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Advanced Tech Breakthroughs: Multi-Material, Speed & Space

2026-08-218 min read

KIT CeraMMAM — Ceramic + Metal in One Print

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology universal binder enables ceramic and metal in a single vat-photopolymerization process — e.g. flexible-interior, hard-surface ceramic gears.

MIT 4-Extruder Platform

Printed a working linear motor in hours using conductive + magnetic + dielectric inks simultaneously.

Tsinghua DISH — Volumetric Printing Record

Computational holographic light field prints mm-scale structures in 0.6 seconds — a volumetric 3D printing speed record.

In-Space Manufacturing

China lightweight spacecraft validated metal 3D printing in microgravity — moving from ground to in-space manufacturing.