{"id":10302,"date":"2026-07-14T17:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/?p=10302"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:31:00","slug":"snowwhite2-pharmaceuital-innovation-with-multi-material-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/snowwhite2-pharmaceuital-innovation-with-multi-material-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"SnowWhite2: Advancing Pharmaceutical Innovation with Precise Multi-Material Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-937dcf081e8fa05e70dc94033b37c90d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mrkta3rz-e6bd06201d5cf145fb5747d2a5fb479f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 data-path-to-node=\"2\">How 3D Printing is Changing Personalized Drug Production<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">At <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Sharebot<\/b>, we are always excited to see how our SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) technology pushes the boundaries of what is possible. Recently, a fascinating study explored a new way to manufacture personalized medicines using our <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"233\">SnowWhite2<\/b> printer.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">We&#8217;re focusing on the paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2590156725000234\">Selective laser sintering of distinct drug and polymer layers as a novel manufacturing strategy for individually dosed tablets<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">This research highlights how 3D printing can move beyond industrial parts and into the world of pharmacy, offering a faster, more flexible way to create drugs tailored to individual patient needs.<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"5\">Summary: What This Paper Is About<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In simple terms, researchers wanted to find a better way to create tablets that contain specific, individual doses of medication. Normally, you would have to carefully blend drug powder with other ingredients before printing. This study skipped that step entirely. Instead of mixing everything, the researchers fed the pure drug (Indomethacin) and the base material (PVA) into the printer separately. By alternating between them during the printing process, they created &#8220;multi-layered&#8221; tablets. This means the printer builds the tablet layer-by-layer, precisely controlling exactly how much medicine is inside.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10304 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MultiMaterials_Pills.jpg\" alt=\"Multi-materials pills created using Snowwhite2\" width=\"382\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MultiMaterials_Pills.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MultiMaterials_Pills-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"7\">How Sharebot Technology Made It Possible<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The success of this project relied on three key features of the SnowWhite2:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">CO2 Laser Precision (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/sharebot-snowwhite2-why-use-co2-laser-for-sls\/\">details<\/a>):<\/b> The printer uses a 10.6 \u03bcm CO2 laser, which provides the high level of thermal control needed to sinter delicate materials. This was crucial for sintering Indomethacin, which is notoriously difficult to process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Dual-Tank Versatility:<\/b> By using two separate powder tanks, the printer could alternate between layers of the drug and layers of the excipient (the base material) in a single, seamless step.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Reduced Area Powder Distributor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/snowwhite2-powder-distributors\/\">details<\/a>):<\/b> Because medical research often requires small, precious amounts of material, the researchers utilized our &#8220;Reduced Area Powder Distributor&#8221; insert. This allowed them to print successfully with much smaller powder volumes than a standard industrial build would require, minimizing waste.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"10\">The Major Discovery<\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">The core breakthrough of this study is the <b data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"43\">successful, single-step fabrication of multi-layered tablets without needing to blend powders.<\/b> By leveraging the SnowWhite2, researchers confirmed that they could precisely control the dosage of the medication simply by changing the number of layers printed. Even more impressively, the heat from the CO2 laser slightly changed the physical state of the drug (making it more &#8220;amorphous&#8221;), which actually <b data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"447\">helped the medicine dissolve faster in the body.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">This proves that 3D printing could one day be used in hospitals and pharmacies to create &#8220;on-demand&#8221; personalized dosages, simplifying the production process while potentially making drugs more effective for patients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[43,65,38],"class_list":["post-10302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snowwhite-2","tag-medical","tag-multi-material","tag-sls-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10307,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10302\/revisions\/10307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharebot.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}