SLS Techno Trans AG enables small and medium-sized enterprises to access one of the world's most advanced research facilities.

We connected the Swiss additive manufacturing startup Sintratec with research partners at the Paul Scherrer Institut. Working together, the two brilliant research teams then used the cutting-edge research instuments at the Swiss Light Source to enable manufacturing changes to be made to improve part quality. 

Laser sintering makes it possible to print complex plastic objects with almost unlimited freedom of form and even moving parts. The plastic objects are mechanically resilient and show a high long-term stability. This technology is particularly suitable for functional prototyping in order to carry out trial studies.

The x-ray tomography beamline (TOMCAT) at the Swiss Light Source is built for fast, non-destructive 3D scans, down to sub-micron resolution.

The combination of TOMCAT's high-tech equipment and an agile and motivated team of entrepreneurs and researchers allowed for a drastic improvement in Sintratec’s part quality in a very short time – finally, even surpassing the compared samples of a competing industry leader.