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Great point HopeToRetireEarly. Yes, I'm assuming that IPQA is us; even though, the trademark symbol is not included. I'm not sure what the POD stands for. Anyone else on board have any ideas?
Thanks 3dtdman. I agree their are probably many in the field who may not be aware of what SGLB has done. It's great to me that in process keeps coming up as necessary. I believe that we are the front runner in the in-process quality assurance game and we have a large lead. IMHO.
Ablu, Yes, I think that it's an awareness thing and many folks are not aware of AM developments as there are many. SGLB does have exposure to quite a few folks. It's great that folks like Wohler's Associates are aware of SGLB along with GE (the AM leader and first to move to mass production) and many in the AM industry. I think more recognition will come as more folks move to AM mass production.
Thanks HopeToRetireEarly. I try to share DD when I find something that I think the board may find useful.
Hmmmm.. I found what may be the reasoning behind the our 'Contour' product formerly Deform not to mention why I have stressed the importance of frameworks and standards and why I love that we have been working with DARPA and Honeywell in the development of the ICME framework.
First the 'Contour Name' I found this summary "Applying Materials State Awareness to Condition-Based Maintenance and System Life Cycle Management: Summary of a Workshop (2015)". I found this in Chapter Six of the summary was "The Emerging Role of ICME and ICSE in Airframe Design Analysis" by Dr. Dale Ball from Lockheed Martin
http://www.nap.edu/read/21821/chapter/6
While noting that there are well-established NDE
methods for estimating residual stress, such as x-ray and neutron diffraction techniques, he focused on a destructive technique called the contour method (Bucci et al. 2014, slides 19-28).
Developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the contour method is based on the concept that residual stresses will result in deformations of the surface of a freshly cut cross-section of the part in question (Prime, 2001)The BA-11 Team and Alcoa are also using the contour method to investigate the variability of residual stresses for both different locations in a complex final structure and different specimens (six to eight samples) of that component. Dr. Ball reviewed some of the
results from this work that were presented at the 2013 Residual Stress Summit (James, 2013).15 The contour data, he said, confirm there is good consistency across multiple forging samples of the same component in both stress field pattern and the tight distribution of stress values within the manufacturer’s target zone of ±10 ksi (80% were within ±5 ksi for the six forgings tested by the contour method).
. ICME is being used by ALCOA, Dr. Ball noted, to
optimize the forging process, to predict process-induced bulk residual stresses, and to characterize intrinsic material properties
In his closing summary, Dr. Ball said that the exposure of the airframe community to ICME up to this point has been limited. Now, with the availability of sophisticated models to simulate the forging and fabrication effects on materials state, and the increased use of ICME in
design of new materials, he anticipates that the airframe community will begin turning more frequently to ICME-informed applications.
Dr. Margiotta explained that the current simulation takes several days to a week to complete, which is much too long. These tools need to be further developed and simplified. The ICME construct consists of the following elements:
Dr. Margiotta said that the framework is the most critical element of the system. Once the general framework is in place, tools can be swapped in as they are developed. He noted that the tools are still under development and that much work remains.
Dr. Margiotta explained that the Open Manufacturing project was one of the first to extend verification and validation and uncertainty quantification to ICME
HopetoRetireEarly,
I look at the solicitation as promising for SGLB because it continues to verify the need for in process quality assurance. SGLB had the IPQA process proven valid enough for Boeing to approve of their process four years ago. SGLB's IPQA process was developed via America Makes by GE and Honeywell to be utilized as the commercially available IPQA process because no IPQA solution did not exist in the commercial market place . Companies have been scrambling to develop their own internal IPQA processes while SGLB's IPQA process is machine agnostic and they have proven it. This DoD solicitation shows that DoD is finally looking to evaluate for the military and commercial use and SGLB is years ahead. Look at this statement
Traditional NDI methods can be used on the finished parts, but more often than not, it is not possible to get 100-percent coverage in these inspections due to the complexity of geometry of finished AM produced parts. Final inspection of an AM part with one or more nondestructive, non-contact inspections that can be done concurrent with the AM build process is needed. In-process inspection of a part as it is being manufactured will reduce the amount of material that needs to be inspected and could even enable immediate correction of manufacturing defects while it is manufactured.[/quot
Good Luck Longs
Z, I definitely agree. I just saw an solicitation from DoD for In-Process and Final Non-destructive Inspection Methods of Additive Manufactured (AM) Simulated Aerospace Critical Parts that I sent to Mark and company. It's solicitations like this and other articles that I've seen which let's me know that SGLB has quite the head start over competition.
HopeToRetireEarly, Yes, There is competition out there; however, I do not see the competition quickly overtaking PrintRite3D. The amount of time and funds spent by both GE and Honeywell to further develop, test and quantify Inspect and Contour will not be easily replicated.
GE is the undisputed AM market leader with award winning scientists in AM. I've found a couple articles to support GE being a market leader with award winning personnel. I feel confident that SGLB is ahead of the competition; otherwise, GE and Honeywell would not decided to work with SGLB to develop their IPQA technology. Well, I hope that my logic makes sense. Good Luck.
http://www.3dprinterworld.com/article/ge-aviation-receives-award-for-leap-engine-fuel-nozzle
GE Aviation received the Additive World Award for Best Industrial Application for their 3D printed fuel nozzle used in the new LEAP passenger jet engine.
“SmarTech envisions a sizeable opportunity for 3D printing service providers to specialize in aircraft manufacturing and move in to support an increasingly pressured aerospace supply chain.”
GE Aviation remains a market leader in this effort
GE has always been a true market leader. And now the company is building the future of its engines through the "next industrial revolution": 3-D printing.
The announcement represents GE Aviation’s second significant factory investment in Alabama since 2013. In Auburn, the company has invested $100 million in a factory that is machining super-alloy jet engine parts and establishing the world’s highest-volume additive manufacturing center.
Jackle, It is excellent to continue to see these articles that verify the need for PrintRite3D time and time again. Thanks for the post.
Z, Thanks much for the heads up. I appreciate it. It's nice to see tge GE is utilizing them for more than the JTDA. Awesome!
Found this older article September 2014 but quite relevant
All development of additive components will remain in Aviation's Additive Technology Center (ATC) in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is also expected to grow over 300 percent in size in the coming year. The ATC will demonstrate a component's manufacturing readiness before needing to scale for full rate production.
Maxinkuckee, I'm an independent investor. I work as an independent tester; thus, I can relate to SGLB's lack of detailed information and delays with their product. I'm used my customer having to delay testing schedules and dealing with vendor beta releases of software. It just goes with what I'm used too. I will admit that as an investor, it can be frustrating. This is why I like to pay attention to the AM industry as a whole.
The issues and challenges that SGLB is faced with are reflected in the speed of SGLB's progress. I do believe that they are the market leader in in-process quality assurance and that they have a significant advantage over the competition. I do not blindly take Mark Cola's word for it. My testing nature makes me look at facts. I look more at what SGLB is doing and the connections that they currently have. I look at what their connections are doing and planning in the AM space.
These partnerships with GE Aviation, Honeywell, and Materialise are extremely promising for the success of PrintRite3D, not too mention our customers Additive Industries and Spartacus 3D. GE and Honeywell both have initiatives to bring AM globally across their manufacturing floors. Materialise is a global leader in AM software and 3D printing. These leaders would not be dealing with a small company; unless, there is a significant benefit to doing so.
I'm big on standards and frameworks because that's what business looks to and derives their requirements from. That's why I'm excited about the ICME framework that DARPA is pushing and to see IPQA included in the process is great news to me.
I welcome opinions on the board; however, I value and respect the opinions that are based on DD. The opinions that go with the DD carry much weight with me as it allows one to have a reference point for those opinions. Thanks much to the board members here. I appreciate all your hardwork to providing the best and most accurate information that I believe is out here on Ihub.
Ablu, Thanks for sharing your DD. It's good to know that SGLB is not involved in that effort. That's a dot that I'll remove from my board. I do appreciate having evidence to prove or disprove possible connections. It is encouraging that they are interested in contacting SGLB. Thank you.
Jackle, Thanks much. I appreciate your posts on the board. I agree with your logic and the systemic way that you see the AM industry and SGLB's involvement in it. I'm very encouraged by SGLB's progess and acceptance with AM industry leaders. It speaks volumes to me on the importance of IPQA's place in the future of AM.
I mentioned it several times that I believe being included in frameworks and standards is key. I believe that we will be included by being first to market and used pretty much as a baseline for in process quality assurance. I'm keeping an eye on this as well to see where we fit. By the way our buddies GE and Materialise are partners in this development with ManSYS as well as TWI. The same TWI that worked with Lloyd Register on that AM Global framework. Lots of Dots connecting!
Project overview ManSYS
Most manufacturers outsource some or all of their manufacturing operations to third-parties specialists on a global basis, but not without complications. ManSYS aims to overcome these obstacles through develop and demonstrate a set of e-supply chain tools to enable the mass adoption of 3D printing.
Objectives of ManSYS
One of the objectives of ManSYS is to organize a decision making tool for metal additive manufactuting parts. To decide when additive manufacturing can be used effectively, data needs to be available for designers/engineers (with no background/experience with AM) so that they make decisions about manufacturing.
E. Overview of the integrated MANSYS framework
The ManSYS 3D printingplatform will be a unique platform in the industrial arena. It will be the first platform that allows demand and supply to seamlessly find each other including 3D printing as a valid alternative to traditional production.
Worldwide, this platform will dramatically boost the acceptance of 3D printing. A first realistic overview of what the platform will have in store for industrial companies when it is ready (due date 2016) will attract future users to the platform.
Due date: the first quarter of 2016.
http://www.mansys.info/deliverables/deliverable-d9-5/
Check out this from their Periodic Report Summary 1 - MANSYS (MANufacturing decision and supply chain management SYStem for additive manufacturing)
3. Supply Chain Management Software for AM across multiple sites/locations
Supply Chain Management software for AM refers to software that supports specific segments of the supply chain and in this case it refers to the ‘backbone’ of the ManSYS, focussing on AM production planning, data preparation and finishing. Once designed it will improve decision making, optimisation, and analysis (data mining) for the performance of such systems for AM machines located in different countries.
Integration of sub-elements into the linking system (Streamics):
a. Design optimisation
b. 3D scanning
c. post processing (heat treatment and machining)
d. Powder recycling
http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/163907_en.html
See what I'm saying about PrintRite3D integration with Streamics now?
Good Luck
Here's a couple reasons for my looking forward to PrintRite3D integration with Streamics.
1) http://1080.plus/vIOoGa8MXv0.video
2) http://www.materialise.co.kr/avio-aero-thinks-additive
Tyfoidhana, Yes. I agree. I certainly hope the engineers had an idea that layoffs would be coming with the transition. I was posting for the board to show that GE is still in process of transitioning to AM production. They must have identified their AM processes since they have ended the development cycle. I'm awaiting the Materialise announcement of PrintRite3D integration with Streamics. I believe that many more orders will come after that announcement and I'm betting a GE order will come.
Good Luck.
http://3dprint.com/117124/3mf-consortium-ge-research/
“With the successful integration of 3D printed metal parts in two different jet engine platforms and the construction of GE Aviation’s $50 million state-of-the-art high-volume additive production plant in Auburn, Alabama, we achieved major milestones with our additive program in 2015,” said Prabhjot Singh, Manager of the Additive Manufacturing Lab at GE Global Research. “But we have only scratched the surface on additive’s potential. With even better design tools, machines and new materials, we can dramatically expand the additive industry’s footprint in manufacturing. That future will arrive faster through the strong ecosystem that 3MF is building to bring the right stakeholders together to accelerate new innovations and breakthroughs in this space.”
“GE Global Research is a recognized leader with real-world experience using 3D printing and additive manufacturing to drive innovation,” said Adrian Lannin, 3MF Consortium executive director. “We look forward to working with GE Global Research to enrich the 3MF standard and create new opportunities for both 3D printing and the additive manufacturing ecosystem.”
GE Aviation cutting more 7 percent of engineering workforce
A spokesman for the General Electric Co. unit based in the Cincinnati suburb of Evendale said in an email Thursday that the cuts are not due to any decline in business. Spokesman Rick Kennedy says the reductions are being made because the company's new jet engines are moving from the development and testing phase to production.
Kennedy says the layoffs are because engine development programs are completed and the engineers are no longer needed
Kennedy told me the reductions come as GE leaves the engineering phase on five massive programs (Passport, GEnx, GE-Honda HF120, GE38 and CFM LEAP engines) and enters production.
" It really is that phase," he said. "We're not declining in Greater Cincinnati. In the next five years we'll be increasing production of these engines, so there will be incremental hiring."
Thanks Silversmith. I like your assessment.
Yep who knows and maybe together they could compete for a couple of the America Makes projects coming up this year such as "Real-Time Processing Temperature Analysis Methodologies" or "Rapid Inspection Technologies"
Very Nice. Thanks Jackle.
I agree with Moshin123. I believe they came from Morris. I gotta find that diagram.
Makes sense to me.
Evendale-based GE Aviation is consolidating all research and development activities into 3-D manufacturing, also known as additive, into a single West Chester Twp. site.
Z, I'll base the locations off their Additive World Conference presentation slide from last year. They had two installed in Ohio and one in Pennslyvania. They had two in Great Britain. One in Arizona and One in Santa FE, New Mexico. I can rule out Sante FE because that's I Sigma Labs. I'll rule out Arizona because that's most certained Honeywell based on their AM presence in Phoenix. I'm ruling out Great Britain based on Chris email response to me yesterday.
Chris,
Good Morning. I noticed on one of Mark Cola's presentations that there were two PrintRite3D products in Great Britain. Would one of both of those products be located in a TWI facility? Who is or are the customers for those PrintRite3D products in Great Britain?
Regards,
A
Chris Witty <cwitty@darrowir.com>
11:04 AM (22 hours ago)
to me
Older technology of Sigma's but prior to our PrintRite3D… They are advanced inspection systems used for solid state joining processes. This was work we'd done for Boeing around 2006-2010…
Two at TWI and one at Thompson Friction Welding.
Excellent news! Thanks Z!
Thanks Kanya. I was thinking about this occurring after Arcam announced the large GE order. It's great to see another dot connected. It would make perfect sense. All we can do is wait and continue to research. Thanks much.
The Industry is ramping up to AM mass production. I'm anticipating seeing a few more orders coming this year from other companies associated with CFM International maybe from these guys.
The joint venture will be called Prodways-Nexteam.
Prodways Group deputy managing director Philippe Laude said: "This partnership reflects Prodways aim to become the leader in the design and production of mechanical aerospace parts using 3D printing.
"This partnership with Nexteam Group, which will provide its expertise in the areas of machining and finalisation, will ensure that we can scale up our manufacturing processes to an industrial level that meets the technical requirements of the major players in the aerospace market."
Why Folks think that they can get rich off SGLB?
1) SGLB has brought to market the only known commercial in-process quality assurance product. This can be confirmed by looking into the goal of the America Makes project that they, GE, Honeywell etc are working. No such commercial product existed before this project.
2) SGLB is providing a need that AM industry professionals, and governments say is needed to advance AM mass production. According to Wohlers and other research firms AM spending is increasing over 20% percent per year.
3) SGLB 's product has been verified by our government's standard's agency NIST as a NDT product. This is in NIST documentation and a NASA presentation.
4) SGLB is being test at DARPA and it's process is being built into the ICME framework. This has been verified via Honeywell DARPA presentation.
5) SGLB is predicted to improve production by 25 percent. GE Aviation's Greg Morris claimed this and they have a JTDA with Sigma Labs. This is verified via a quick web search.
6) SGLB has been picked up by Additive Industries and Spartacus 3D. They both have verified relationships basically part of the supply chain of CFM International. This is verifiable on their websites.
7) SGLB has a current market cap of 30.56 million as of today and they are listed in the OTC. Let's look at an example of another 3D play that was listed on the OTC about 2 years ago. They are ONVO. Now ONVO has revenue numbers that are about the same as SGLB but with much greater losses. ONVO uplisted and at it's peak had a market cap of 1.1 billion. Let's say the SGLB uplists and we're assuming the same revenue with much less loss than ONVO and SGLB get's driven up to 1.1 billion market cap. That would be 33 times our current market cap and that's with revenues and losses unchanged from today.
This is all hypothetical but based on what actually happened to ONVO. I can only imagine what could happen should SGLB become the defacto third party independent source for verifying compliance to design intent. There are many products out there doing proprietary quality assurance but where are the third party independent open source ones that have been tested with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. I have challenged members on the board a few times to find one. All I have ever gotten in return are crickets. I conclude that it is possible to "GetRich1Day" off SGLB (meaning over million bucks) depending on the size of your investment at these levels. Should SGLB uplist and reach a market cap of 1.1 billion just like ONVO did then based on today's shares and price we are looking at approximately 1.65 per share. Right now 50K gets you a million shares; thus, 50K investment now could equal 1.6mil based on my hypothethical scenario and it is not outside the realm of possibility because it has occurred. Good Luck.
Ok, just got my dot connecting hunch verified by Chris Witty. There are two Quality Sentinels on TWI's facilities in Great Britain not the PrintRite3D's. They are the older model but as I recall it's still running IPQA. This is great news to me as I believe they may have been used in the development of LR's global AM framework in the AM guidance for Metallic Parts that I was talking about. I'll let ya'll know what I hear back from LR. Thanks again Chris for letting me share with the board.
Ablu, Nice Post. Thanks for sharing your DD.
Another follow up to the AM certification process and why I keep bringing up frameworks, standards and guidelines. Here's a quick video about it.
https://vimeo.com/150958873
Another one:
https://vimeo.com/150958871
I have a few things that come to mind concerning Mark Cola's trustworthiness. First thing to keep in mind is the secretive nature that companies have when trying to maintain a competitive advantage. I'm not sure how many folks have signed at NDA for a test or product development. I can personally say that the several NDA's which I signed prohibit me from discussing any details about the testing or product development outside of our immediate team. I'm 100 percent positive that Mark and Dave have signed a number of NDA's with companies like GE, Honeywell and others. They will always be vague until GE and others say give them the ok. I believe that Mark can only be but so forthcoming based on what those NDA's and my personal experience with them.
Second thing concerning the whole lockstep with GE. GE just started low rate production. GE is ramping up to mass production. They will be at full production by 2020. We had a 500,000 contract with GE at the begining of last year. I figure that more will come this year. I like to watch want CFM International associations are doing such as Spartacus 3D and Additive Industries. The orders by Spartacus 3D and Additive Industries are confirmation to me that PrintRite3D maybe ramping up to be the third party evidence of compliance that is utilized throughout the CFM international suppy chain. The decison to team with Arete that is run by Bill Herman formerly a GE Aviation Section Manager and former employee of Morris Technology. I believe that Mark is in lockstep based on these actions last year. Those actions are demonstrating lockstep to me.
Third thing is our Honeywell partnership. Honeywell has been consistently verifying that they are working with Sigma Labs to develop Contour (formerly Deform). Honeywell's Godfrey confirmed this in May at the Rapid conference. It was confirmed again by Godfrey via the two Honeywell blogs towards the end of 2015. I believe Mark when he says that SGLB has a partnership with Honeywell because Honeywell is confirming it themselves.
Fourth thing is to pay attention to what is happening with the AM industry as a whole. Let's look some AM companies price per share. Several 3D manufacturers were expecting a ramp up in orders which did not materialize in 2015 and there pps took a tumble. It's easy to do a comparison chart with SSYS, DDD, VJET, MTLS and SGLB. They have all trended downward thru 2015. DDD was expecting a large order which did not come thru for them second quarter of 2015 as I recall. I read what occurs in the AM industry and the challenges that are ongoing. There are articles which explain the challenges and AM needs; thus, when various industry experts discuss these challenges and they match up with what Mark says then it valids what Mark is saying and doing.
These are my reasons for believing in Mark Cola and company. They are verified by more than just Mark and Dave but by AM players. I'll continue to believe in this company as AM industry developments continue to confirm the direction that Mark is taking with SGLB. Good Luck Longs.
This article explains the slow adoption of additive manufacturing by industry which is why having an AM framework and guidelines are necessary. Companies and customers need to have confidence in the process which is why I like the Lloyd's Register AM framework and guidelines done with TWI.
http://3dprint.com/116252/llnl-metals-project-3d-print/
LLNL’s Accelerated Certification of Additively Manufactured Metals Project: Physical Understanding of the 3D Printing Process is Necessary to See Real Industrial Change
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Jan 22, 2016 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business |
_When it comes to that epic third revolution in manufacturing that many experts have projected via 3D printing, there’s one major stumbling block: people don’t like change. It’s one thing to make a software update, switch vendors, or move a facility to another location–and that’s often traumatic enough–but accepting and instituting an entirely new process and way of thinking certainly doesn’t happen overnight, or even over a few years–as industry experts are seeing in terms of additive manufacturing.
Often, these new ideas and technologies simply aren’t instituted without repetitive convincing, educating, and validating. And while many of us see the incredible benefits being offered by 3D printing around the world in nearly every sector, for those who are involved in manufacturing processes that seem to be running just fine with old traditional methods in place, they of course question why change is necessary, why you should meddle with current perfection, and why you should fix something that…yada yada. The answer of course, is that in implementing 3D printing–and doing it now–a world of new innovation is opened, along with a long list of benefits ranging from incredible options in customization and higher quality, to shaving mega-bucks off the bottom line.
Wayne King, leader of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Accelerated Certification of Additively Manufactured Metals Project, wants to light a fire under everyone. With the understanding that it can take quite some time for widespread change to sweep an industry, he and a team of researchers at LLNL are trying to push things along a little faster, as indicated in their latest paper, titled “Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of Metals; Physics, Computational, and Materials Challenges.”
“We want to accelerate certification and qualification to take advantage of the flexibility that metal additive manufacturing gives us,” said King. “Ideally, our plants would like to build a part on Monday that can be qualified and, on the same machine on Tuesday, build a different part that can also be qualified.”
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a) Typical rays during illumination of the ideal array b) Detail of ray trajectories
The researchers emphasize that 3D printing with metal and laser powder bed fusion is increasing exponentially, and the technology is being used widely for prototyping. Companies of all sizes simply don’t yet seem to have the confidence in the technology required to make the investment–and the leap–to using it for making critical parts. Noting that education is key here, the researchers point out a deeper understanding of the actual physics of what’s happening during 3D printing is required.
“It is generally accepted that this understanding will be increasingly achieved through modeling and simulation,” states the LLNL team of researchers in their paper. “However, there are significant physics, computational, and materials challenges stemming from the broad range of length and time scales and temperature ranges associated with the process.”
Their research reviews, assesses, and points out the challenges that lie ahead basically in trying to get everyone on board with 3D printing, with a central point being that qualification of parts and uncertainty about the final quality of products serving as main issues in the lack of adopting 3D printing.
“A physical understanding of the metal powder bed fusion process can provide insight into performance margins, uncertainties in those margins, and their sensitivities to process parameters. Thus, a physical understanding of the process is an essential element of part qualification,” state the researchers. “Such an understanding should also enable increased control of the process, which in turn improves the likelihood of producing qualified parts.”
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Scanning electron microscope image of stainless steel powder
The need for ways to simulate the process and demonstrate it via modeling is outlined, and the researchers state that this can be accomplished digitally. Within the paper they discuss a range of models that should help engineers make calculations regarding heat and stress and well as gaining an understanding of what happens to metal during the 3D printing process, allowing them to find validation in the technology and as a result, become confident in making complex 3D printed parts for industry such as aerospace. The goal is for these processes to indeed become part of a total transformation within manufacturing rather than being an exception. Do you think this paper by the LLNL researchers will help accelerate additive manufacturing practices? Discuss in the LLNL Researchers to Accelerate 3D Printing forum over at 3DPB.com.
Here's my follow up on the Lloyd's Register Best Practices for AM and guide to certification. This is what AM industry has been waiting for to move forward with AM mass production. A framework and guidelines. Guidelines that compnanies are using to prematurely certify AM parts. This is where PrintRite3D will really fit. Please do your DD and follow these developments. Good Luck Longs!
http://www.lr.org/nl/news_and_events/news/250035-lloyds-register-publiceert-additive-manufacturing-richtlijnen.aspx
Lloyd's Register Additive Manufacturing publishes Guidelines
01/22/2016
Lloyd's Register is introducing a new global certification framework for manufacturers and end users of equipment and components. It is a tool to achieve best practices in "Additive Manufacturing (AM)", and a guide to the certification For on- and offshore companies at low oil prices advantageous to have certified products that are manufactured faster with AM techniques. This allows them to cut costs and obtain components of consistent quality.
Lloyd's Register has its goal-AM directives published. Which operators and manufacturers in the energy and maritime sectors have confidence in a metal equipment and components manufactured by AM.
AM is the 'next industrial revolution' mentioned in the manufacturing sector. As a leading provider of integrity, compliance and risk consultancy Lloyd's Register certification guidelines for AM metal parts launched in collaboration with research and technology organization TWI. This is a step to help the industry to be the technology master.
Thanks AM companies can manufacture complex components and equipment more efficiently and cost effectively.
Chris Chung, head of strategic research, Lloyd's Register Energy: "According to our Energy Technology Radar Survey AM the next five years will have a major impact in the oil and gas sector. Therefore we have last year - along with TWI and a number of industry partners - research and development combined with AM as it is put into practice.
"Our new certification guidelines that are now being introduced to the industry by companies in this cooperation already used to certify AM components prematurely."
How to get to commercial launch
The guidelines are an important step towards the commercial launch of AM. They are meant to provide a counterweight to the skepticism that new technology often runs up against. The technology is complex and therefore, specific guidelines have been necessary in order to guarantee the quality and consistency of AM components.
The certification under Lloyd's Register for AM-metal components offers step by step the necessary level of trust and acts as a stabilizing force for quality and safety. The directives can find the technology acceptance and thus promote sustainability in the energy and maritime sectors.
Roger Fairclough, chief project manager at TWI "TWI has been involved for over 15 years engaged in the research and development of AM. It is increasingly clear that technology is now technically and commercially feasible for use in general engineering construction. "
Fairclough stressed: "If the technology fully supports entry into the industry, the certification and validation procedures of conventional manufacturing processes must be expanded and adapted as necessary to AM. This partnership between Lloyd's Register and TWI bridges this gap for competitors and enables them to spend AM parts quickly and safely on the industrial market. "
Strengthen efficiency and competitiveness
In the oil and gas sector cost savings and greater efficiency is crucial to restore competitiveness and strengthen investor confidence. With AM-components can be accelerated. By AM Certification competency is qualified and will be taken to improve the safety components of components and equipment to replace worn or out of business.
Also, steps taken in the maritime sector to assess this new technology. Luis Benito, Marketing Director at Lloyd's Register Marine says, "AM has implications for industry, commerce, shipping and shipping companies all over the world. It is important to promote best practices while AM ??the world takes effect. "
Different industries - from aerospace to pharmaceuticals - are already using AM. With this method, complex parts can be very accurately manufactured with lighter and less material.
Rolls-Royce is exploring more than five years the use of AM technology for the repair and manufacture of spare parts.
"We believe this will be AM increasingly important for manufacturers and designers in the design and manufacture of prototypes and components," said Derek Jones of the research and technology programs of the nuclear activities of Rolls-Royce. "The fabrication time with a shortening third we keep more design time. That's always an advantage. "
"As a leading developer of AM Rolls-Royce will play an active role in this partnership with Lloyd's Register, TWI and other key industry partners. We realize that AM can deliver real benefits in a variety of energy applications, including nuclear energy. This project is an important step forward thanks to the consistent approach and standards for the certification of components. We show our customers that the production of components with the latest AM-industrial techniques feasible. "
Combining several components into one printed component is possible and can lead to savings in assembly and maintenance. The industry is also looking into hybrid production with AM technology to reduce spending on high quality material.
Chung: "We are confident that the offshore and onshore operators can learn a lot from other sectors, especially in terms of rapid manufacturing and replacement of equipment and components in standard and critical applications."
Thanks to the certification under Lloyd's Register (www.lr.org/additive-manufacturing) they have more certainty about the quality of all certified AM parts or components.
About TWI
TWI is a global leading research and technology organization. The more than 900 employees provide technology solutions worldwide. Offerings include generic research, contract R & D, technical information and advice, the drafting of standards, as well as training and qualifications. TWI is an impartial service where you can go for any questions about combining engineering materials.
TWI has for years engaged in the development and application of AM. The clients come from sectors such as aerospace, defense and medical angle.
On Additive Manufacturing
Unlike most conventional manufacturing techniques in AM - commonly called 3D printing - objects not formed by machining, but built up layer by layer. In conjunction with CAD-software (Computer-Aided Design) may, if new, improved components are manufactured to exacting material specifications. Designers are no longer limited by the boundaries of conventional machining - in almost total freedom, they can create new and modified components.
AM provides faster turnaround than traditional manufacturing methods. For example, in Formula 1 motor racing AM fabrication is used to respond quickly to the situation. The engineers analyze the performance of a car on the track and generate a new part before the race is over.
Maersk and other maritime industry organizations have recently begun printing onboard spare. Here, the intermediate steps in the supply chain become redundant, reducing downtime due to defective components is greatly reduced. The unique techniques and technologies of AM open new doors to innovation and offer all kinds of logistical, economic and technical benefits.
The site www.lr.org/additive-manufacturing can find more information about the partnership and AM guidelines.
Thank you, Jackle. I continue to wait patiently and I'm impressed with what progress Sigma Labs has made the past few years. Investors must pay attention to the additive manufacturing industry as a whole. This will allow us to understand what Sigma Labs is bringing to the table.
Countless DD is posted here to allow us to understand the AM market and the many connections between the customers and manufacturers. SGLB is positioning itself to become the de facto third party to ensure compliance to the AM design build specifications.
They are being built into the ICME framework and recently the Lloyd's register and TWI AM guidelines. These frameworks and guidelines are what companies will utilize as they come up to speed on AM mass production. This stuff is 30 years in the making and the corner towards profitability is being turned. It's surprising that so few can see this for now but the light will shine when the orders start to come it. It starts with a drop, then trickle, to a stream, etc.. The drops just started.
Good Luck Longs
Lloyd's Register and TWI AM framework guidance is out. I've been waiting on it. Check it out.
http://www.lr.org/en/energy/inspection/additive-manufacturing/additive-manufacturing-guidance-notes.aspx
The Guidance Notes for Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Parts provides a framework that manufacturers can follow to achieve certification with LR, and subsequently provide confidence to end users that a specific part manufactured using AM meets the required codes, standards, controls and best practises.
I'm not sure if this was ever posted last year. First time I saw this. I found this paper titled: Non-Destructive Techniques and
Technologies for Qualification of Additive
Manufactured Parts and Processes:
A Literature Review
Dr. Bree M. Sharratt
Sharratt Research & Consulting Inc.
Prepared By:
Sharratt Research and Consulting Inc.
1128 Timber View, Victoria, BC V9B 0B5
Project Manager: Dr. Bree M. Sharratt, 250-483-6624
Delivery Date: 9 February 2015
PWGSC Contract Number: W7707-155775
CSA: Shannon P. Farrell, Ph.D., Defence Scientist, Defence Research and Development Canada
– Atlantic Research Centre
http://cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/PDFS/unc200/p801800_A1b.pdf
Porosity is, by far, the most investigated and documented defect in the additive manufacturing
literature. A scholar.google.com search for "additive manufacturing" and porosity returns 3,760
results; contrast this with the 1,020 returned for metal precipitate, 208 for microcrack, or even
the 170 returned for NDE or NDT and "additive manufacturing". This is, perhaps, because
porosity is relatively easy to measure, or at the least approximate, and has historically been one
of the major hurdles in additive manufactured metal parts. Perhaps the simplest method of
approximating the porosity of a part is to divide its measured mass by the part volume as
computed from the input CAD, a 3D scan of the built part, or from images collected during the
build phase post-processed to calculate the final part shape (22)
(22) Commercial implementation of such a technology, applicable to SLM, is being developed as a
collaboration between Sigma Labs' B6 Sigma and Honeywell Aerospace [296].
Do you really believe that the major metal hardware guys and the big metal print manufacturers are not working on their own quality solutions?
EOSTATE MeltPool Monitoring
Automated, intelligent, real-time process monitoring for direct metal lasser sintering (DMLS®)
Serial production with industrial 3D printing systems aims for high-quality and reproducible component quality at the lowest costs per part possible. Reliable quality assurance tools play a key role in this process. EOSTATE MeltPool moves the quality assurance process that would otherwise take place downstream into the additive build process. This improves risk management, lowers the costs associated with quality assurance and reduces the time required for this purpose. The result - a sustained reduction in overall costs per part.
Process monitoring and analysis per spot, per layer, per part; minimizing risk and reducing quality assurance costs
The innovative EOSTATE MeltPool allows for the comprehensive tracking of components and the
automatic monitoring and analysis of the melt during the DMLS process – every spot, every layer and every part
Process and functional principle - powerful tool for quality-oriented work
During the DMLS build process, EOSTATE MeltPool observes the light emitted by the melt pool. Extensive hardware helps to separate the process light from the reflected laser light. The data that is obtained is further processed in the software:
EOS_Ablauf_EOSTATE_MeltPool_DE_klein.jpg
The EOSTATE MeltPool software offers automatic error correction of the data that is created, as well as process visualisation and evaluation in real time. For the purpose of data analysis, the EOSTATE MeltPool Analysis Toolbox illustrates data in 2D or 3D form, including the ability to analyse discrepancies.
Dadx4, Nice Find!
As the speed and sophistication of external providers has increased dramatically, with some now guaranteeing 24-hour production/delivery, many engineers and designers are ditching their internal printers in favor of a external service providers. Several companies have told me they may have purchased their last internal printer.
In the last 10 years, Amazon has fundamentally changed the computing world by creating the elastic computing cloud, which allows companies to access Internet capacity in exactly the amounts they require. It has long been predicted that manufacturing will follow this same path, with companies being able to tap into a network of production capabilities on an as-needed basis. 2016 will be the year where this “elastic manufacturing cloud” becomes a reality with at least one company we know of poised to make a major announcement in this area soon.