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NOVA materials
dispensing system

Stop waiting. Start iterating.

Print conductive, dielectric, adhesive, and other functional materials on flexible, stretchable, soft, and rigid substrates within hours. 

With NOVA, you can easily print:

  • Wearable sensors
  • Flexible batteries
  • Bioelectronics
  • Flexible antennas
  • ...And more

Dispense materials with a viscosity range of 1,000 to
1,000,000 cPps with a print resolution as fine as 100 µm.

Trusted by innovators

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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 screen-printable materials for seamless transition to mass production.

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Flexible form factors

Stack multiple layers on flexible, stretchable, soft, or conformable substrates. 

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Clear
workflows

Guided software steps make it easy for different users to run the same process reliably. 

NOVA specifications

NOVA printing
Ideal for
  • Novel materials R&D
  • Flexible, stretchable, conformable electronics
  • Microdispensing
  • Multilayer, multi-material circuits
Print area 220 × 300 mm
8.7 × 11.8”
Dispensing technology Direct ink writing (DIW)
Dispensable materials
  • Conductive: silver, copper, gold, carbon inks, conductive polymers
  • Dielectric materials/insulators
  • Solder pastes
  • Adhesives
  • Other functional materials
Minimum trace width 0.1 mm [1]
XYZ resolution [2] 2.5 × 7 × 1.25 µm
Material temperature control Up to 40°C
Substrates
  • Flexible: Polyimide (Kapton), PET, PETG, Polycarbonate (PC), silicone, etc.
  • Stretchable: TPU, cotton fabric, BEYOLEX™, Evolon® fabric, etc.
  • Porous: Paper, plywood, etc.
  • Rigid: FR1, FR4, glass, alumina, ceramic, PET-CF, Rogers PCB, Soluboard®, etc.

[1] Dependant on material properties and nozzle size

[2] XYZ accuracy is +/- 20 µm.

 

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MIT

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

 

Substrate
Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)

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

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018424 150 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018395 200 µm dispensing tip

Battery layer 2 printing_2

 

Substrate
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

Ink
Saralon SaralBattery Inks suite

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018302 330 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018107 840 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018260 410 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018333 250 µm dispensing tip

application_Electroluminescent-1

 

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 150 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018333 250 µm dispensing tip
Nordson EFD 7018482 100 µm chamfered tip

Printing on fabric heated mitten glove

 

Substrate
Cotton fabric

Ink
ACI SH5025 Printed Fixed Resistance Heater Ink

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018260 410 µm dispensing tip

NOVA Printing copper RFID tag

Substrate
Cardstock paper

Ink
Copprint LF-301 copper ink

Nozzle
Nordson EFD 7018395 200 µm dispensing tip

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