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Exactly what I just elaborated on, the company isn't just going to hand out the hardware and software and install it willy nilly, I'm sure by free, they mean that installation and other costs will be handled by the company receiving the technology.
Sigma would have to be insane to start sending their technicians out to install our software I'm completely random machines. That's not what this is
This is Sigma targeting production companies who are not using in process quality monitoring and are having yield problems that they do not know how to properly and most efficiently solve.
That would be the only reason Sigma is doing this program is the complete lack of understanding of in-process quality assurance data that directly correlates to a compliant part.
Everyone needs to remember that this is a new technology in a new way to produce parts.
In process quality monitoring never had to be used to the extent that it is for any sort of production in the history of the industrial world.
Additive manufacturing is the only process that absolutely requires in process quality monitoring data to be used to set parameters and ensure that those parameters are being met by the machine during a print.
All other forms of manufacturing are not as intricate, the materials are tested beforehand and the process is usually a molding or casting where there is no outside forces that needs to be measured such as laser speed, laser power, levels of oxygen in the build chamber, heat of the build chamber, heat of the build plate, temperature of the Melt pool, etc.
Additive manufacturing is an extremely elaborate process compared to other forms of manufacturing.
It is high speed welding being done by a machine, that is welding multiple Parts simultaneously to create a finished product.
If you just think of that advancement from pouring a Molten solution of metal materials into a mold and simply waiting and cutting it out of that mold, compared to the intricacies of additive manufacturing, the understanding that all of this in process quality monitoring data is absolutely necessary makes much more sense.
It's no coincidence that the leaders of the industry have been studying this type of data and also collaborating with us to ensure their parts and their materials are qualified, verified and certified to be compliant to their design intent.
I'm sure the company isn't wasting time just handing out these Hardware / software samples to anyone who calls in.
I'm sure they specifically select only a few who are in need of mass production purposes for these "free samples"
It's been recently discussed at the industry as a whole does not understand that the value of in process quality assurance data can certify and qualify both your powder and your parts.
Since this is a completely new idea compared to old subtractive manufacturing techniques where the process has little to no variables and in-process quality assurance is not at all needed, the idea of in process quality assurance data to certify parts to the entire industry is completely backwards to what they are used to
When those who are uneducated on in process quality assurance, they will see they can use this technique to certify parts and know exactly what each build is in terms of material and part characteristics.
Even companies like Rolls-Royce were printing parts that they were not sure of the quality of each individual part. They may have done post-process testing on a certain number of Parts, saw they were good, and assume that every other part in that build was correct. But, due to their recent expansion of mro capabilities, it is clear that the parts they were printing we're not all the same quality and some were wearing faster than others.
It is a shift in the industry. It is industry 4.0.
It is data that was never before collected in the process of building a metal part.
Those who are ahead of the industry see the value and are actively working with us.
Even n i s t saw the capabilities and signed a collaborative contract with us.
This little program is to get our product out to the masses, not necessarily the physical product but the idea of the product and the validation that in process quality assurance data can directly correlate to a correctly printed part.
There are many both startup companies as well as large corporations who are just entering the a.m. industry within the past year or so. As previously shown it takes many years just to develop a working prototype.
Sigma Labs can take this time down significantly by both are engineering capabilities as well as our software capabilities to produce the process parameter windows that are acceptable for each individual part depending on the material and characteristics needed.
Sigma Labs software significantly takes down the time to Market / part and then is able to also solidify and qualify each individual part during and build especially when you're talking about mass production intertwined with the industrial internet-of-things. We are the only software capable of producing this number of parts and also verifying them at the same time.
If you've read the news lately there's been a lot of issues with companies with the need for expansion of their repair operations, and also issues of Parts failing.
This was the exact fear that additive Manufacturing has had since the beginning of the thought of bringing it to a production setting.
Sigma Labs has been screaming this since their Inception saying the only way to verify each individual part is printed the same as the part next to it, is by using an in process monitoring technique to ensure the printer is following the build correctly and also that any changes in the laser power, build chamber, or any other change outside of the norm.
No other software is capable of doing so.
I believe that many companies will start approaching Sigma Labs much more rapidly than they have been this year as many are attempting large-scale production.
I believe that many plan to anyways which is why Sigma Labs has been ramping up for the past 2 years.
It just so happens that as the industry is trying to match each other, those who haven't been using Sigma Labs software are experiencing extreme yield issues and part quality issues.
Sigma Labs has the answer and simply is trying to get it out to everyone who may not be fully aware of the value of in-process quality assurance data and what it is capable of proving.
It is a little strange the way they presented it, but I fully believe they are only pursuing companies with larger production capabilities than just sending out their few employees that they have to go install on some random startups 1 machine.
I think it's much more intricate than that and will get us in the door to some interesting companies with great capabilities.
TCT magazine, volume 4 issue 2.
OEMs rolling out production AM machines, Farsoon, Desktop Metal.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were added to our OEM list during the unveiling at rapid.
Also, Todd Grimm speaks of current industry trends and sigma hits multiple large targets.
-software --leveraging algorithms
- materials --qualification of new materials
- process -- end to end solutions.
"the push into process monitoring and control continues.".
-applications -- "the march towards serial production continues. Increasing number of purpose built machines and Technology to address a specific niche, industry, or application.
- business -- partnerships and collaborations.
Big names continue to enter our burgeoning industry.
Significant investments to expand operations and global reach.
Acquisitions continue, namely for needed Technology/solutions...
TCTmagazine.com
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hiring over the past year (2017)...take a look at the personnel we hired with IIOT and software expertise, engineering, development, including an ex -Intel employee.
Sigma Labs has been hiring highly talented personnel the past year.
With the recent private funding, we are well positioned for the remainder of 2018.
However, we certainly need a ROI on this increased spending. Given PR3D has advanced tremendously since its release, including TED, it looks like we are ready to turn this investment into profitability.
All the recent news of MRO spending is a market untapped by SGLB, many companies need immediate part replacement for damaged or worn engine parts.
This is where Sigma Labs data collection comes into play, being able to collect and send data worldwide for the perfect parameters and material properties required to show compliance to design intent.
The market is moving rapidly and sigma has the solution many need.
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Due in May, so will be "officially" documented as 2nd Quarter revenues.
Next ER 1st Q mid-May, hopefully not late like the 10k lol.
These next couple quarters numbers are going to be painful.
Save your duckies for a rainy day.
Enough cash for 2018 but we need some Reve"news" asap
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Morf3d receives first EOS M400 - 4 laser system on West Coast. "1st of many more to come" - Ivan Madera
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6392136869760634880
https://www.safran-aircraft-engines.com/media/safran-aircraft-engines-embraces-additive-manufacturing-20171129
Hard to say if the failed part was Additively manufactured at this point.
But if the investigation concludes it was... Sigmas phone will be ringing with an apology and request from GE lol
Patent applications in various countries including Germany, Europe, France, and even China.
Sigma Labs will be a globally recognized force in AM.
We currently have 18 pending patents, with one of the most prestigious patent firms in the US and the world, all of this cost money and time to pursue, both the company and the firm would not waste their time on patents that were not going to get approved or had a valid chance.
C'mon.
What do you think these people are doing with their time?
You think they're just going to fail and destroy their own track record at getting patents approved for the fun of it?
C'mon.
We have a product that is very necessary within that additive manufacturing industry. We are capable of providing in process quality assurance data that directly correlates the material and characteristics of each individual part as well as the powder.
C'mon
At least have something to backup your ridiculousness.
Explain how they don't, because this report clearly says they do.
A co-founder acquiring 124k shares sounds bad?
Explain.
Our success in part depends on the ability to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology. To do so, we will be required to prosecute patent applications and maintain patents, obtain new patents and pursue trade secret and other intellectual property protection.
We were awarded two U.S. patents with respect to our munitions technology. We were also awarded a U.S. patent with respect to our IPQA® technology.
In addition, we filed ***eighteen*** ***foreign*** and ***U.S. patent applications*** pertaining to our IPQA® technology and rapid qualification of additive manufacturing for metal parts.
Also, we filed a PCT patent application pertaining to the advanced dental implant technology.
This is the background activities and money that the company has been doing to secure the future of the company.
Sigma has the contracts and foothold in the AM ipqm industry to solidify their future for the foreseeable advancement in the industry,
Not to mention my previous post from the 10K that shows closed loop technology is now officially in the pipeline.
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In Development --
***PrintRite3D® CLOSED LOOP CONTROL- software that signals for laser adjustments required to correct a developing deviance from design specification detected by other PrintRite3D® modules.***
The shares shown are owned of record by The Mark & Amanda Cola Revocable Trust, U/A August 31, 2012. The shares shown also include (i) 124,920 shares that may be acquired ***now or within 60 days*** of **April 12, 2018*** upon the exercise of an outstanding stock option held by Mr. Cola
New Guide for Standard Practice/Guide for Intentionally Seeding Flaws in Additively Manufactured (AM) Parts
ASTM WK56649
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20180001858.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjQocr_pcHaAhVI6YMKHZsGA0QQFjAEegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3ssUK8IgxmU30cE1i2IjtK
https://www.astm.org/DATABASE.CART/WORKITEMS/WK56649.htm
AM NDT standards will require consideration of particular number of defects and assessment of the
surface monitoring during the build, where thermal monitoring, optical imaging and geometrical
monitoring would be useful. For in-process sensors to provide non-destructive evaluation and allow
for early detection of flaws/defects, also modelling on residual stresses based on work at the STFC,
neutron source.
• Thermography:
• BS ISO 18434-1:2008 Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines. Thermography. General procedures
• ASTM E1311-14 Standard Practice for Minimum Detectable Temperature Difference for Thermal Imaging Systems
• Visual inspection:
• Very much an objective method based human experience and hence virtually impossible to standardise.
BMW investing €10 million in German additive manufacturing facility.
Also an investor in Desktop Metal, a company who has been mentioned in our reports regarding the possibility of installing our software with them.
The article goes on to explain the importance of investing in start-ups like this for the advancement of the industry and also profitablity for BMW.
https://additivemanufacturingtoday.com/bmw-group-to-invest-more-than-10-million-euro-in-a-new-additive-manufacturing-campus
The increase in authorized shares was necessary, as the company has 1.6M outstanding warrants from the uplisting financing which raised $5M and got us on to NASDAQ.
These additional up to 750K warrants would take this number to 2.35M warrants.
This isn't accounting for all other warrants from employee incentive plans and others that are also outstanding.
With the current issued and outstanding shares at approximately 4.5, if all warrants are exercised, we would be nearly out of shares to use as leverage for any M&A and anti-takeover provisions.
This increase in authorized shares was necessary for continued operations.
The private placement was the most efficient way to raise funds without significantly affecting shareholder value.
The fact we are able to find private investors willing to put up $1 million dollars proves we have a proven product and business model.
The investors wouldn't invest if they thought the value of the company was going to decrease, as their shares and warrants require the PPS to increase in order for them to achieve a ROI.
http://ir.aerojetrocketdyne.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1058266
http://www.rocket.com/article/rs-25-engine-test-giant-step-3-d-printing
The latest RS-25 hot fire test also was the fourth involving an additively manufactured Pogo Accumulator Assembly. The assembly is the largest 3-D printed RS-25 component tested to date. Newly manufactured RS-25 engines, to be used starting with the fifth SLS mission, will incorporate the additively manufactured Pogo Accumulator Assembly and other 3-D printed parts currently in development. This effort is one of many focused on making the engine more affordable for future missions.
Sigma labs worked with Honeywell specifically on their APUs.
Honeywell Defense & Space, Tempe, Arizona, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $42,636,136 undefintized contract modification (P00132) to previously awarded contract FA8208-07-C-0001 for secondary power logistics solution increment one. This modification provides for the performance-based logistical support of ground carts, auxiliary power units, and secondary power for B-2 and C-130 weapon systems. Work will be performed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; and Tempe, Arizona, and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30 2018. This contract involves foreign military sales to the Republic of Korea, Germany, Egypt, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Israel, Bahrain, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, Jordan, Australia, NATO, Argentina, Kuwait, Pakistan, Turkey and Poland. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Working Capital funds in the amount of $31,977,102 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Sustainment Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity.
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $201,453,226 modification (PZ0069) to contract W56HZV-12-C-0344 for total integrated engine revitalization ***automotive gas turbine hardware***. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of March 29, 2021.
Fiscal 2018 Army working capital funds in the amount of $201,453,226 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity.
.....$200 million to Honeywell in Phoenix Arizona....where sigma labs Technology is installed for Honeywell, for Gas Turbine Hardware....that they have been using AM to produce.
Figure 17 is a plot of ex-situ measured density data versus TED™ data, for a limited population or subset
of the as-built specimens. An asymptotic relationship is present indicating that it may be possible to use
in-situ metric data to predict changes in ex-situ property data.
Now that it has been established that a one-to-one correlation can be made between in-situ and ex-situ
metric data, it is possible to design and construct software to generate a material-specific process map.
This is exactly what Sigma’s PrintRite3D INSPECT® was developed to do.
Sigma’s PrintRite3D INSPECT® software allows a process engineer, in combination with Sigma’s
proprietary probabilistic space filling design of experiments complete with blocking, to design and
execute a process map build. Second, Sigma’s software allows the user to generate a process map from
in-situ metric data collected during the process map build and further populate it with ex-situ density data.
Figure 22 is just such a process map. It contains contours of Sigma’s in-situ TED™ metric from the
process map build made using parameters in Table 1. Immediately obvious are regions of high TED™
metric values (top left corner) and regions of low TED™ metric values (bottom right corner). Today,
Sigma has commercial software that will generate a process map like that in Figure 22.
Once the process map in Figure 22 has been constructed, the process engineer can overlay ex-situ density
data from tested build specimens. Figure 23 is a process map that contains Sigma’s in-situ TED™
contours with overlaid ex-situ density data. In Figure 23, Sigma chose to split the density data into two
bins. Those specimens with a density greater than or less than 98 percent full density based on
Archimedes test data. Using this cutoff limit for density it was possible to use Sigma’s in-situ TED™
data to separate the process map into three distinct regions: keyholing (spherical porosity), conduction
mode and lack of fusion (Figure 24).
Figure 25 is Sigma’s hypothetical interpretation of an operating window and control envelope. In practice
this operating window and control envelope would be based on quantitative data points generated using
mechanical property tests of interest to the process engineer, e.g., low cycle fatigue data, tensile data,
creep or toughness data or a combination of them all.
Lastly, to pull it altogether it is useful to overlay the process map of Figure 25 onto the starting process
space design of Figure 7. Figure 26 is the result. The process map of Figure 25 clearly aligns with the
presumed starting points and hypothetical boundaries expected to reside within the process map.
In summary, Sigma has commercial software that can solve the quality and reliability challenges facing
additive manufacturing today. Its software can be used during material and process (M&P) development
to quickly characterize and quantitatively map a process space by generating digital, in-situ process
metric data. Its commercial software in conjunction with its proprietary probabilistic space-filling DOE,
can help to eliminate the traditional “trial and error” approach to process mapping and validation.
Furthermore, Sigma’s in-situ software can shorten the time and reduce the cost associated with today’s
“make and break” approach to process qualification/certification.
Looking forward, it appears that Sigma’s digital, in-situ process data metrics are strong candidates for
closing the loop and moving the industry towards self-correcting processes using a science-based
approach.
In conclusion, Sigma’s proprietary In-Process Quality Metric™ TED™ represents a very good candidate
for identifying melt pool/process disturbances and closed loop control for metal additive manufacturing.
Today however, finding that “sweet spot” still means that an extensive amount of experimental work must
be performed, and a considerable number of specimens must be made and tested. According to Maher,
this traditional or “make and break” approach to process qualification is too costly [8]. A typical
aerospace manufacturer will commit 2 years and $8 to $15M to evaluate 5,000 to 100,000 coupons and this only represents a fraction of the total time (15 years) and cost ($138 to $230M) to go from idea to
part on an airplane wing. When it’s all said and done, the true impact of manufacturing parameters and
variability on material properties are never captured, understood, or controlled. According to Maher, in-
situ probabilistic sensing and routine data-capture capabilities must be transferred to the manufacturing
environment.
Therefore, Sigma’s algorithms would allow for process disturbances to be distinguishable from natural
process variation and process repeatability to be confirmed.
For an actual example of process
repeatability, the reader is referred to Betts [9] and the study of variations in independent process input
variables versus time during AM of aluminum alloy AlMg10Si.
In all three trend plots the dependent in-situ data appeared to be normally distributed. Of interest is the
tight spread in the PT data as the build progressed in the Z direction.
This is consistent with expectations
because there was no change in the independent process input parameters along the Z-direction.
It is interesting to note however, that there was a slight shift in PT at the top of the specimen as expected
because the top skin parameters are different than those used for the bulk of the specimen.
Lastly, the HR
and CR values are as expected for laser processing of metal.
***A final note about the Melt Pool trend plots in Figure 8. The Y-axes were labeled “Corrected” because
the proprietary algorithms used by Sigma incorporated emissivity correction factors for the given material
and state changes from powder to liquid to solid.****
New white paper released.
https://www.sigmalabsinc.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/In-Situ%20Process%20Mapping%20using%20Thermal%20Quality%20Signatures%20during%20Additive%20Manufacturing%20with%20Titanium%20Alloy%20Ti-6Al-4V.pdf
In summary, Sigma has commercial software that can solve the quality and reliability challenges facing
additive manufacturing today. Its software can be used during material and process (M&P) development
to quickly characterize and quantitatively map a process space by generating digital, in-situ process
metric data. Its commercial software in conjunction with its proprietary probabilistic space-filling DOE,
can help to eliminate the traditional “trial and error” approach to process mapping and validation.
Furthermore, Sigma’s in-situ software can shorten the time and reduce the cost associated with today’s
“make and break” approach to process qualification/certification.
Looking forward, it appears that Sigma’s digital, in-situ process data metrics are strong candidates for
closing the loop and moving the industry towards self-correcting processes using a science-based
approach.
In conclusion, Sigma’s proprietary In-Process Quality Metric™ TED™ represents a very good candidate
for identifying melt pool/process disturbances and closed loop control for metal additive manufacturing.
Gotchya....I'll have to look for that transcript/presentation if I find the time
That in writing somewhere? Checked the 10ks and couldn't find anything about specifics on the EAPs
I just said we advanced and NOW have a commercially available product.
There's an English 101 at the local community college if further assistance is needed.
Hello! Bingo!
And this was from 2014. We've advanced exponentially since then.
PR3D IPQA commercially available and ready for production.
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a618195.pdf
Interview from 2013, projecting MRO market to reach $14 Billion.
As we've seen recent large corporations investing hundreds of millions in MRO companies, Sigma Labs Technology can qualify those parts as well.
And Mark even correctly predicted exactly where Sigma Labs would be, on track to have a closed loop solution, as well as our current software capable of IPQA inspection to ensure quality weld repairs.
A recent report estimates that the global market for Gas Turbine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) in the power industry is expected to reach $14.5 billion in the next five years. Do you believe the initial work Sigma Labs is doing in the repair of gas turbines has the potential to lead to further contracts in the future?
Mark Cola: The work we are doing with our Fortune 100 power generation customer is an early-stage project to demonstrate the proof-of-concept for a new weld repair technology our client has developed. Key to its success is the ability of our IPQA technology to identify key process variables necessary to ensure a quality weld repair. Should our work prove to be effective in identifying key process variables, next steps might entail developing a closed-loop control scheme capable of being integrated into a systems-level solution for deployment globally to the MRO community.
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PHASE III DUAL USE APPLICATIONS: Deliver a capability to provide rapid uncertainty quantification for the mechanical performance of a broad range of additively manufactured metallic parts.These new approaches can be used to accelerate the FAA certification process as well as the NAVAIR process. Fast uncertainty quantification will promote a wider acceptance of AM technology within both the military and commercial sector.
https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/871677 ;
When asked how NAVAIR will manage to process and authorize flight critical parts at a faster rate of speed, Masiello said that it’s easier to print some parts than others, and that it’s not the mission of the Navy to get every flight-critical part operational. He explained that the parts aren’t “necessarily, economically or even technically optimized for that.”
Over the last few years, 3D printing has continued to be integrated into the Navy’s supply strategy. Two years ago, it was predicted that Navy fleets would soon be impacted by on-demand 3D printing, and it’s clear that they’re still working toward that goal.
More and more now, we’re seeing the Navy and Marine Corps work to increase the adoption of additive manufacturing, whether it’s by 3D printing munitions, drones, barracks, and other components or working to decrease the logistical footprint and increase sustainability.
But, according to NAVAIR’s additive manufacturing team lead Elizabeth McMichael, who also spoke at the Sea-Air-Space conference this week, there’s still a long way to go in terms of 3D printing flight-critical parts.
***“I think what’s standing in our way is standards,” McMichael explained. “It’s having enough data and understanding on our side to be able to put a standard in place to say . . . here [are] the elements you have to consider.”**"
McMichael stated that those standards are currently being created. But, an additional challenge comes in having the data that’s associated with the standards.
***McMichael said, “If an industry partner makes a part, we need to be able to tell them what data we need to see.”***
Looks like GE is in need of Maintenance and Repair services as well....guess that "cut and see" inspection technique didn't work so well....
AerFin and GE Aviation sign material service agreement
April 11, 2018
ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- Wales-based aftermarket supply specialist AerFin signed a three-year TrueChoice™ Material agreement with GE Aviation for serviceable OEM parts, advanced repairs and technology upgrades for the CFM56*, CF34 and CF6-80C2 engines.
"Since its inception, AerFin has seen the value of OEM-centric material support," said Bob James, CEO of AerFin. "With the TrueChoice™ Material program, we can further enhance and strengthen our relationship with GE Aviation in the future."
"GE Aviation has extensive component repair capabilities, and we continually invest in new repair techniques to help our customers," said Jean Lydon-Rodgers, president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation's Services organization. "This agreement will bring our component repair offerings to AerFin's customers for their CFM56*, CF34 and CF6-80C engines."
The TrueChoice suite of engine maintenance offerings incorporates an array of GE capabilities and customization across an engine's lifecycle. TrueChoice Material offers high-quality new and used OEM parts, advanced repairs and technology upgrades to enhance engine performance and support higher engine residual value. All TrueChoice offerings are underpinned by GE Aviation's data and analytic capabilities and experience to help reduce maintenance burden and service disruptions for customers.
Published April of 2017.
The problem, lack of in process monitoring data, and solution (Sigma Labs) is noted.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.lpwtechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Machine-Design-Final-Article.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjWmsaLvbjaAhVBMd8KHRtyA44QFjADegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw0vSXvRwes2lBnAkGlqWgWr
I'm saying Sigma Labs didn't have a commercial as product until just a couple years ago, Rolls-Royce was surely producing products for these engines long before then in their own definition of operational processes. Since in-process quality assurance is a very new technology, implementing it at such an early stage for your production purposes would have been the first-of-its-kind.
Up until last year all of our collaborations and sales for our software for research and development purposes and small lot builds.
Now that companies are in production or moving into production, they can see from this specific case with Rolls-Royce that if they were to have implemented and in process quality assurance software, perhaps this $600+ Million expense could have been avoided or at least greatly diminished.
This shows the potential money and time saving implications that Sigma Labs software could have for a product, let alone a variety of products, let alone a variety of markets..
When you look at our production customers who have a large portfolio of uses of additive manufacturing they could be using, we are talking into the multibillion-dollar range of potential savings by implenting our software.
I'm not saying the Rolls-Royce has engineer's who have no clue what they are doing, or an additive team who has no clue what it is doing. I'm simply stating that if our technology would have been used it could have negated this problem.
If Rolls-Royce had been doing post-process inspection that has shown those parts we're passing the qualification standards, then they had no reason to think that they might need an in process quality assurance software.
Now that they have seen that although they may have tested parts post-process, they were not able to detect material qualification problems within each individual part, which caused this entire issue.
Hopefully, if this was the scenario this will be a learning lesson to them and everyone in the industry of additive manufacturing that in process quality assurance data can do exactly what it has proven to do via many years of research and development with the leaders of the industry.
Sigma Labs can prove both the material and parts are to the characteristic specifications designed for each product.
This is a perfect example of the industry's lack of trustworthiness in the data due to the lack of Standards available for additive Manufacturing
Standards for in process monitoring softwares are due this summer from ASTM
And even before then companies who choose to use and process monitoring software will be able to have certified and verified parts that are less likely to fail and create this future expense of then repairing the broken parts that Rolls-Royce is going through .
This documented scenario is a perfect case study for the reasoning that a software such as ipqa is a perfect solution for additive manufacturing especially when it comes to high quality Parts such as Aerospace medical Etc.
Rolls-Royce is now going through over half a billion dollar expense to repair turbine engine components that were made incorrectly or not a 2 specifications that cause them not to last as long as they were supposed to.
Sigma Labs technology can both qualify the powder being used as well as each individual part to show you that the print is made exactly two specifications and therefore the part will last as long as the test specimens that were originally done on the parts.
This is exactly what compliance to design intent is all about.
The DARPA program with Honeywell specifically uses this terminology to show that i p q a is able to show this compliance to design intent so that each individual part works as it is designed to.
The money they were forced to spend were on post process inspections that's why when they eventually come to find in process quality assurance is a viable solution they will eliminate large expenditures like this to fix errors that could have been prevented by an in process quality assurance software like Sigma Labs has. That is exactly the point that I was showing is that they had to just spend 643 million dollars to fix a problem that they could have prevented if they would have utilized in process quality assurance to make sure the parts were printed to specifications
If you noticed in the NAVSEA presentation, even the DoD has come to the realization that the industry does not fully understand the capabilities of the data collected from in process monitoring softwares.
The industry is so used to post-process inspection, that it does not trust in the data that is collected during in process manufacturing, since additive manufacturing is a very new technology in terms of production.
The industry needs to come to the understanding that this data can fully qualify and verify not only the powder and materials used but also the parts.
The expensive use of post process inspections is not the answer for additive Manufacturing.
The most simple and time saving as well as money saving as well as material saving solution, is in process quality monitoring for additive Manufacturing.
If you read my recent posts from Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce, they have come to this understanding after having extraordinary costs from part failure and time down for repairs.
They are now investing hundreds of millions and Facilities that are capable of creating replacement parts very quickly and having the engine back up and running using additive Manufacturing.
This entire process can be easily lessened by utilizing in process quality assurance softwares to ensure that the original part was built to the correct specifications rather than waiting for it to fail and then having to replace it.
Sigma Labs has the answer for qualifying powder material as well as the part to ensure it will last as long as it is designed to instead of failing and needing to be replaced.
Also currently those in the additive manufacturing field have been using post-process inspection which has been costing far too much money to make additive manufacturing a good return on investment and they know this.
The only answer is real-time inspection of additive manufactured partsoh, and the leader of this technology is Sigma Labs as theirs as the most advanced and complete software suite for additive Manufacturing inspection in real time with use of the industrial internet-of-things for multiple printers for mass production purposes
SGLB customer continuing expansion and new technologies for metal AM
Allowing aircraft to do everything a helicopter does, at the cost of a passenger vehicle. This project ambition is that of Turbotech, a Breton start-up that has just completed a first round of € 3 million from Safran Corporate Ventures and Go Capital. These two VCs were seduced by the new generation of turbine engines developed by the young company, created in December 2017 by its four partners - all former employees of Safran. Particularly fuel-efficient, the turbo-generator in question only displays a weight of 45 kg and can be associated with electric batteries able to recharge in flight. Performance mainly related to the heat exchanger which, integrated into the turbine, captures the energy of the exhaust gas, and therefore reduce fuel consumption (whether biofuel, diesel, natural gas or hydrogen). The technology was developed jointly with the Breton company Le Guellec, which is present in the capital of Turbotech. The start-up also has technical support from Safran's consulting firms, which plans to use the technology in some of its future products. " The current range of products is dedicated to light aviation because the power generated by the generator is 55 kW. In the longer term, however, we hope to convert this technology into Safran products, once power reaches more than 100 kW, "say Hélène de Cointet and Nicolas Franck from Safran Corporate Ventures. A five-year contract has been concluded with the aeronautical equipment manufacturer. With the reinforcement of its own funds, Turbotech plans to finalize the development of its products for commercialization in 2019
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Pratt and Whitney expanding service capacity including additional service providers
Asia, Germany, Singapore, Europe, US
Attention all @AmericaMakes members, Sigma Labs is happy to announce that we will be offering a special no charge trial of our PrintRite3D INSPECT® software to you all! Please contact Ron Fisher at ron.fisher@sigmalabsinc.com for more information. #AdditiveManufacturing
Industry wide installation.
This is awesome.
Show them the yield and certifications they could be achieving.
Then since they already have it installed, make them pay for what they need.
Hmm Rolls Royce going to spend $643 Million on inspection, after realizing their previous techniques were not efficient and caused isses
Specifically looking to decrease repair time, an area sigma labs Technology has been based on, by replacing parts with quality parts quickly and efficiently.
The issue was with the engine turbine blades wearing out quicker than expected.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rolls-royce-hldg-engines/rolls-royce-to-increase-inspections-of-trent-1000-engines-idUKKBN1HK0L4
(Reuters) - Rolls-Royce requires more money and more inspections to fix problems with Trent 1000 engines on Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes, leading to further disruption for airlines and testing relations between Rolls and its customers.
Problems with engine turbine blades wearing out sooner than expected have hampered a restructuring programme prompted by the engineering company's declining older engine programmes and plunging demand for oil equipment.
It said on Friday that more regular inspections are required and would lead "to higher than previously guided cash costs being incurred during 2018".
"We sincerely regret the disruption this will cause to our customers," CEO Warren East said in a statement.
Airlines have already been forced to alter schedules or lease other aircraft, but the latest issues could be more far-reaching.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to reduce the amount of time the affected planes can fly on a single engine after a failure of the other. The time limit would drop as low as 140 minutes, compared with the current window of 330 minutes, a source familiar with the plans said.
This effectively curtails operations across oceans or remote areas.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will also order increased inspections of affected engines in line with actions outlined by Rolls-Royce. Currently inspections must be carried out after every 200 flight cycles.
The two advisories are due to be issued on Friday, the source said.
Rolls said it would reprioritise spending to mitigate the costs and kept its 2018 free cash flow guidance unchanged at about 450 million pounds ($643 million), give or take 100 million pounds.
Shares in Rolls, one of the biggest names in British manufacturing, were down 1.3 percent by 1251 GMT.
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Another Sigma Labs customer pushing mass production of AM
Glta SGLB
except Pratt and Whitney , Siemens, Trumpf, additive industries , EWI, NIST, Woodward, Morf3d, Honeywell, Aerojet rocketdyne USAF DARPA US Army Orbital Altair Airbus Rolls Royce DigiCan Multiple distribution agents globally Solar turbines I know this isn't the whole list, but Sigma definitely had the cash to pay all of these entities off to use our technogies in studies and then publish them, or sign phony collaborations and release PRs just bc we paid them too.
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