#3DStartup: 3DNextech on their professional and automatic surface finishing machine

3DNextech is an Italian company specialised in the development of products and technologies related to the world of additive manufacturing, digital manufacturing and 3D printing. Their 3DFinisher machine was developed for other companies to use, it is a solution that can be scaled up if needed. For example, it could easily be engineered for bigger industrial contexts. The 3DFinisher is essentially the first professional automatic device for the surface finishing of ABS, ASA and cellulose acetate. Its development came after the realisation that sometimes 3D printed parts need to be waterproof or present strong mechanical properties, which is far from always being the case. This device meets exactly these needs in the industry. How does it work? What are the benefits? Who is adopting the solution? We spoke to Andrea Arienti, CEO and Founder of 3DNextech to give you some answers!

3DN: Can you present yourself and tell us how you founded 3DNextech?

My work experience starts in 2008, within the laboratories of The BioRobotics Institute of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. Joining this institute to develop my thesis at first, I ended up working there for seven years, involved in the mechanical design of the marine robots that were developed inside the lab for research purposes. I have started dealing with 3D printing since additive manufacturing technologies (and ABS FFF in particular) were often the only viable option for realizing our non-conventional soft robots.

In 2015, I founded 3DNextech, a Spin-Off of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, specialized in the development of products and technologies related to the world of digital manufacturing, additive manufacturing and 3D printing. Offering a 300 x 300 x 300 mm workspace, our first B2B machine (3DFinisher) was designed with SMEs in mind, but the technology at its core is scalable, and could be engineered for bigger industrial contexts resulting in turnkey projects. 3DNextech also supports their customers in designing and/or optimizing their additive manufacturing workflows, in such a way to enable new applications, increase quality, and support their business model. In parallel, 3DNextech keeps investing heavily in R&D, in such a way to extend the application scenarios of our 3DFinisher and bring other innovative additive manufacturing and post-processing technologies to the market in the near future.