At the same time, we are engaging in targeted technology scouting and evaluating innovative production systems

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0286895EN/a-million-printed-components-in-just-ten-years:-bmw-group-makes-increasing-use-of-3d-printing?language=en

...unfortunately this press release is older than 10 days...

Sigma Labs Enters New OEM Negotiations

“Our goal is to become the ‘Intel Inside’ of the additive manufacturing equipment industry. Our demonstration of the commercial ready version and real time quality control is what advanced our negotiations,” said John Rice, Chairman and CEO of Sigma Labs.

...this is happening now...

https://www.tctmagazine.com/3d-printing-news/materials-solutions-eos-m-300-4-worcester/

https://www.tctmagazine.com/3d-printing-news/gkn-aerospace-to-open-global-technology-centre/

GKN will collaborate with a wealth of manufacturing technology companies and research institutes, including the AMRC, Additive Industries, Ansys UK, Kuka Industries UK, the MTC, Materialise, the University of Bristol and the University of Sheffield, among others. Additive Industries, the only additive manufacturing hardware vendor to collaborate, will join GKN Aerospace in its additive-focused programmes, hoping to accelerate the industrialisation of 3D printed aerospace applications and strengthen its place in a key market.

https://additiveindustries.com/news/press-releases

Nobody will understand the fast move to $200 PPS...

Have fun next days and weeks...
Enjoy it and no doubt anymore...
Great job SGLB!

>>> “Our goal is to become the ‘Intel Inside’ of the additive manufacturing equipment industry. Our demonstration of the commercial ready version and real time quality control is what advanced our negotiations,”<<<

amazing development but no surprise for at all, SGLB is doing the final steps, as I posted earlier the Metal AM OEM's are all under enormous pressure to deliver now but without SGLB may be not possible...great news...

Remember

https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/sigma-labs-awarded-contract-with-laser-zentrum-nord-gmbh-for-printrite-3dr-to-certify-its-ipqar-methodology-for-serial-production-2017-12-22

The two companies have also agreed to actively collaborate to certify Sigma's IPQA [(R)] methodology and solutions for serial production 3D printing in the aerospace industry. The PrintRite3D [(R)] system will be installed onto a SLM Solutions selective laser melting machine located at Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH in Hamburg, Germany.

Sigma Labs and Fraunhofer IAPT strike industrialisation of additive manufacturing partnership

https://www.tctmagazine.com/3d-printing-news/sigma-labs-fraunhofer-additive-manufacturing-partnership/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethink-business-lets-look-new-ways-vladimir-navrotsky/

...with SGLB inside

I would say most probably yes but not limited to as other partners may also gave some feed back to optimize especially the hardware / sensor setup...

https://nz.linkedin.com/in/peter-lindecke-8471488b

Two Steps ahead of the competitors...

https://www.maschinenmarkt.international/english/global/articles/770286/

1. It is interesting to note that there are no sensors within the build chamber of the PrintRite3D Sensorpak 4.0 hardware and that all sensors are coaxial to the laser optics. With this setup, one does not have to worry about over gas flow disruptions or space limitations inside the build chamber.

2. The company’s PrintRite3D Inspect 4.0 software is capable of melt pool spectral data evaluation. Sigma Labs has also developed a physics-based methodology for characterising and analysing spectral data and optimising optics hardware and sensors to monitor spectral regions of interest and validate thermal signatures of interest. New features allowing the measurement and reporting of melt pool relative temperature as well as Thermal Energy Planck (TEP) in-process quality metric are used for thermal signature identification. This is a new benefit for customers who want to identify thermal signatures of process anomalies as well as their coordinate locations.

EOS Whitepaper

https://cdn.eos.info/839090ec135565bc/b6a6ac17dca9/EOS_Whitepaper_Monitoring.pdf

>>>I certainly would not get my hopes up. Navajo Technical University is somewhat of a joke in New Mexico. It is not a university in any sense of the word and would be more accurately described as a two year tribal vocational school. It offers two year degrees in such topics as secretarial science, drafting, culinary arts, baking and pastry etc. Even in these less challenging curriculum offering their graduation rate is a dismal 20%. The median earnings of graduates ten years following graduation is $16,100 per year. The idea that this influx of new money and technology is going to change things overnight is simply wishful thinking.<<<

So I think SGLB is not that stupid and will have a nice future...

>>>The mid November Short Position report shows the short position dropped 1.49% at 5.68% of the float.

It seems like all the sensational news has about stopped coming for the relevant players of the industry. Now it is down to the grit and sweat of putting manufacturing floors and systems together. We are likely at the stage where news of SGLB's being incorporated into production at large sites will just fall out of the sky with no warning. Closed loop after that. Things should be good to go here. It is still a waiting game, but it seems like things should unfold for SGLB in a nice way.

All the best,
Silversmith <<<

I fully agree with that...

https://additiveindustries.com/uploads/media/5bf80ff25c6a8/181123-press-release-additive-industries-launch-of-singapore-pad-center-final.pdf

Trumpf update

https://www.trumpf.com/de_DE/produkte/services/services-maschinen-systeme-und-laser/monitoring-analyse/monitoring-truprint/

Außerdem können Sie beim Einsatz mehrerer Laser alle Schmelzbäder einfach parallel überwachen.

this is new: multi laser melt pool monitoring...

BTW: the leading Germans have now enormous pressure to find the solution to supply reliable big multi laser machines as the demand for that production machines is building up quickly...

lets have fun!

>>>We are engaged with one of the first multi-laser -- one of the companies that first offered multi-lasers. And I expect that I’m not going to give you a beta date, but that’s an in-process activity that we expect to result on, in the course of the next several months.

Unidentified Analyst

So, in the next few quarters?

John Rice

It could be, yes. We’re in it, we’re on it. And I’m not aware of anything yet. Murphy hasn’t spoken yet as to not aware of anything going wrong. <<<

... who is it? EOS, CL, SLM, Renishaw, Trumpf ...

may be it is SLM ...

>>>as well as making our systems even more user-friendly to make sure our machines are able to best serve our customers´ multi-machine-requirements in serial production environments<<<

this is exactly what SGLB can offer and not only for SLM but also for all other big Germans as they all come from the same roots (see cross license agreements, just google) including Renishaw and AI etc and the key will be LZN, now Fraunhofer

https://slm-solutions.com/investor-relations/announcements/corporate-news/slm-solutions-customer-interest-slm-machines-has

>>>Count me as being very impressed with what Mr Price has done since becoming CEO, and that includes being in Frankfurt sitting down with companies on a one to one basis.<<<

... I fully agree that John Rise is or was in Frankfurt drinking Applewine and eating Cheese with Music in Sachsenhausen...
and sitting down with Airbus folks (nice pictures) and signing something new with LZN now Fraunhofer ...

... Contour will come again soon ...

... it is now time for the showdown with some substantial contracts with real $$$$, may be starting Monday after the Frankfurt show?

Thanks wick,

>>>We are engaged with one of the first multi-laser -- one of the companies that first offered multi-lasers. And I expect that I’m not going to give you a beta date, but that’s an in-process activity that we expect to result on, in the course of the next several months.

Unidentified Analyst

So, in the next few quarters?

John Rice

It could be, yes. We’re in it, we’re on it. And I’m not aware of anything yet. Murphy hasn’t spoken yet as to not aware of anything going wrong. <<<

... who is it? EOS, CL, SLM, Renishaw, Trumpf ...

>>>Good to see the airbus additive manufacturing engineers sitting with ron fisher and john rice at Formnext. Computers open, serious discussion in flow.<<<

interesting and good to hear that our CEO is in Frankfurt but how do you know this?

>>>Fraunhofer and Sigma Labs continues to work together on Additive Manufacturing Industry 4.0 program.

Confirmed by Meidenstein today. <<<

Did you talk to him?

>>>Because you don't know who Nemo is!

Quote:
>>>Really? You must not have kids.

Quote:
so Nemo is the big fishes name?<<<

why do you think so?

ok now I understand...

sorry I am from Germany and working actually in China not in the Great again USA...

"I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food." —Brucey reciting the Fish-Friendly Sharks motto. Bruce is a great white shark in Finding Nemo. He is the leader of the Fish-Friendly Sharks support group.

>>>Really? You must not have kids.


Quote:
so Nemo is the big fishes name?<<<

why do you think so?

>>>The great white shark in Finding Nemo is also named Bruce.

Quote:
fully agreed and you know sometimes big fish also have a name...<<<

so Nemo is the big fishes name?

>>>Is there a Trumpf board that you can post this to?<<<

I believe not yet but may be a good idea...

>>>We have so many baited lines in the water now...that it's just a matter of time before we catch a big fish ! The first fish is the hardest to catch but after that first large contract, the remaining fish will be much easier to catch. (aviation, oil and gas, military, dental, etc; etc;)

GLTL <<<

fully agreed and you know sometimes big fish also have a name...

https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/magazine/3d-gedruckte-implantate-fuer-die-halbe-welt/

“We’re now looking to buy a bigger 3D printer from TRUMPF for mass-produced prosthetics,”

amazing developments...

>>>Buy the rumor, sell the news. Typical SGLB here. No controls in place to keep rumors/news from getting out so insiders load and then dump on the announcement. Unfortunate with these small companies and insiders that are greedy. <<<

Sorry but this is a typical RFB here.

https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/company/press/global-press-releases/press-release-detail-page/release/weltpremiere-auf-der-formnext-gruener-laser-von-trumpf-druckt-kupfer-und-gold/

the real news just started this week...

just stay tuned...

Trumpf Formnext

https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/company/press/global-press-releases/press-release-detail-page/release/trumpf-setzt-beim-3d-druck-auf-industrie-40/

There is also reported to be enormous demand for TRUMPF's high-performance TruPrint 5000.

...with melt pool monitoring...

>>>What 2 are they in? They're an option for AI but we've seen no evidence that they're inside. They certainly haven't SOLD anything as of late.

- Murray <<<

Ok how many machines were sold by AI and Trumpf so far...
The forecast for the near future is hundreds...
and at least for some SGLB will be inside may be for all as a standard...
And again as soon as we have the prove for any sales the PPS will explode suddenly...

have fun...

Sure speculation and planning by our CEO,
at the End of next week we will know more...
4$+ level or even more, lets see
and focus on the players like EOS, Trumpf, SLM, GE CL, AI, Ren, Farsoon, etc.etc
SGLB already inside of 2 of those players may be more or even be the AM IPQA standard and do not forget Materialize with the Streamics option and or Siemens with NX again etc etc

interesting times...

Sure speculation and planning by our CEO,
at the End of next week we will know more...
4$+ level or even more, lets see
and focus on the players like EOS, Trumpf, SLM, GE CL, AI, Ren, Farsoon, etc.etc
SGLB already inside of 2 of those players may be more or even be the AM IPQA standsrd and do not forget Materialize with the Streamics option and or Siemens with NX again etc etc

interesting times...

Johnny,

>>>Knowing the chinese business culture. It will more than likely be - "the Chinese are coming with a knock off pirated clone of SGLB inside."<<<

I think it doesn't matter if the Chinese use a clone or the original it will prove that SGLB is on the right way!

Important is that the majority of Metal Printer OEMs will use IPQA for serial or mass production.

May be Formnext in Frankfurt will show us something...

BTW: especially the Chinese like to buy and use originals when it comes to quality issues...

I also know the Chinese business culture as posted before...

TRUMPF

Meet the AM experts: At the #TRUMPF booth @formnext_expo you can expect daily impulse lectures with innovative #AdditiveManufacturing topics – for example "The key to the next generation of 3D printing" with Dr. Wilhelm Meiners. All topics & dates: http://www.trumpf.com/s/formnext

BTW: Trumpf is our customer? or even an strategic investor?
Curious what will happen next week...

I like
New Mexico
Ditzingen
Changcha
Eindhoven
>100$ soon

Farsoon Changsha

https://www.tctmagazine.com/3d-printing-news/farsoon-additive-manufacturing-productivity-global/

“AM [it] certainly needs more innovation on speed and throughput and one of the dominant questions in industry is the reproducibility - not just quality control but really having a quality assurance system...

... I compare maturity or readiness level and there is, especially on the quality assurance side, still a lot to do.”

... Simon says the company has an announcement up its sleeve which will “surprise the AM industry”.

...stay tuned...the Chinese are coming...with SGLB inside?