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NOVA dispensing ink for printed battery using Plan feature

Stop waiting. Start prototyping.

Print on flexible, stretchable, and rigid substrates. 

With NOVA, you can easily and quickly print:

  • Printed batteries
  • Wearables
  • Sensors
  • ...And more
Dispense materials with a viscosity range of 1,000 to 1,000,000 cps with a print resolution as fine as 100 µm.

 
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Unlock new opportunities

Explore what’s possible with printed electronics.

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Streamline research and development

Change designs on the fly and get immediate feedback.

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Total material freedom

Experiment with a wide range of substrates and screen-printable materials.

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No experience required

The intuitive user experience alleviates internal training challenges.

NOVA Specifications

To provide more context, here are the technical specifications that enable NOVA to support all the amazing projects.

NOVA printing
Ideal for
  • Printed electronics R&D
  • Novel materials R&D
  • Flexible, stretchable, conformable circuits prototyping
  • Microdispensing
Print area 220 mm x 300 mm
8.7” x 11.8”
Dispensing technology Direct ink write (DIW)
Dispensable materials Solder paste, silver, copper, carbon inks, and other screen printable materials
Minimum trace width 0.1 mm*
XYZ resolution** 2.5 µm x 7 µm x 1.25 µm
Material temperature control Up to 40°C
Substrates
  • Rigid: PCBs, glass, ceramic, etc.
  • Flexible: Polyimide, PET, etc.
  • Stretchable: TPU, etc.
  • Porous: Paper, etc.

*Dependant on material properties and nozzle size
**XYZ accuracy is +/- 20 µm.

Download NOVA Specifications

Who’s using Voltera NOVA?

Working with NOVA has been fascinating. We've been able to construct devices that we would not be able to do conventionally without expending enormous time and resources.

Alex Kashkin, Graduate Researcher, Velásquez Group at MIT

What can NOVA do?

Gold ink print_1

A dry ECG electrode printed on TPU using biocompatible gold ink and stretchable silver ink. Flexible and conformable to body movements.

Substrate
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)

Inks
Creative Materials EXP 2613-40 gold ink
Celanese Micromax™ Intexar™ PE874 stretchable silver paste
Voltera Conductor 3 silver ink

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018424 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018395 dispensing tip

Battery layer 2 printing_2

A multimaterial printed battery on PET with a stable reading of 2.4 V.

Substrate
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

Ink
Saralon SaralBattery Inks suite

Nozzle size
Nordson EFD 7018302 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018107 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018260 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018333 dispensing tip

application_Electroluminescent-1

A blue light-emitting pattern dispensed with electroluminescent ink on two substrates: paper and PET.

Substrate
Paper, PET

Ink
Saralon Saral Silver 700 Silver Based Conductive Ink
Saralon Saral Dielectric 600 Dielectric Ink
Saralon Saral BluePhosphorL 800 Electroluminescent Ink
Saralon Saral Conducting Polymer 700 Polymer Electrochromic Ink

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018424 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018333 dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018482 chamfered tip

Printing on fabric heated mitten glove

A heated cotton mitten capable of reaching 40°C when powered by a 12V power source.

Substrate
Cotton fabric

Ink
ACI SH5025 Printed Fixed Resistance Heater Ink

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018260 Dispensing Tip

NOVA Printing copper RFID tag

An ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID tag with a minimum self-reflection coefficient (S11) of -29.42 dB at 922.50 MHz.

Substrate
Cardstock paper

Ink
Copprint LF-301 copper ink

Nozzle size
Nordson EFD 7018395 dispensing tip

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