Harting offers 3d circuit service

Author: EIS Release Date: Dec 8, 2022

Harting is offering printed circuit tracks on injection-moulded thermoplastic 3d objects, calling the process ‘3D-Mid’.

 

Harting 3dCircuits

The injection moulded part is custom-designed to fit between or around what ever the customer wants it to.

 

The moulded part is doped with chemicals so that, after moulding, its surface is activated wherever conductive tracks are required  “through laser-direct structuring, a procedure created by LPKF Laser & Electronics in 1996”, said Harting.

 

 

Harting 3dCircuitsWhen the activated object is then exposed to a copper plating process, the metal only attaches to the laser structured areas, building conductive tracks and features.

 

Harting 3dCircuits

 

The company sees the process being used to make 3d circuits for sensors, LED lighting, antennas and miniature medical items. “Using 3D-Mid, manufacturers can now design devices that are less invasive and more comfortable for patients, particularly when it comes to monitoring and examining the patient from the inside,” said Harting. “No longer is it necessary to insert a long endoscopic camera down the throat. You can instead consume a non-invasive capsule [that] contains a little camera that transmits 360° pictures of your body.”