introduction of its proprietary printer,Xube， 和Xolographytechnology, a novel process for printing any design in seconds. The funds will aid Xolo’s vision to “reshape the 3D printing industry by employing its revolutionary new Xolography process,” which will be co-led by German and Austrian venture capital firmsHZG组和Onsight Ventures，位于迈阿密的B2B技术投资者SquareOne， 和the newly launched German fund for deep tech and climate tech growth-stage companies, theDeepTech & Climate Fonds（DTCF）。资金还将保证该初创公司能够在不久的将来能够成长和为更多的“尖端”学术和工业研发小组服务，并进入其第一个工业市场。
“Xolography significantly improves the resolution and volume generation rate of previous processes,” said Frank Carsten Herzog, managing partner of the HZG Group. “This means that in the future, the process will be able to produce large numbers of highly detailed objects in a short time – the economic potential is enormous.”
Xolo的体积3D打印机Xube和Xolography打印过程
Xolo’s 3D printer, named Xube, is an example of next-generation deep tech emerging to unlock the potential that borders on science fiction. The system is built around a cuvette filled with a liquid resin that is constantly absorbed by a light sheet within which extra light is channeled. To print smooth surfaces within an extremely short time, the resin is improved with photoactive specialty chemicals known as photoinitiators. Xolo claims that R&D teams from unidentified clients are already investigating ways to employ Xube technology in the biomaterials and optics industries.
与传统的3D打印过程（采用分层生成技术）不同，Xolography是一个体积打印过程，根本不需要层的概念。此外，Xolo声称其新方法的分辨率是计算出的轴向光刻的十倍，而无需反馈优化。它还采用以前3D印刷行业无法使用的材料。
Xolo is seeking a breakthrough with its novel Xolography technology, opening up completely novel fields of 3D printing applications, such as organ reproduction in medical technology and the creation of high-precision lenses for the optical industry, along with applications in other sectors such as dental and acoustics.
缩放体积3D打印
Previously,体积3D打印companyVitro3D在一个超额认购的种子轮中筹集了130万美元Buff Gold Ventures。该公司声称这笔资金将使能够在几秒钟内生产复杂的3D对象的原型打印机的开发。天使投资者也参加了这一融资Deming Center Venture Fund,Caruso Ventures， 和Rockies Venture Club。Vitro3D的主要重点是创建用于生产3D细胞培养物的牙齿比对，组织工程和支架的新方法。Vitro3D精致的体积3D打印技术通过利用基于新型的基于墨盒的几何形状来克服了光聚合物3D打印部门的限制，从而可以快速印刷更大，更复杂的物体。
Furthermore,Stanford和Harvard Universityresearchers created anovel volumetric 3D printing method可以创建不需要支持结构的树脂组件。该方法基于具有纳米颗粒的树脂材料，该树脂材料只有在被高度聚焦的激光斑爆破后才僵硬。研究人员能够通过在整个树脂桶中的激光焦点不同，可以在树脂池（包括表面层）的任何点进行打印。因此，新颖的3D打印机不必从底部从一层逐层打印对象，从而为几乎任何方向都可以“添加到”的抽象几何形状开辟了可能性。
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Featured image shows Xube 3D printer. Image via Xolo.
