Engineering the parts others can’t make.
BMF empowers engineers and manufacturers with complete design freedom at the microscale — delivering resolutions down to 2µm and tolerances of ±10µm across medical, optical, electronics, microfluidics, and beyond. Our micro-precision manufacturing platforms produce parts with the complexity and repeatability that conventional processes simply can’t achieve.
TE Connectivity’s Ben Dopp explains how his team decides when to print and when to cut a mold. The article covers high-speed data connectors with walls under 100 µm, biocompatible medical sensor parts, and aerospace connectors that went straight from sample run into printed production on BMF’s microArch systems.
Learn MorePowered by BMF’s Projection Micro Stereolithography (PµSL) technology, the microArch S150 brings true 25µm micro-precision performance to a compact desktop platform. Designed for rapid prototyping and engineering development across applications including microfluidics, fiber optics, biomedical devices, and advanced materials research, the system delivers exceptional accuracy, repeatability, and surface quality while supporting high-viscosity materials and consistent results through automated calibration and an intuitive touchscreen workflow.
Meet the S150Fiber optics sit at the core of modern photonics, enabling high-speed communications, data centers, and advanced sensing systems. As fiber optic components become smaller and more complex, traditional manufacturing methods often struggle to deliver the precision required for reliable alignment, connectivity, and performance.
Watch the webinarThe quality and accuracy of BMF PµSL parts is very unique, and truly mimic expensive micro molded parts, and now we can have parts ready for test within 1-2 days rather than 1-2 months, as well as reducing the huge costs associated with tooling manufacture and reworking as the new products evolve. We can also explore designs previously out of reach due to manufacturing limitations. Our main focus is to lift our prototyping capabilities to the highest possible level, both in quality and speed. BMF will help us accomplish that.
– Sally van der Most, DSS Manager, Sonion NL
We chose BMF’s microArch 3D Printer due to its ability to replicate critical micro features. Their unique Projection Micro Stereolithography (PµSL) technology prints 3D parts with ultra-high resolution and accuracy, which is key to our business. This is the first 3D printer we’ve encountered that can print micro-precision parts, with the dimensional accuracy and precision that our customers require at this stage of product development. We have put the BMF parts through the same rigorous CT scanning inspection process of our micro molded components and were amazed that dimensionally the parts fell within the tolerances required. Our customers have been equally amazed.
– Donna Bibber, VP of Business Development, Isometric Micro Molding, Inc.
We have been looking for some time for a machine that can reliably produce parts in this size range as we were at the limits of other machines or would have to sink cost into other manufacturing methods- typical micro injection molding or other micro machining activity that can be expensive and prohibitive to R&D iterations. The ability to rapidly produce these types of parts combined with an open ecosystem is unmatched.
– Sam Wilson, STORM Lab UK, Institute of Robotics and Autonomous Sensing, University of Leeds
As one of BMF’s first customers, we’ve been excited by the performance of their high-resolution 3D printing solution. Most recently we have been evaluating BMF’s first-generation microArch P150, and it has delivered accuracy that is not attainable by any other system we have used within our additive lab. With its high part quality and throughput suitable for production, as well as the ability to print a wider variety of materials, the microArch S350 has become a critical tool in printing high-resolution connectors,” said Xiaoming Luo, Principal 3D Printing Engineer, Aerospace, Defense, and Marine (AD&M) at TE Connectivity. “We feel the microArch S350 gives TE the ability to produce very high resolution connectors for our customers.
– Xiaoming Luo, Principal 3D Printing Engineer, Aerospace, Defense, and Marine (AD&M) at TE Connectivity