Sakuu Corporation Announces a Revolutionary Industrial-Grade 3D Printer for e-Mobility Batteries

A new multi-material, multi-process additive manufacturing platform remediates issues of performance and cost.

FREMONT, CA: Sakuu Corporation, the pioneer in automated multi-process additive manufacturing (AM), announces a revolutionary new industrial-grade 3D printer for e-mobility batteries. The breakthrough technology will unearth the mainstream adoption of EV and e-mobility vehicles by remediating the previous cost, performance, sustainability, and range. Providing an industrial-scale local battery production potential, the Sakuu technology is likely to expedite the use of EVs by providing increased manufacturer and consumer confidence.

Backed by leading Japanese automotive parts supplier to significant OEMs, Musashi Seimitsu, Sakuu is set to allow fast, high-volume production of 3D printed solid-state batteries (SSBs), compared to lithium-ion batteries, have the same potential yet are half the size and almost a third lighter. The firm's KeraCel branded SSBs will also leverage around 30-50 percent fewer materials that can be sourced locally to attain the same energy levels as lithium-ion options, significantly mitigating production costs. Additionally, Sakuus SSBs will provide improved safety and sustainability advantages.

This manufacturing milestone is allowed by the world's first and only multi-material, multi-process 3D printer, the Sakuu AM Platform, which has been tailored and developed entirely by the company. Thanks to its potential to build complex functional devices at industrial rates, Sakuu anticipates the 3D printer attributes seamlessly transferable to a host of various applications in other industry sectors.

For the e-mobility markets specifically, the company believes this to be a landmark achievement and could change consumer adoption of electric vehicles. SSBs are a Holy Grail technology, but they are both very complex and expensive to make. Leveraging the flexibility and efficiency-improving capabilities of the unique and scalable AM process allowed battery manufacturers and firms to overcome these fundamental pain points. Furthermore, by embracing it as the technology of choice, these users also benefit from the wider opportunities the AM platform offers, namely the potential to enjoy on-demand, localized production, which can assist drive more efficient manufacturing operations and shorter supply chains.