From April 10 to 12, 2026, the 4th Frontier Scientists Forum on Ceramic Additive Manufacturing (FAME2026) was grandly held at the Three Gorges Hotel in Yichang, Hubei. The forum was jointly organized by the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, China Three Gorges University, and the Hubei Engineering Research Center for Graphite Additive Manufacturing Technology and Equipment, and is one of the most prestigious and influential academic events in China’s ceramic additive manufacturing field. Jianxu Luo, co-founder of Shenzhen Soongon Technology Co., Ltd., was invited to attend the forum and delivered a keynote presentation titled “Extrusion-Based Direct Ink Writing and Binder Jetting Solutions for High-Performance Non-Metallic Materials” at the Extrusion / DIW session, comprehensively showcasing Soongon Technology’s core technological innovations and industrial applications in the field of non-metallic material 3D printing using DIW and binder jetting processes.

As China’s annual benchmark academic event in the field of ceramic additive manufacturing, this year’s forum focused on technological innovation and industrial applications across the full ceramic AM value chain. It brought together top academic leaders, including Academicians Lu Bingheng, Zhang Lianmeng, Zhou Ji, and Dong Shaoming, and featured 70–80 keynote and invited presentations. The forum was divided into five specialized sessions—ceramic photopolymerization additive manufacturing, extrusion/DIW, ceramic powder bed additive manufacturing, and additive manufacturing of ceramic composites—deeply focusing on cutting-edge topics such as ceramic 3D printing material development, process research, equipment design, integrated structural-functional design, and engineering applications. It provided a high-level platform for in-depth industry–academia–research collaboration for research institutes, universities, and enterprises across the country.

In his presentation, Jianxu Luo drew on Soongon Technology’s more than a decade of experience in research and industrial 3D printing to systematically explain the multimodal direct-write 3D printing system centered on extrusion/DIW technology, as well as its innovative applications and solutions in high-performance non-metallic materials such as ceramics. He noted that ceramic additive manufacturing in research settings is characterized by strong exploratory requirements, highly customized needs, and broad material compatibility, making it difficult for traditional single-process 3D printing equipment to meet the composite demands for multi-material, multi-functional, and high-precision forming in cutting-edge research.

To address these industry challenges, Soongon Technology has developed a multimodal direct-write 3D printing platform centered on DIW extrusion, which can flexibly integrate multiple process modules, including DLP digital light processing, BJ binder jetting, FDM fused deposition, laser, ultrasonic, coaxial printing, and high/low temperature material control. This platform provides an extensible, multi-parameter, and fully digital research-grade solution capable of handling a wide range of non-metallic ceramic materials—from -10°C to 300°C, low-viscosity to ultra-high solid-content, and slurries to powders—perfectly supporting the full research workflow from basic ceramic formulation development to small-batch sample fabrication.

AutoBio Series Direct Ink Writing (DIW) 3D Printers