Sigma Labs Joins Manufacturing Technology Centre to Advance Industrialization of Additive Manufacturing with In-Process Quali...
February 26 2019 - 8:00AM
Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) (“Sigma Labs” or the “Company”), a
provider of quality assurance software under the PrintRite3D®
brand, was named a member of the Manufacturing Technology Centre
(MTC) located at Ansty Park, Coventry, UK. Membership of the MTC
enables Sigma Labs to share and provide expertise and solutions for
a number of the Centre’s projects and also network with the
Centre’s existing members, including some of the UK’s leading
aerospace companies.
The MTC was established as part of the UK government’s national
manufacturing strategy with the aim of bridging the gap between
academic discoveries and real-time industry innovation. It houses
some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world,
providing integrated manufacturing system solutions for customers
across sectors that include automotive, aerospace, rail,
construction/civil engineering, oil & gas and
defense.
John Rice, CEO of Sigma Labs, said, “The MTC manufacturing
research center model uses public and private funding to bring
academia and industry together, to pursue challenging, industrially
relevant development projects. As a member of the MTC, Sigma Labs
will extend its industry footprint further into the exciting
research and commercialization in additive manufacturing today.
With Europe at the forefront of many innovative and major
developments in the metal AM industry, we believe this agreement,
our second major research alliance with a European center of
excellence, holds great promise for us and the future of AM. We
look forward to interacting with the other member companies in the
MTC, and particularly to collaborating with researchers at the
National Centre for Additive Manufacturing to demonstrate the
capabilities and potential of the PrintRite3D® INSPECT®
technology.”
MTC technology director Ken Young said, “I am delighted to
welcome Sigma Labs to the MTC community. Quality assurance in
additive manufacturing is a critical topic that requires
significant attention. Gaining insights into the part quality
during the additive manufacturing build process reduces effort for
post-build inspection and ultimately provides the foundation for
closed loop process control for improved robustness. Sigma Labs’
advanced capabilities on this topic will provide expertise for a
number of the MTC’s projects and network with our membership base,
focusing on qualification and certification of the additive
manufacturing process.”
Sigma Labs will install its PrintRite3D® INSPECT® In-Process
Quality Monitoring and Control technology at the MTC’s National
Centre for Additive Manufacturing and participate in various
member-sponsored programs with a focus on qualification and
certification of the additive manufacturing process.
PrintRite3D® INSPECT®, which comprises software for in-process
inspection of metallurgical properties, uses sensor data and
establishes in-process metrics for each product’s design
specifications and metal. It provides manufacturing engineers with
information in real time that can permit them to avert a part that
is beginning to display discontinuities from going on to become a
rejected part. INSPECT® also generates quality reports based on
rigorous statistical analysis of manufacturing process data and
allows for interrogation of suspect part data that can be used for
process improvement and optimization.
About the Manufacturing Technology Centre
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) was established as
part of the UK government’s national manufacturing strategy with
the aim of bridging the gap between academic discoveries and
real-time industry innovation. Located at the MTC, the National
Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM) accelerates the uptake of
additive manufacturing (AM) by developing the technology and
systems required to address the key challenges within the AM value
chain. The MTC is also the home to the European Space Agency (ESA)
AM Benchmarking Centre (AMBC) and is the only non-US founding
partner in the ASTM AM Centre of Excellence for
standardization.
About Sigma Labs
Sigma Labs, Inc. is a provider of quality assurance software
under the PrintRite3D® brand and a developer of advanced,
in-process, non-destructive quality assurance software for
commercial firms worldwide seeking productive solutions for
advanced manufacturing. For more information please visit us at
www.sigmalabsinc.com.
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