The TOP team is helping companies that design and manufacture these kind of printers, with the best solution to drive the piezo elements that spit the ink on the surface.

This is most likely done with a high-voltage, high-current and high-speed amplifier from Apex Microtechnology. Voltages up to 200V, with 10~20A and a 125V/µs slew-rate are normal usage for the printers.

Also the servo systems from Sanyo Denki can move material thru the printing-area. These could be AC and/or DC motor servos, controlled by EtherCat for example. The Industrial PC is the brain in the system and TOP is able to support that thru ASUS IoT.

RTA has a broad range of stepper motor drivers to move the printer-head and other feeders. In combination with Summit Electronics that supply connectors, single-phase stepper motor drivers and motors for the smaller strokes.

To make sure the ink is the right temperature, the Seek Thermal cameras are small and very easy to implement in the production / print flow of the machine.

The 10.1” TFT from Yeebo in combination with single board computers from Tinkerboard is for the HMI (Human Machine interfacing) for controlling and feedback of parameters of the printer.

On PCB level design, products like Fuzetec Technology, Raltron Electronics and Grinn can be used for TVS, frequency control products and SOMs.

Communication between different units and areas are perfect for Wiesemann & Theis for example an I/O to TCP-IP products that easily read out sensors and transfer the data over the network.

The FSP Technology power products are able to provide the power up to 3000W to run most of the areas in the printer.