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» AboutXJet provides industry-leading high definition 3D printing solutions that empower companies to create revolutionary products in ceramics and metals.
Manufacturers can now enjoy volume production of true geometric complexities, unlocking a host of applications that have so far been unviable
Renowned Team
We have assembled a world-class team of skilled industry veterans, many of whom helped develop trailblazing inkjet and AM technologies at market pioneers such as Objet, Indigo, Scodix and HP Scitex.
Groundbreaking Technology
Our proprietary NPJ technology empowers the manufacturing of detailed high-quality parts with virtually unlimited geometries – all produced in a safe, convenient and productive manner.
Partner-Driven Approach
With a deep understanding of industry concerns and requirements, we partner with our customers to define, examine and execute new solutions for difficult challenges.
Forward-Thinking Roadmap
Leveraging our robust inkjet technology, we plan to introduce a growing number of metal and ceramic build materials to anticipate evolving industry needs.
Avi Cohen
Executive Chairman of the Board
Avi Cohen
Executive Chairman of the Board
Avi Cohen brings to XJet many years of leadership, accomplishments and experience as a CEO, senior executive and director at private and public companies. Deeply familiar with the capital equipment business for over 25 years, Avi previously served as CEO of RR Media (Nasdaq: RRM) and Orbit Technologies (TASE: ORBI). He also served in executive positions at ECI Telecom and KLA (Nasdaq: KLAC). Since 2008 he has served as a director on the board of Nova Measuring Instruments (Nasdaq: NVMI). He also serves on the boards of multiple other companies including Cortica, FINTICA and CGS Tower Networks. Avi holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University.
John Kispert
Industry Expert
John Kispert
Industry Expert
Mr. Kispert has many years of experience as executive in technology companies including 14+ years in capital equipment (KLA) and in the US capital markets. John and Avi Cohen worked together at KLA (Nasdaq: KLAC) and where both members of the executive team for few years.
John was the CFO of the company and later became the President & COO of KLA prior to becoming the CEO of Spansion.
Mr. Kispert is highly respected global business leader and M&A expert with distinguished career infusing corporate vision and successfully driving strategy to execution
Yair Alcobi
CEO
Yair Alcobi
CEO
Yair Alcobi is an accomplished senior executive with rich leadership experience at international technology companies. Prior to his appointment at XJet, Yair served as President of the PCB Division and Vice President at KLA (Nasdaq: KLAC) and Orbotech (Nasdaq: ORBK), where grew the business unit’s market share, revenues and profitability.
He previously served as President of Orbotech’s East Asia subsidiary headquartered in Hong Kong, where he directed and expanded its overall operations. Before that, he held numerous key positions at Orbotech, including Senior Vice President of its Asia Pacific subsidiary and Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of its PCB Division. Earlier in his career he held management, marketing and R&D positions at Kulicke & Soffa and ISCAR. Yair holds an Executive MBA from Haifa University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Hanan Gothait
President and Founder
Hanan Gothait
President and Founder
Hanan Gothait is a widely recognized and respected industry expert in the fields of inkjet and 3D printing. An innovative game changer, Hanan co-founded Objet Geometries (later merged with Stratasys), which reinvented the 3D printing space with the introduction of polymer jetting technologies and photopolymer 3D printing systems.
Prior to co-founding Objet, he founded Idanit (later merged into HP Scitex), which developed the world’s first wide-format printer. Hanan holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bridgeport.
Orit Tesler Levy
CFO
Orit Tesler Levy
CFO
Orit Tesler Levy is a senior finance executive with proven experience leading financial activities at global technology companies. Prior to joining XJet, Orit served as CFO of Spectronix-Emerson, where she led substantial transformation in its finance activities and played a central role in integrating Spectronix into Emerson (NYSE:EMR), a global technology and engineering company. She previously served as VP Finance FP&A Business Partnering at Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions. She started her career at Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), where she rose to serve as CFO of Applied Materials Israel and CFO of the company’s Silicon Segment Group in Silicon Valley, California.
Orit earned an MBA (Accounting & Finance) and a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University.
Dror Danai
Chief Business Officer
Dror Danai
Chief Business Officer
Dror Danai brings to XJet a strong track record of over two decades in leading successful business operations at technology-driven companies. As VP Sales & Business Development at Objet (later merged with Stratasys), Dror directed its business operations from a fledgling company to a front-runner in its field. Dror also served as VP Sales & Business Development at Scodix, where he was instrumental in creating a world leader in digital print enhancement. Previously, he was the European Channel Director of CreoScitex as well as the Global Product Manager for the Scitex CTP product line.
Dror holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering (summa cum laude) and an MBA (summa cum laude), both from Tel Aviv University.
Guy Zimmerman
Chief Marketing Officer
Guy Zimmerman
Chief Marketing Officer
Guy Zimmerman brings to XJet diversified expertise in strategy, marketing, and business leadership at leading global companies, together with proven entrepreneurial experience.
Prior to joining XJet, Guy served as EVP Marketing & Business Development at Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), a leader in the textile and fashion digital printing market, heading its strategy, product, application, and positioning activities. Previously he was VP of Global Sales & BD at Tefron, a manufacturer of seamless intimates and activewear for global retail and fashion brands. Earlier in his career Guy was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, leading global strategic, M&A and operational projects. Guy holds a B.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.
Eduardo Napadensky
Vice President of R&D and Innovation
Eduardo Napadensky
Vice President of R&D and Innovation
Eduardo Napadensky brings to XJet more than 20 years of experience in additive manufacturing (AM). Eduardo is an experienced executive skilled in the management of interdisciplinary R&D activities and intellectual properties.
Prior to joining XJet, he served as Global CTO for Materials at Stratasys, and previously was CTO at Objet. Eduardo started his professional carrier in an elite unit of the IDF Intelligence Corps, where he filled a variety of positions in the fields of chemistry and materials sciences. He is the author or co-author of tens of patents in 3D printing materials and methods. Eduardo holds a Ph.D. in Polymer Sciences and a B.Sc. in Chemistry, both from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Udi Bloch
COO
Udi Bloch
COO
Udi Bloch is an experienced executive with a long history of leading high-tech companies, including more than 20 years in the printing industry. Prior to joining XJet, Udi served as the COO at Scodix, a company in the digital print enhancement arena. Prior to that, he worked at HP Indigo for well over a decade in several positions including Worldwide Service Manager, Mechanical Engineer, Systems Analyst and Business Development.
Yael Shlomovitz
Vice President of Human Resources
Yael Shlomovitz
Vice President of Human Resources
Yael Shlomovitz is a human resources professional with more than 25 years of experience. Prior to joining XJet as Vice President HR, Yael served as the head of HR at various high-tech and technology-led companies such as ELTA Systems and Teva Israel. Yael earned a B.A. in Psychology from Bar-Ilan University, and an MBA from Boston University (Beer Sheva campus).
XJet delivers its first commercial metal 3D printer to Azoth
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Israeli 3D printer manufacturer XJet has delivered its first commercial metal 3D printing system to additive manufacturing service provider Azoth.
Originally released back in 2019, the Carmel 1400M 3D printer is reportedly the first material jetting system in the world capable of processing both metals and ceramics, combining repeatability and part quality for industrial applications.
Based on XJet’s proprietary NanoParticle Jetting (NPJ) process, the machine features a large-format 500 x 280 x 200mm build tray and can print batches of metal parts with high throughput.
“We have a huge wealth of experience in metal manufacturing – with both additive and subtractive processes. XJet’s metal system delivers capabilities that are in high demand in the market, but are not achievable with other technologies,” said Scott Burk, Azoth’s CEO. “Parts with fine features, high resolution, good surface finish right off the printer – at a level we have not seen before. The ease-of-use and safety working with the XJet system, which does not involve handling powders, is another important factor for us.”
The Azoth team with their new XJet Carmel 1400M 3D printer. Photo via XJet.XJet’s NanoParticle Jetting technology
All of XJet’s 3D printers operate on the company’s NanoParticle Jetting technology. The unique material jetting approach involves spraying nanoparticles embedded in a liquid shell.
Once deposited onto a build plate, the liquid outer shells evaporate to leave behind solid, bonded parts made of fused nanoparticles. The resulting components feature high levels of detail, a great surface finish, and dimensional precision.
The firm launched its first NPJ systems, the Carmel 1400 and smaller Carmel 700 3D printers, in 2017. Then in 2019, XJet rebranded the Carmel 1400 to distinguish which models could process ceramics (C) and which could process metals (M).
XJet has since delivered several of its ceramic 3D printers to clients, including a Carmel 1400C to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium. This was the first XJet system to be implemented at an academic institution within Europe. The company also partnered with dentistry firm Straumann to advance the capabilities of the Carmel 1400C for dentistry applications.
More recently, XJet also launched its Support Material Automatic Removal Technology, or ‘SMART’, post-processing station. Marketed as the “last link in the chain” for automated end-to-end 3D printing, the SMART unit uses intelligent algorithms to automatically remove supports from XJet-manufactured ceramic parts.
Hanan Gothait, CEO of XJet, adds, “We have developed the only metal AM technology available today based on the concept of direct material jetting. After amazing success with the XJet ceramic systems, we are now ready for the bigger dream, bringing to the market our metal solution.”
The Carmel 1400M. Photo via XJet.Commercializing the Carmel 1400M
With Azoth as its latest customer, XJet has now officially commercialized the Carmel 1400M 3D printer. Operating under East West Industrial Engineering (EWIE), Azoth’s background is in high-volume metal manufacturing for major firms such as Ford, Chrysler, and Rolls-Royce. The firm was established when EWIE decided to finally enter the additive manufacturing sector in 2020.
Azoth’s senior leadership came across XJet when it was searching the market for technologies capable of producing small, complex, and high-definition parts that conventional powder bed fusion simply couldn’t manage. Since NPJ prints with very small particles, it allows for tiny layer heights and extremely fine feature details.
Cody Cochran, Azoth’s co-founder and General Manager, explains, “My eureka moment came when we got some test parts through from XJet and I asked the team how they looked, and they responded that they were the best they’d ever seen. What we really liked were the small holes, very sharp corners, and very refined surface finish without needing any post-processing.”
As well as part quality, Azoth also expects to benefit from operational advantages. The Carmel 1400M is suited for both prototyping and end-use production, so the firm will be able to try out various design iterations and take a component to production with the very same machine.
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Featured image shows the Azoth team with their new XJet Carmel 1400M 3D printer. Photo via XJet.
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XJet Announces Revolutionary Metal and Ceramic Industrial 3D Printers
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The Israeli company XJet has officially announced industrial 3D printers of the Carmel line, working on the technology of spraying nanoparticles in colloidal solutions. The Carmel 1400 and Carmel 700 additive presses allow you to print high-density metal and ceramic products with high resolution and minimal post-processing.
nine0003 XJet was founded by additive industry veterans Hanan Gottheit and Dror Danai. At one time, Hanan and Dror founded the Objet company and developed PolyJet technology, based on inkjet 3D printing with photopolymer resins: printing arrays spray a layer of photopolymer, after which a preliminary illumination is carried out, and then the cycle is repeated again and again until the finished model is obtained. The commercial success of the technology led to the fact that the controlling stake in Objet was bought out by the American corporation Stratasys, which to this day develops the technology and considers Objet one of the main and most profitable divisions. In 2005, Hanan and Dror brought together the old team and took on another innovative project, founding a new enterprise - XJet. nine0003
A new technology called "NanoParticle Jetting" is similar to PolyJet technology in that it uses arrays of jet heads to build models.
That's just not photopolymers, but ceramics and metals are considered as consumables. It works as follows: colloidal solutions applied layer by layer, saturated with nanoparticles of the required material, are used as consumables. The working chamber of the 3D printer warms up to 300°C so that the applied layers dry quickly. The small particle size in suspensions provides a high density of the finished product, and the possibility of spraying support materials allows you to create parts of almost unlimited geometric complexity. After printing, the products are sent to the oven, where they are sintered to the finished look. Initially, the technology was developed for 3D printing with metals, and the idea of additive manufacturing of ceramics was prompted by representatives of the dental industry, who quickly realized that such machines could be used for 3D printing of crowns. nine0003
“NanoParticle Jetting is a unique 3D inkjet printing technique that is redefining additive manufacturing with metals and ceramics.
Other additive manufacturing technologies use powders, but we offer a real breakthrough based on our inkjet and additive manufacturing know-how. Our solution allows you to print very thin layers of base and support materials, creating complex geometries in a simple and extremely safe process. So far, we are printing with only one base material, but in theory, nothing prevents us from using several solutions at once,” says XJet CEO Hanan Gottheit. nine0003
As Chief Engineer Dror Danai explains, the first units differ in size and construction area, but are otherwise similar. The flagship model XJet Carmel 1400 is equipped with a working platform of 1400 square centimeters (50x28 cm) with a build height of up to 20 centimeters. The range of available consumables has not yet been specified, but due to the flexibility of the technology, it is worth believing that the choice will be wide.
Colloidal solutions are planned to be supplied in special cartridges.
Interestingly, last summer XJet engaged a Russian supplier of nanopowders in the person of the Tomsk-based Advanced Powder Technologies company. The official presentation of the industrial XJet additive plants will take place at the Frankfurt Formnext 2017 on November 14 this year. nine0003
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XJet, a supplier and developer of 3D printers, has announced that its customer Spyros Panopoulos Automotive (SPA) has developed the world's first 3D printed ceramic piston using it in the revolutionary "Chaos" hypercar. The ceramic piston was printed on a Carmel 1400C 3D printer from XJet.
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Pictured: Chaos hypercar / Source: Spyros Panopoulos Automotive
Spyros Panopoulos, the founder of SPA, is a pioneer in the use of 3D printing for the automotive industry, as well as the man who developed the world's most powerful internal combustion engine. The new "Chaos" hypercar, which is currently in development, is planned to reach speeds of over 500 km/h with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.55 seconds. As a result, it will be the highest-revving mass-produced car engine ever, capable of reaching 12,200 rpm and producing an astounding 3,065 horsepower. nine0003
3D printed ceramic piston
Above: 3D printed ceramic piston for the Chaos hypercar / Source: XJet
The unique "anadiaplasi" piston was developed for the new engine to withstand extreme loads to achieve the required performance. Engineer Spyros Panopoulos' patented "Anadiaplasi" design method for additive manufacturing that allows parts to be designed based on Forces Acting on It (CFD), where material is minimized where there are no loads, but added where either reinforcement or thickness reinforcement is required part walls.
The design optimized the weight while maintaining the strength and heat resistance of the part, which is important for the new piston when it is used in such a powerful engine. The result was a part with a complex geometry (using bio-design) that was both lightweight, but at the same time with a high level of life cycle in use. This design method was used for all components in the creation of the Chaos hypercar. nine0003
After the design was completed, Panopoulos realized that the only suitable technology for obtaining such a part with complex construction geometry, accuracy and excellent surface roughness was XJet Nanoparticle Jetting 3D printing. SPA chose XJet Alumina to 3D print the Chaos hypercar piston in collaboration with XJet's Lino 3D partners in Greece due to its extraordinary strength, hardness, light weight and resistance to thermal expansion, making it the ideal material for this part. . nine0003
“Ceramic has many advantages over other materials. Harder and stiffer than steel, more resistant to heat and corrosion than metals or polymers, and weighs significantly less than most metals and alloys.
The high temperature aluminum oxide parts produced on the XJet will be used in the combustion chamber and moving parts associated with abrasion.”
– Said Spyros Panopoulos, automotive pioneer, inventor of Anadiaplasi technology and founder of SPA nine0003
He also added, “XJet 3D printers uniquely 3D print this ceramic part, so there are no mistakes in this project.”
Panopolous, a staunch supporter of additive manufacturing, is using it in the production of the Chaos hypercar, where 78% of the body is reportedly 3D printed, as well as other important parts such as the engine block, camshaft and intake valves. The Chaos ultracar is a marvel in itself. The car will have unrivaled performance like a maximum engine power of 2048 hp, a maximum speed of over 500 km/h and a maximum torque of 1389Nm (Newton meters).
Above: Ultracar "Chaos" SPA Automotive / Source: Spyros Panopoulos Automotive
Chaim Levy, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for XJet, commented: “SPA's work on the Chaos ultracar using 3D ceramic printing and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) is beyond the realm of possibility.
