Fortify combining magnetics and DLP technology for 3D printing

Fortify is a young company that seeks to revolutionise the long delivery cycle and the often poor material quality of traditional manufacturing processes.The company was founded on research on composite 3D printing by Randall Erb and Joshua Martin at Northeastern University. Its objective is to enable fast and transparent manufacturing of composites with optimised microstructures. Therefore, it has invented a 3D magnetic printing process called Fluxprint. It is a process that combines DLP technology and magnetics, offering a fast, fluid and high quality production. The technology is mainly intended for applications in automotive and aerospace industries. To learn more about Fortify’s process and future developments, we met Joshua Martin, CEO and co-founder of one of the most recognised startups in additive manufacturing today.

3DN: Can you introduce yourself and tell us more about Fortify?

My name is Josh Martin and I am the co-founder and CEO of Fortify. I have a PhD in materials’ science that focused on understanding the relationship between structure and ownership of biological compounds. In other words, biocomposites such as bones are made of relatively weak materials, but are designed to offer impressive mechanical properties. Fortify focuses on applying these principles to create robust composite materials.

3DN: Can you tell us more about Fluxprint technology?

Digital Composite Manufacturing™ (DCM) is an additive manufacturing platform that uses technical resins reinforced with special additives to produce high resolution parts. Fluxprint™ is our patented technology that controls the microstructure of printed parts by means of magnetic fields. It allows the printing of objects with reinforced and optimised structures for each geometry and each application.