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3DCeram · Ceramic SLA authorized partner

Ceramic 3D printers & materials — from prototype to serial production.

3DCeram ceramic stereolithography systems and 3DMIX pastes, supported end-to-end from our Los Angeles print lab.

Dense technical ceramics, sintered strong
Alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride & more
<2 µm surface roughness, >99% density
Lab bench to 600 mm serial production
11+ qualified 3DMIX pastes in stock
Aerospace · medical · foundry proven
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3D-printed silicon nitride ceramic honeycomb mirror support for aerospace — 3DCeram
8Ceramic systems
100→600 mmBuild size range
11+Ceramic materials
<2 µmSurface roughness
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What is ceramic SLA 3D printing

Dense technical ceramics, built layer by layer.

A ceramic 3D printer from 3DCeram uses stereolithography (SLA): a laser cures a photosensitive ceramic paste one thin layer at a time to build a “green” part. That part is then cleaned, debinded and sintered into a fully dense technical ceramic. The result is a fired component with the same properties as conventionally processed ceramics — but in geometries that machining and molding cannot reach.

Ceramic additive manufacturing removes tooling and lets you print internal channels, lattices and thin walls in alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride and bioceramics. Surface roughness stays under 2 µm, and parts scale from a 100×100 mm lab platform up to the 600×600×300 mm C3601 for mass production.

SLA / laserHybrid process
<2 µmSurface roughness
>99%Sintered density
Support-freeCeramic paste bed
Aerospace ceramic turbine component 3D printed on a 3DCeram SLA printer Printed on 3DCeram SLA
Applications

Where 3D-printed ceramics go to work.

Real parts our customers build with 3DCeram ceramic 3D printers and 3DMIX pastes — across aerospace, medical, energy, electronics, defense and space.

Aerospace ceramic turbine part 3D printed with 3DCeram SLA

Aerospace

Turbine components, thermal barriers and lightweight structures that survive extreme heat.

Alumina · Silicon nitride
3DCeram build plate with 232 ceramic arthroscopic surgical tools printed without supports

Medical & Dental

232 surgical tools on one build plate — support-free — plus implants and dental restorations.

Zirconia 3Y · Hydroxyapatite · TCP
Ceramic 3D-printed casting cores on a 3DCeram SLA build plate

Foundry & Casting

Complex investment-casting cores printed without tooling, then burned out cleanly.

Silicore · Fused silica
3D-printed ceramic furnace heating-element support

Energy

Furnace heating-element supports, fuel-cell plates and high-temperature insulators.

Alumina · Zirconia 8Y · Cordierite
3D-printed aluminium nitride ceramic heat sink for semiconductors

Electronics

Heat sinks, spreaders and substrates in high-thermal-conductivity ceramics.

Aluminium nitride · Alumina
3D-printed ceramic laser cup for optics

Optics & Research

Laser cups, mirrors and precision optical components with sub-2 µm surfaces.

Silicon nitride · Alumina
3D-printed alumina ceramic radome for defense

Defense

Radomes, antenna windows and RF-transparent housings for harsh environments.

Alumina · Silicon nitride
3D-printed silicon nitride ceramic optical part for a space telescope

Space

Telescope optics, sensor housings and lightweight structures built for orbit.

Silicon nitride · Cordierite
Ceramic 3D printers

The full 3DCeram lineup — lab bench to serial line.

One ceramic SLA process, eight platforms. Prototype on a C101, scale to the C1000 FLEXMATIC or C3601 Ultimate without re-qualifying your material.

3DCeram C101 EASY LAB ceramic SLA 3D printerR&D
Ceramic SLA

C101 EASY LAB

Entry lab system for material development and prototyping, with open parameters.

Build 100×100×150 mm
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3DCeram C101 EASY FAB ceramic SLA 3D printer
Ceramic SLA

C101 EASY FAB

Small-series production cell — loads material and starts a build in under 30 minutes.

Build 100×100×150 mm
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3DCeram C101 HYBRID multi-material ceramic SLA 3D printerHybrid
Multi-material SLA

C101 HYBRID

Prints two ceramic materials in the same layer for functionally graded parts.

Build 100×100×150 mm
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3DCeram C900 FLEX ceramic SLA 3D printerBest seller
Ceramic SLA

C900 FLEX

The workhorse — 11+ qualified ceramic materials, three platform sizes, <2 µm finish.

Build up to 300×300 mm
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3DCeram C900 HYBRID multi-material ceramic SLA 3D printerHybrid
Multi-material SLA

C900 HYBRID

Combine up to four materials in one build with configurable dispensing systems.

Build 300×300×100 mm
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3DCeram C1000 FLEXMATIC industrial ceramic SLA 3D printerAutomated
Industrial SLA

C1000 FLEXMATIC

Automated serial-production system for repeatable, hands-off ceramic manufacturing.

Build 320×320×200 mm
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3DCeram C3601 Ultimate quad-laser industrial ceramic 3D printerLargest
Industrial SLA · Quad-laser

C3601 Ultimate

The largest 3DCeram printer — quad-laser mass production at 600×600×300 mm.

Build 600×600×300 mm
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3DCeram M.A.T. metal and ceramic paste-extrusion 3D printerIn stock
Paste extrusion · DIW

M.A.T. Metal & Ceramic

Multi-technology platform — paste/robocasting and pellet heads for metal and ceramic.

From $63,100
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★ Supported from our L.A. print lab

Buy 3DCeram from a partner who runs the process, not just resells it.

We qualify ceramic materials, run print jobs and handle post-processing in-house at Santa Fe Springs, CA. The engineer who configures your printer is the one who answers your support call.

Print8 SLA systemsLab to serial
Material11+ ceramicsQualified paste
FinishClean · sinterFull workflow
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3DCeram ceramic SLA build plate with printed green parts at Additive Plus
Ceramic materials · 3DMIX pastes

11 ceramic 3D printing pastes, in stock.

Oxide and non-oxide 3DMIX pastes qualified for 3DCeram SLA — each shown with a real printed part. Need a custom formulation? We develop those too.

3DMIX alumina Al2O3 ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed honeycomb disc
Al₂O₃

Alumina

Electrical insulation and wear-resistant parts — the workhorse oxide ceramic.

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3DMIX zirconia 3Y ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed lattice cube
ZrO₂ · 3Y

Zirconia 3Y

High toughness for medical, dental and cutting-tool parts.

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3DMIX zirconia 8Y ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed solid oxide fuel cell plate
ZrO₂ · 8Y

Zirconia 8Y

Ionic conductor for solid-oxide fuel cells and oxygen sensors.

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3DMIX ATZ alumina toughened zirconia 3D printing paste jar with printed ceramic dome
ATZ

Alumina Toughened Zirconia

Balanced strength and toughness for structural and biomedical parts.

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3DMIX silicon nitride Si3N4 ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed precision gear wheel
Si₃N₄

Silicon Nitride

Bearings and engine components — high strength at temperature.

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3DMIX aluminium nitride AlN ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed radial impeller
AlN

Aluminium Nitride

High thermal conductivity for electronics cooling and substrates.

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3DMIX cordierite ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed honeycomb block
Cordierite

Cordierite

Extreme thermal-shock resistance for catalyst supports and kiln parts.

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3DMIX Silicore silica ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed investment casting core
SiO₂ · core

Silicore

Silica-based paste for burn-out investment casting cores.

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3DMIX fused silica SiO2 ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed turbine blade casting core
SiO₂

Fused Silica

Low expansion for aerospace turbine-blade casting cores.

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3DMIX hydroxyapatite ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed porous cranial implant
HAP

Hydroxyapatite

Bioactive ceramic for bone implants and cranial reconstruction.

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3DMIX tricalcium phosphate ceramic 3D printing paste jar with printed porous bone scaffold
TCP

Tricalcium Phosphate

Resorbable bioceramic for bone scaffolds that remodel in the body.

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Custom formulation

Don’t see your ceramic?

We develop customer-specific ceramic pastes — including non-standard oxides and blends.

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How it works

From green part to dense fired ceramic.

Ceramic SLA is a four-step workflow. We can supply the equipment for each stage — or run the whole thing for you as a service.

01 · PRINT

Laser-cure

The SLA laser cures ceramic-loaded paste layer by layer into a green part — no support structures needed.

02 · CLEAN

De-paste

Uncured paste is removed from channels and cavities. The AUTO CERAKLEANER automates this for green parts.

03 · DEBIND

Remove binder

Thermal debinding burns out the organic binder in a controlled atmosphere, leaving the ceramic skeleton.

04 · SINTER

Fire to density

High-temperature sintering fuses the ceramic to >99% density — the finished technical-ceramic part.

3DCeram AUTO CERAKLEANER automated cleaning system for ceramic 3D printed green parts
Post-processing

AUTO CERAKLEANER

Automated cleaning for ceramic 3D-printed green parts — removes unpolymerized paste from complex geometries without hand-scrubbing, so serial production stays repeatable and hands-off.

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FAQ

Ceramic 3D printing, answered.

Still deciding? Talk to an applications engineer who runs these systems every day.

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What is ceramic 3D printing?

Ceramic 3D printing builds parts from technical ceramics — such as alumina, zirconia or silicon nitride — layer by layer. On a 3DCeram system it uses stereolithography (SLA): a laser cures ceramic-loaded paste into a green part, which is then debinded and sintered into a fully dense fired ceramic.

How does ceramic SLA 3D printing work?

A laser selectively cures a photosensitive ceramic paste one layer at a time to form the green part. The part is cleaned, the organic binder is removed by thermal debinding, and a high-temperature sintering step fuses the ceramic to over 99% density with a surface roughness below 2 µm.

Can you 3D print ceramic parts for production?

Yes. 3DCeram systems scale from the C101 lab platform to the automated C1000 FLEXMATIC and quad-laser C3601 Ultimate for serial and mass production — using the same qualified material, so you don’t re-qualify when you scale up.

Which ceramic materials can be 3D printed?

We stock 11+ qualified 3DMIX pastes: oxides (alumina, zirconia 3Y/8Y, ATZ, cordierite, silica) and non-oxides (silicon nitride, aluminium nitride), plus bioceramics (hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate). Custom formulations are available on request.

Are 3D-printed ceramic parts brittle or weak?

No. After sintering, a 3D-printed ceramic reaches the same density and mechanical properties as conventionally processed technical ceramics — it’s a fully fired part, not a fragile print. SLA just lets you make geometries machining can’t.

Do you offer ceramic 3D printing as a service?

Yes. Beyond selling the printers and materials, our Los Angeles lab can print, clean, debind and sinter parts for you. Send a CAD file and we’ll quote it within 24 hours.

Have a ceramic part in mind? Get a quote in 24 hours.

Send us a CAD file or tell us your material and volume. A ceramics applications engineer — not a sales rep — will get back to you.

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