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Thanks for the posts. The presentation with dmg mori talked about machine learning and using ipqa to monitor knee cup production. A lot more people will need knee replacements than rocket combustion chambers. In this pres our cto explains how we are going to lead "world-wide" acceptance of am. Beckett's pres is quite detailed. glta
Pretty sure it is true when somebody said you can't go the distance with too much resistance.
Nice. Plus Additive Industries and Airbus already partnered on Metalfab1 for production.
From last year..."3D printing company Additive Industries and its partner Apworks say that they plan to focus on certification and series production in the additive manufacturing (AM) process.
Apworks, a 100% subsidiary of Premium AEROTEC and part of Airbus, focuses on metal AM in non-regulated industries such as automotive, robotics or tooling, as well as new material and software development. According to the companies, they will focus on series production of applications for the aerospace industry using Additive Industries’ MetalFAB1 3D printer.
‘We believe metal additive manufacturing will continue to evolve into a mature fabrication technology and prove to be able to compete with conventional processes like casting, machining and powder metallurgy,’ said Apworks’ CEO, Joachim Zettler. ‘In the next years we expect this market to continuously and rapidly grow and especially in the aerospace industry, new airplanes and aero-engines will contain a substantial number of parts that are additively manufactured.’"
https://www.materialstoday.com/additive-manufacturing/news/additive-industries-focuses-on-series-production/
Here is the Baker Hughes contract pr from nov of last year.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/12/05/1956792/0/en/Sigma-Labs-Featured-in-Discussion-of-Full-Promise-of-3D-Printing-Technology.html
"The two-machine contract award announced today with a provider of solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide is Phase 2 of the rapid test and evaluation program, the final validation phase. A successful Phase 2 RTE program could result in a material commercial order from the respective customer integrating PrintRite3D® into dedicated production machines.
The Phase 2 RTE customer provides technology and services that enable oil and gas companies in over 120 countries to deliver safe, affordable energy to the world. The company's technology helps create value by developing new ways to help customers improve well construction efficiency, integrating technology and services to develop new solutions that accelerate and optimize hydrocarbon production, and researching new ways to increase ultimate recovery." https://ir.sigmalabsinc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/218/sigma-labs-awarded-phase-2-rte-contract-by-global-energy
Yikes! Did you let the military industrial complex know about your appehensions? They are investing a lot and would probably appreciate a heads-up. glta https://www.metal-am.com/3d-systems-advances-worlds-largest-and-fastest-metal-am-machine-for-u-s-army-lab/
https://www.ansys.com/blog/hardware-tips-to-accelerate-simulation?utm_campaign=social-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ansys&utm_term=aa244710-db4b-46d3-9e59-eab6dffd25d5&campaignid=7011R000000vN7nQAE
It's only just a question of when. It's always been a matter of trust.
Kinda think there is smoke being blown here. Kinda think someone needs to do their dd daily with this industry. Could there, in the near future, be warehouses of very large AM machines, with many multiple lasers, building huge space craft engines, nuclear power plant parts, and flying cars? Already happened. Well not the flying car things of course. glta https://www.iiconsortium.org/pdf/IIC-Edge-AR-Tech-Brief.pdf
Additive Industries also announced a 10 laser printer for next year.
Additive Industries webinar w/ Ansys and Adworks.
SLM Solutions announce 12 laser printer. eom
Thx vis. Very encouraging. Volunteer Aerospace said EOS monitoring system insufficient on its own. Elementum has 3 eos machines and says the they think, for aerospace, that insurance companies will require in-process monitoring. (@ 38:00)
You make the case for the importance of Printrite3D. Yes you named some of the variables inherent to metal am. Which the industry has addressed by the powder suppliers , machine oems, and end users. All variability is monitored, predicted and if needed controlled. Printrite3D makes sure that happened/happens. No matter what machine it was built on. Controlled variability is what am is all about. A couple very small parts can be worth a lot of money in many industries. Economics can be argued. Formnext next week. glta
Siemens' plan. https://www.cimdata.com/en/resources/complimentary-reports-research/commentaries/item/14540-product-manufacturing-information-provides-a-base-for-the-digital-twin-commentary
Seems like pr3d could fit in somewhere between the digital and physical part validation with its "fingerprint" of the part. glta
"For most products, the geometric definition is critical, and it is described using 3D solid models. These 3D models are exact, but the manufacturing processes that transform the models into a physical item produce to a tolerance. The product parts themselves need to be within a tolerance to meet overall product performance requirements. Manufacturing information historically was added to drawings as notes, dimensions, tolerances, and symbols after modeling was complete, when this information then was added to 2D CAD drawings, usually much later in the process. Design validation and manufacturing planning could not take place until those drawings were developed adding to the timeline. An engineering rule of thumb is that 3D modeling and 2D drafting each take about 50% of the time to develop a design and are done serially.
Proper use of PMI can be the foundation of an enormous digital transformation to the legacy design and drafting process. As an engineer models a product, manufacturing information can be added inline. That is, GD&T and datums can be assigned as a feature is created such as adding a flatness requirement to a mating surface, noting the absolute and relative position tolerance of a hole pattern, or adding an assembly note for a product reference dimension.
As the model is created, PMI checking software can validate GD&T syntax, and analysis tools can assess critical tolerance stack ups and note which tolerances have the biggest effect, enabling the engineer to make tolerances as loose as possible to minimize cost while still meeting performance requirements. The cycle time for the legacy process can be days or weeks yet with the modern process it can happen in real time. Verification and validation still need to happen, but because data is connected and validated with software applications more time can be spent on design functions not clerical tasks.
The semantic nature of the information has even greater impact in manufacturing. With product information stored as metadata on the part item, and computer readable PMI on the item model, automation can be applied. When a part is released manufacturing planning software can assess the part based on shape, size, material, dimensions, and tolerances and an appropriate manufacturing strategy developed. Additive or subtractive processes can be specified based on the part attributes and business requirements such as manufacturing location, cost, volume, and capacity. Once the strategy is set, CNC programs can read geometry, GD&T, manufacturing resources (work cells, cutters, etc.), and CNC programs and digital work instructions created. CNC validation software proves out programs on digital twins of factory machines minimizing rework.
The benefits of this type of manufacturing transformation are huge. The complete set of manufacturing information can be defined in minutes instead of days or weeks, and the bottleneck becomes factory capacity, maximizing capacity utilization. Furthermore, the information generated becomes more consistent since it is software generated and repeatable."
Wow. Check out the rocket thing Additive Industries built. Whole thing only took 118 hrs complete. Sure would have been a waste of time to spend that much time in a build and the find out post build in ct that something was wrong. Maybe they used pr3d as a production aid. glta
https://www.additiveindustries.com/productivity-leadership-challenge?utm_campaign=Formnext%202020&utm_content=145048451&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-1194994459
Blockchain. Didn't the cto mention a digital "parts warehouse" in a recent webinar? glta https://www.manufacturingglobal.com/smart-manufacturing/role-blockchain-manufacturing
By leveraging blockchain to support quality control, an organisation can scale value for customers, another primary objective of the factory of the future. Today, in the place of blockchain, providing full transparency and complete documentation to customers with regard to the quality of processes and products that require expensive support from central parties that operate IT platforms.
In addition to helping customers track and trace inbound parts along a supply chain, blockchain creates immutable documentation of quality checks and production process data. The database uniquely tags each product and automatically inscribes every transaction, modification or quality check on the blockchain. To allow this application, the production setup must include automated quality checks that generate and write measurements directly to the blockchain. This use case supports multiparty access to data and can eliminate the need for inbound quality control to verify checks that the supplier performs. It may also reduce the need for audits by original-equipment manufacturers or central authorities to verify quality controls.
Big news.
That's what they said about Amazon in the beginning. https://antoniosantos.blog/2020/10/14/with-siemens-industrial-edge-siemens-closes-the-gap-between-conventional-local-data-processing-and-cloud-based-data-processing/?utm_content=bufferd139b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Sure thing. You are doing great here. Any dd to offer?
This Interactive Map of Commercial OEM AM Universe highlights our many partnerships, old and new. Question is what company is going to be our next? I would say the word "de facto" is applicable at this point. Or is that two words? glta
https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/3dpbm-Map-of-Additive-Manufacturing-Technologies-and-Companies-1.svg
sglb partner AI videos. https://www.additiveindustries.com/productivity-leadership-challenge?utm_content=141347955&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-1194994459#episode2
Waiting for next week's #6.
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At the moment, imo, being able to provide an alert before losing a part/build, identifying parameters and documenting a good build is the point. Closed-loop is a double-edged sword. Specific applications/parts can be built quite reliably and documented as such on most metal machines using pr3d alone. glta
Also good to see Concept Laser/GE as an install. Sodick seems to be moving more hybrid which makes me think of a statement made recently by an autodesk exec who said hybrid manufacturing means ipqa is not optional.
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New NIST paper. We become part of the machine. glta https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/18/6616/pdf
No sorry I don't currently. But things are transitioning with/to new generation machines and production applications. So hopeful we can help other oems and end users as well as dmg mori and Additive Industries. glta
Curious about status of FAA and AM did a search on google and found this joint workshop with the EASA.
https://www.easa.europa.eu/newsroom-and-events/events/2019-easa-faa-workshop-additive-manufacturing
Scroll down to Event Proceedings and download to presentations from last november. Incredible amount of insight about industry. MOOG and Siemens were very informative. Many to click through if curious. glta
So many possibilities. Imagine if we merged w/... mtls? Siemens? Honeywell? Ansys, Autodesk, Altair? So many connections. We are working with nearly everyone who's anyone in AM. We are installed on every major oem dmls. We're good w/ multiple lasers, we're good w/ded. We're darpa, nasa, esa, afrl fraunhofer, ewi, esi, asme, astm, sae, nist approved. We are an integrated part of Materialise control platform. The so-called "backbone" am platforn by ge and others. We got a few million in the bank, no debt, small relative outstanding share count, no real competition, substantial yet growing patent portfolio, and a growing demand for our products and services. We also continue to work in partnership with government and military agencies to help advance the AM industry. Wonder what will happen next? glta
Great webinar hosted by America Makes. Still drinking the koolaid. Enjoyed the candor and leaders' comments about current state of AM. Was nice being the fly on the wall for once as these execs discussed what was happening in am industry as a whole. People/ sglb investors will be able draw their own conclusions about sglb's place or at least potential place, much better after watching it. imo. glta
Still watching this one but very impressed with the leaders present
sglb mentioned multiple times in report. https://ewi.org/astm-am-center-of-excellence-to-host-workshop-on-september-11/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=astmamcoeworkshop&utm_content=post1
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Airbus testimonial to value of workin w Additive Industries.
Along w Materialise. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Following this company has been a trip. glta
https://www.additiveindustries.com/hubfs/200910%20Press%20Release%20Sigma%20Labs%20and%20Additive%20Industries%20announce%20MetalFAB1%20certified%20as%20PrintRite3D%20Ready.pdf
https://www.additiveindustries.com/news/news-and-press/sigma-labs-and-additive-industries-announce-metalfab1-certified-as-printrite3d-ready
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No egos allowed here anymore. I have 2 accounts holding sglb. One is an utma i put away a few years ago with a few stocks for my daughter for when she turns 18. GE and Sigma were 2 of the 4. I paid 25 something for GE and the pps for sglb is around 23. She turns 18 next May. glta
Not sure. Maybe the next one will. Any guesses? Lots of possibles from all the partnerships. Honeywell? Siemens? Microsoft? HP? MOOG?
Stay strong. From Forbes article. Our contractual partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says glta "In order to comply with strict regulations, manufacturers must be able to guarantee the quality of their finished printed component. In most machines, measuring the size and shape of a printed part is easy. But the only way to check the manufacturing integrity is to break it open, which is self-defeating.
Innovation provides the solution. Haruhiko Niitani, senior vice president and chief business officer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool (MAT), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group says the company uses a groundbreaking monitoring system that observes the 3D printing process in real time to ensure quality.
“The unique system analyzes feedback and makes automatic adjustments to guarantee structural consistency,” Niitani says. “Clients can access a complete record of the printing process, giving full product traceability down the line.”
Advances such as these are driving the sector forward."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitsubishiheavyindustries/2019/09/24/3d-printings-soaring-impact-on-aviation-and-aerospace/#511592db269c
What does it mean? We have millions in cash?
Martini Time?
yep. ;)