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Silicone 3D printing, combined with water-soluble support, makes it possible to build complex shock absorption geometries. These structures stay stable during printing and are rinsed clean afterward.

The result is precise cushioning components for robotics, wearables, and other soft mechanics applications, produced faster and more efficiently than traditional molding.

This silicone 3D printed actuator integrates multiple air chambers and 1mm channels in a single piece, enabling precise airflow control.

Flexible yet accurate, it performs bending, gripping, and shock absorption. Ideal for soft robotics, bio-inspired designs, and automation where space, weight, and safety are critical. 3D printing eliminates molds, shortening development time and enhancing adaptability.

This silicone 3D printed model enlarges cellular scaffolds tenfold, making intricate lattice structures tangible. Printed with flexible, biocompatible silicone, it bends, compresses, and returns to shape, allowing users to feel mechanical behavior.

Ideal for research, teaching, and design, it demonstrates how lattice patterns influence flexibility and strength, turning abstract concepts into touchable, interactive models.

This part, printed with 100% platinum-cured silicone, has four slits and a central hole, bending under pressure and quickly returning to shape. 3D printing enables complex, detailed designs in a single piece, unlike traditional molding.
Durable and skin-safe, it connects easily to pneumatic devices, and adjustable slit size, spacing, and thickness control flexibility. Ideal for robot grippers, flexible components, and cushioning elements.

Flexible SIL20 silicone (Shore A 20) with water-soluble supports enables 3D printing of complex shapes, like a nose prosthesis, with precise detail and skin-like softness, overcoming limitations of traditional methods.

The technology offers design freedom and realistic texture, ideal for simulation, training models, and product development, while supporting faster testing, iteration, and innovation.

Flexible design, precise fit, and fewer assembly steps overcome mold limitations, while 3D printing SIL50 (Shore A 50) two-part silicone with water-soluble supports enables complex shapes with grooves and snap-fit connectors for alignment, shock absorption, and quick, secure assembly.
Supports wash away easily, simplifying cleanup and testing while ensuring high-performance silicone 3D printing results.

Silicone is flexible, durable, and resistant to chemicals, making it ideal for fluid flow or sealing applications. It absorbs vibration, reduces wear, and maintains consistent performance. With a Shore A hardness of 18–70, it can be customized to specific needs. SIL50 (Shore A 50) silicone sleeves can be 3D-printed in various sizes, thicknesses, and shapes, ensuring a precise fit, long-lasting durability, and reliable performance in complex fluid systems.

Using SIL18 one-part silicone (Shore A 18), we 3D-printed a sample with two zones—one half fully solid, the other half 50% infill—using a single nozzle. Adjusting slicing software settings allows precise control of density and feel without swapping materials.
This method is ideal for medical models, wearables, and soft devices needing both support and flexibility, while simplifying design and reducing weight.

Using heat-cured two-part SIL50 silicone (Shore A 50) with water-soluble support, 3D printing creates flexible drainage tubes with hollow channels and surface holes in a single step. The support stabilizes the structure, while SIL50 prevents nozzle clogging for a smooth, reliable process.
Certified ISO 10993 biocompatible, SIL50 is safe for wearables and microfluidics, enabling accurate, high-quality production with greater design flexibility.

Liquid silicone for 3D printing offers a Shore A hardness range of 18–70, combining flexibility, durability, and impact resistance.

Ideal for wearables, seals, and shock-absorbing parts, it enables faster design iterations and greater manufacturing flexibility, supporting the production of complex, high-performance silicone 3D printing components.

Flexible lattice structures produced through silicone 3D printing combine two-part silicone with water-soluble support materials to achieve complex geometries that cannot be manufactured with traditional molds. These precision-engineered lattices deliver exceptional shock absorption, rebound performance, and customizable hardness, making them ideal for advanced bioengineering applications and innovative product design.

3D printing irregular vascular structures presents unique challenges due to intricate support requirements.

San Draw’s proprietary FAMufacture software automatically detects necessary support regions and efficiently removes excess material from apertures smaller than 1 mm. This process improves printing precision, reduces post-processing time, and enables the accurate fabrication of highly detailed vascular models.

San Draw’s customized silicone 3D-printed tongue base models provide precise, patient-specific designs that overcome the limitations of traditional manufacturing. This technology supports complex geometries with multi-layered surfaces and internal channels, making it ideal for dental training, surgical simulation, and advanced medical research applications.

San Draw’s patented FAM (Fluid Additive Manufacturing) technology delivers high-precision silicone 3D printing compatible with RTV, LSR, and select third-party materials. S180 silicone 3D printer features a dual-nozzle system that works with water-soluble support materials, enabling the production of complex geometries. This capability expands applications across medical simulation, robotics components, and advanced industrial parts.

Silicone 3D printing provides high-precision, patient-specific solutions for dental applications, including orthodontic retainers, aligners, and detailed dental models. By enhancing design accuracy and streamlining production, this technology enables the manufacture of customized, high-quality dental components with consistent performance and long-term reliability.

Silicone 3D printing enables the creation of durable, high-performance bike components with precise fit and improved aerodynamic efficiency.

Thanks to silicone’s resistance to yellowing, cracking, and brittleness, these components deliver long-lasting reliability, making them ideal for competitive cycling, endurance events, and long-distance riding where performance and durability are critical.

Silicone 3D printing is advancing optical manufacturing by enabling complex, high-precision designs for lens molds, fiber optics, and other optical components. With exceptional elasticity and stretchability, silicone supports intricate geometries while maintaining dimensional accuracy. This makes it an ideal solution for producing customized, high-performance optical parts that meet the demanding requirements of modern optics.

SIL18 silicone grippers, with a Shore A hardness of 18, combine exceptional softness, flexibility, and precision.

They are designed for precision assembly, biotechnology research, and advanced manufacturing, providing a secure yet gentle grip. This makes them ideal for handling fragile or sensitive components, ensuring reliable performance without causing damage.

Silicone 3D printing delivers exceptional precision and supports highly complex geometries, enabling accurate reproduction of fine details with excellent shape stability and high-temperature resistance. 
These advantages make the technology well-suited for advanced biomedical research, surgical training models, and anatomical studies, where reliability and material performance are essential.

This silicone 3D printing technology streamlines the production of thin-walled and geometrically complex parts.

By using water-soluble support materials, it enables effortless support removal and significantly reduces post-processing time. 
The result is a faster, more efficient workflow for producing intricate, high-precision designs across medical, industrial, and bioengineering applications.

San Draw’s 3D-printed silicone structures combine lightweight design with exceptional durability, delivering superior shock absorption, energy dissipation, and protection.

Thanks to silicone’s flexibility and toughness, they perform reliably under demanding conditions, making them ideal for automotive, biotechnology research, and industrial applications that require both resilience and precision.

San Draw has upgraded SP65 Water-Soluble Support Material with a new white formula, while keeping the trusted SP65 name. The enhanced version delivers improved stacking performance, smooth extrusion, and stable print quality. With greater reliability and consistency, SP65 ensures a more efficient and seamless silicone 3D printing experience, supporting complex geometries and lattice structures with precision.

San Draw specializes in silicone 3D printing using patented Fluid Additive Manufacturing (FAM) technology, delivering precise, customizable solutions for robotics, medical devices, and industrial machinery.

Our platform supports platinum-cured silicone certified for biocompatibility and enables complex designs, making it ideal for applications such as robotic grippers, surgical simulation models, and advanced manufacturing components.

San Draw’s silicone offers superior strength, flexibility, and ISO 10993 biocompatibility, ensuring safety and reliability for medical and industrial applications.

Advanced 3D printing enables precise replication of complex geometries and fine details, making it ideal for medical devices, robotic components, custom prosthetics, and industrial parts where accuracy and durability are essential.

Gaskets play a critical role in ensuring smooth machinery operation by sealing gaps and preventing leaks.

San Draw’s silicone 3D printing delivers superior flexibility, precise dimensions, and faster production compared to traditional manufacturing methods.

This technology enables efficient, reliable, and customizable gasket solutions for industrial and mechanical applications.

San Draw officially launched S400 at the 2024 Taiwan 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Show. Designed to address diverse professional applications, S400 brings advanced performance and innovative features to the field of silicone 3D printing. With its expanded capabilities and precision-driven design, S400 empowers industries to explore new possibilities in additive manufacturing, from complex functional prototypes to customized production.

Building on the proven S180 and S300 designs, S400 silicone 3D printer features four axes for printing with two sets of two-part silicone or water-soluble support materials.

As the world’s first large-size silicone 3D printer with a motorized screw feeding system and ball screw linear motion, S400 delivers unmatched precision, efficiency, and versatility, enabling industries to produce intricate, high-quality parts reliably.

San Draw’s silicone is fully tested for biocompatibility, making it an ideal choice for medical devices. Beyond its outstanding durability, it maintains long-lasting flexibility, resists yellowing and brittleness, and preserves consistent elasticity and mechanical properties over time.

These qualities ensure reliable performance for critical medical applications, including prosthetics, surgical models, and wearable devices.

In collaboration with University College London, San Draw 3D printed a detailed heart model using 100% pure silicone. Complex structures and internal hollow pathways, previously difficult to achieve, are now easily fabricated and cleaned using water-soluble support materials. This approach ensures high precision, intricate anatomical detail, and efficient post-processing, making it ideal for medical research, education, and device development.

San Draw’s patented FAM (Fluid Additive Manufacturing) technology is the world’s first advanced silicone 3D printing system, designed specifically for RTV and LSR silicones.

All our printers integrate FAM technology with our proprietary FAMufacture software, enabling precise, high-quality printing of complex silicone parts for medical, industrial, and research applications.