- SGLB
delivers solutions to additive manufacturing challenges with its
proprietary PrintRite 3D technology
- Sigma
Labs allows companies to build, qualify, and certify parts more quickly
and at lower cost
- Before
Sigma, no quality metric existed for melt pool monitoring, in situ
monitoring, or process quality control that provided in process alerts
and solutions
As additive manufacturing – or 3D metal printing – gains
traction in the manufacturing world, the problems with the technology have
hampered production and stymied large-scale uptake. Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB), a leading producer of
quality-assurance software for the commercial 3D-printing industry, is
committed to providing answers to those problems in the latest version of its
proprietary technology.
“For some engineers, 3D printing may be coming on in an
unwelcome rush,” stated a recent Engineering.com article, titled ‘7 Issues to
Look Out for in Metal 3D Printing’ (http://ibn.fm/WP70j). “Avoiding issues in metal AM still
requires a lot of process knowledge and trial and error,” the article states,
denoting how critical it is for operators to monitor processes in real-time—a
problem for which SGLB’s PrintRite 3D software offers a solution.
In its own article (http://ibn.fm/whFCl), ‘What Is Metal Additive
Manufacturing’, Sigma Labs also acknowledges that “the large-scale adoption of
direct 3D metal additive manufacturing faces quality and reliability challenges.”
Those challenges are outlined in the article as follows:
- The
machines and processes are inherently variable – machine to machine and
within machine – causing variation in manufacturing and production
consistency.
- The
build process itself has many adjustable inputs that directly affect the
ability to create a part and its final quality.
- The
industry has few design rules, monitoring methods or standards for
finished products.
- There
is difficulty ensuring consistent, repeatable quality for final production
parts.
In what it calls the “Sigma Solution,” Sigma Labs argues
that its IPQA™ technology accurately monitors the quality and reliability of
additive manufactured parts by ensuring consistent quality control during the
manufacturing process. Until now, optical monitoring systems have recorded the
manufacturing process but have been unable to deliver actionable in-process
information to enable the rescue of parts straying out of specification.
Additionally, parts could only be fully quality inspected post-production in
costly and time-consuming processes and only after the mistakes were made.
Sigma’s real-time melt pool analytics software frees manufacturers to build,
qualify and certify parts more quickly and at a much lower cost.
Sigma’s proprietary software reduces the traditional
post-production quality assurance inspection process for additive
manufacturing; helps ensure the quality of each part; dramatically reduces
costs and labor associated with the current approach to certifying AM part
quality by “seeing” and analyzing the structure of a 3D-printed part during
production; and allows for correction during the manufacturing process.
Sigma Labs was founded in 2010 and has become the go-to,
3D-printing expert for real-time, computer-aided inspection (CAI) solutions.
Founded by experts from scientific disciplines that include metallurgy,
physics, signal processing, mechanical engineering, optics, software AI and ML,
data analytics and visualization, the company has already established
credibility within highly demanding industries such as aerospace, defense,
biomedicine and transportation. Sigma Labs’ revolutionary technology is set to
unleash the powerful forces of 3D metal printing, changing the face of the
industry by increasing reliability, lowering quality control costs and enabling
serial manufacturing.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SigmaLabsInc.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to SGLB are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGLB
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