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I believe that slow and steady wins the race. Sigma LAbs has been consistently making progress within the AM community. Yes, I understand that the pps is down over the years, as folks did not see returns as soon as they wanted, but remember that what SGLB and the AM community is doing is revolutionary. This is not like designing the Pet Rock, presenting it to folks, getting manufacturing deals, and distribution delas complete all with a year or two. This is on the technical difficulty level of what we call rocket science. The entire AM community has been designing, evaluating, prototyping, redesigning, reevaluating these AM processes for years trying to to get a good AM work flow figured out to start rapidly producing critical AM parts. Please keep this in mind when investing.
Look at progress made with Additive Industries.
1) Dec 2014 the two companies signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement in December, 2014 to evaluate Sigma Labs' technology for Additive Industries' system development.
2) Sept 2015 entered into an evaluation period for the Company's proprietary PrintRite3D® products with Additive Industries of The Netherlands. As part of the agreement, Additive Industries has purchased a non-exclusive license to use one of Sigma Labs' PrintRite3D® systems – including licensing of its INSPECT™, DEFORM™ and ANALYTICS™ software – to be integrated into a MetalFAB1 prototype machine for evaluation purposes
3) SANTA FE, N.M., March 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGLB) (“Sigma Labs” or the “Company”), a provider of quality assurance software under the PrintRite3D® brand, today announced that it has entered into a long term non-exclusive commercial agreement with Additive Industries B.V. of The Netherlands. As part of the multi-year agreement, anticipated to be worth several million dollars over the next few years, Additive Industries will join Sigma Labs’ previously-announced OEM Partner Program – embedding and reselling Sigma’s PrintRite3D® software within its AM equipment.
4) a Few weeks ago. A Ihub poster discovers the PrintRite3D is listed as an option with Additive Industries MEtal Fab1 which we all know or should know that the award winnig Metal Fab1 was specifically designed for AM industrial use.
Sigma LAbs has been making steady and consistent inroads and I'm betting that we will start to see a multi unit sale next year. All this takes time. I believe in Sigma Labs management team just like Additive Industries management team, Pratt and Whitney's management team, and Solar Turbines management team. All of whom have contracts with Sigma LAbs to utilize PrintRite3D to address their AM quality needs.
Ahhh! Thanks for sharing this, I just finished watching the segment. Yep it makes sense to me and coupled with SGLB's news. I can only imagine if SGLB gets mentioned directly and then couple it with a multi unit sale. I'm looking forward to 2018.
Thank you. I wonder how many investors stumbled onto SGLB after Friday's pps increase and I bet many will stay when they realize what they now own here.
Providing some DD on that Huge News. I'm sure a number of new investors and LONGS have been tracking LZN relationships which as ya'll know here that I will Dot Connect the heck out of. I believe that these relationships will result in significant revenue for SGLB once Printrite3D is certified for serial production by LZN.
Check it out for yourself.
First from GE and Concept Laser
Above: The bracket on the left was produced by conventional “subtractive” methods from the left-most metal cube. Most of the input material became waste (the largest cube). The bracket on the right was 3D printed on a Concept Laser machine from a metal powder (the third cube from the left). The waste, in the right-most cube, was also minimal. Image credit: Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH & Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg/Concept Laser. Top image: A dental implant printed by LAC-Laser Add Center GmbH. Image credit: Concept Laser.
Additive manufacturing will revolutionize design and lower the amount of material needed. This valve was remodeled and 3D printed on a Concept Laser machine by Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH and iLAS—Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg. Image credit: Concept Laser.
https://www.ge.com/reports/fit-print-inside-look-ges-additive-business-transforming-manufacturing/
Siemens and Concept Laser:
The ultra flexible aluminium lightweight structure, which is built on demand using very few tools, was developed by EDAG in collaboration with Constellium (Singen), Siemens PLM Software (Cologne), Laser Zentrum Nord (Hamburg) and Concept Laser (Lichtenfels) and the associated partners of the BLM Group (Levico, Italy), KW Automotive (Fichtenberg) and 3M (Neuss).
https://www.edag.de/en/edag/news-detail/getarticle/News/detail/nextgen-spaceframe-20-bionics-additive-manufacturing-and-aluminium-for-flexible-high-end-lightw.html
Airbus and Concept Laser
The use of optimization and bionic design are an important prerequisite for the production of innovative and structurally efficient products in lightweight construction. How this can be implemented in industrial practice, the LZN in collaboration with Airbus and Concept Laser has already proven with the developed FCRC bracket of the A350 (see figure). This development for the aviation industry was honored with the nomination for the German Future Prize by the German President in 2015.
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&sp=nmt4&u=https://www.konstruktionspraxis.vogel.de/bionisches-design-fuer-den-industriellen-3d-druck-a-513511/&usg=ALkJrhhENTQt1rxcjDk3ihc2F1Aa7419ng
CENIT and Airbus
Nine work packages defined to achieve the goals of the research project address aspects such as design, production, materials development, quality control, as well as repair and disposal of 3D-printed components. In collaboration with its partners Airbus, Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH (LZN), and the Institute for Laser and System Technologies (iLAS) at TU Hamburg-Harburg, CENIT is working to achieve a significant simplification of product development for lightweight bionic structures using streamlined design methodologies. CENIT is thereby addressing one of the most important potentials and challenges of additive manufacturing: Entirely new types of components which cannot be manufactured using traditional production methods. “One of the main reasons why additive manufacturing and 3D printing has not yet had a major impact on aircraft manufacturing is the elaborate design process. Since this is not yet automated, it must be carried out via a series of different software packages. Specialized software is also needed to process data for the 3D printing machines.
http://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/article/cenit-bionicaircraft-research-additive-manufacturing-012517/
Altair and Airbus
At its booth Altair will showcase the company's solutions with case studies with a focus on "Design for Additive Manufacturing". Highlights are 3D printed components of Airbus APWorks and Laser Zentrum Nord. Both projects were developed and designed employing Altair's software tools and its simulation driven design method for the creation of innovative products.
http://www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com/Media/exhibitor_news/See-Altairs-CAE-and-Additive-Manufacturing-Solutions-for-the-Aerospace-Industry/
3D printing is at the cutting edge of the aerospace industry and helping to advance extraterrestrial travel. Airbus Safran Launchers will be joined by Swiss Technology Company RUAG and Laser Zentrum Nord (LZN) in a special area in hall 4.1 to, “present their expertise and latest applications.”
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/fast-track-3d-printing-formnext-2016-98542/
Thanks much. It seems to confirm that Investors are finally taking notice of SGLB and it's huge potential. A number of Longs thought that the "Sigma Labs Awarded Contract with Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH For PrintRite 3D® to Certify its IPQA® Methodology for Serial Production" was Huge along with previous announcements. It's good to see that others are thinking the same. Looking forward to continued great news and trending northward pps.
Thanks for checking on it! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I certainly hope that the entity that triggered all this day trading and automated trading is not attempting a takeover of SGLB. I'm sure some L2 traders could verify if a single MM was making the majority of the buys at the open. I wish the board a Merry Christmas. I look forward to the pps starting a northward trend.
A list of Laser Zentrum Nord GmbH Cooperation Partners; thus, to certify PrintRite3D for serial production with a list of partners like this. Yeah Big News!
COOPERATION PARTNER OF THE LASER CENTER NORTH
Hauni Maschinenbau AG
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Hamburg University of Technology
TuTech Innnovation GmbH
Airbus Operations GmbH
Blohm + Voss Shipyard GmbH
BMW AG
Carl Cloos Schweißtechnik GmbH
CONCEPT Laser GmbH
Daimler AG
German Association for Welding and Related Processes
DIN German Institute for Standardization eV
DMG Gildemeister AG
ECH Will GmbH
EDAG Engineering GmbH
EOS GmbH - Electro Optical Systems
Ewag AG
Fanuc Robotics Europe SA
Germanischer Lloyd AG
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
HansePhotonik eV
H & H Gesellschaft für Engineering und Prototyping mbH
Hein & Oetting Feinwerktechnik GmbH
Hoffmann GmbH quality tools
Hofmann Innovation Group GmbH
implantcast GmbH
Ing. Grimm Schweißtechnik GmbH
Ingenics AG
IPG Laser GmbH
Kämmerer GmbH Engineering (Ikarus Solutions GmbH)
KeySysTech GmbH
Meyer Werft GmbH
Michael Riverfish GmbH
Nordwig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Nortec - Trade fair for production technology
Precitec KG
Premium Aerotec GmbH
RM platform Germany
ROFIN-SINAR Technologies, Inc.
simufact engineering gmbh
SLM Solutions GmbH
Welding Technical Training and Testing Institute North gGmbH (SLV Nord)
tibb e. V. - young technologies in vocational education
Tronic GmbH
TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
WLT - Scientific Society for Laser Technology eV
This kind of action will make other investors want to get in! Success breeds more success. This is a reversal!
I bet shorts can't buy fast enough!
Helllloooo Hollywood!! Somebody wants in Big Time!
I agree.
SGLB has been used by AM leaders for T&E for years with repeat sales for further T&E.
AM industry is finally getting ready to mass produce critical parts after years of T&E.
SGLB is now an option on MEtalFab1 the first AM printer designed for high-end production applications.
It's funny how the pps went up with the 3D hype and no AM market ready for mass production of critical parts and a beta product and is down now that SGLB has a developed product and AM market is finally indicating that it is ready.
SGLB is set to run; as soon as, multi-unit sales are announced.
Folks trust the DD and AM leaders.
I concur this this post! Sigma Labs has developed a great product which has been vetted by the AM leaders. SGLB is positioned perfectly to capture much business as the AM industry supply chains are established. The AM guidelines are coming out from standards bodies and in-process is included in them with recommendations that SGLB's PrintRite3D meets. All the tireless development and testing has definitely made SGLB the market leader in this space. I really appreciate the focus that John Rice has provided by doubling down on the IPQA technology. I'm looking forward to further software developments to allow for ease of use with their customers. Additive Industries and signaled that PrintRite3D is ready by offering them as an option. Additive Industry customers who will need to adhere to AM guidelines ,such as FDA and the like, while cutting costs doing mass production are very likely to purchase PrintRite3D as an option. I'm betting APworks will be one of them.
Thanks Jackle. It's great to see that Sigma Labs continues to have visibility for their in-line inspection capability. Thanks for the post.
The shorts are not happy today.
Followup on Aerojet RocketDyne testing.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/rs-25-next-phase-testing-stennis-hot-fire/
Excellent more AM standards coming out. This is awesome! This is what ya'll know I've been looking forward to. AM industry has needed these guidelines like cars need wheels!
Marvelous that SGLB works with AM pioneers. Working with Siemens to test these gas turbine blades and the Rocketdyne with the AirForce bodes well for Sigma Labs future.
Awesome that Sigma Labs has been working with Siemens. Congrats to Siemens on their recent award and congrats to Sigma Labs for assisting them with the validation of the blades. Sigma Labs is making enormous strides with the best in the AM business.
Thank you. Appreciate it!
T&L,
Thanks much for this post. I'm sending email to request SGLB comment on whether or not they are involved.
I know that they have been involved with NIST and referenced recently.
http://ws680.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=924025
SGLB is known in the DoD.
SGLB is currently working with DARPA.
https://www.sigmalabsinc.com/news/darpa-awards-sigma-labs-phase-iii-contract-honeywell-aerospace
SGLB is associated with Structural Composites who got the Tibbets Award from SBA in 2014 using SGLB for Independent Test Laboratory Services.
https://www.sbir.gov/sites/default/files/tibbetts_2014_book_web_version.pdf
SGLB is recognized for it's in-process monitoring in a study that examines additive manufacturing (AM) and describes its potential impact on the Navy’s Supply Chain Management processes.
www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA632470
Sigma Labs’ technology will be utilized on Aerojet Rocketdyne’s contract with the U.S. Air Force to define standards for qualifying AM components,
https://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/sigma-labs-announces-contracts-with-aerojet-rocketdyne-for-air-force-program-and-america-makes-initiative-20054927
SGLB submitted a Joint US Navy Proposal Submitted with Moog.
https://www.sigmalabsinc.com/sites/default/files/2017-02/Sigma%20Prospectus%20-FINAL.pdf
SGLB exhibited at AeroDef 2017 with attendees from the US Army and US Air Force; thus, Sigma LAbs is known by agencies in the DoD. We are known by DARPA, US Navy, US Army and US Air Force representatives. Will all of it result in significant sales in the next several years? I suppose we will have to wait and see. The associations are amazing. We've been involved in a lot of T&E with DoD and many companies that currently have contracts with DoD agencies. I'm still LONG and betting that SGLB will be successful.
Get find Capt_Smith! Thanks for sharing this video. Looking forward to an exciting 2018 and hoping that 2018 is the year for SGLB to turn it around!
Thanks Kanya. I see short interest is increasing along with pps decreasing so no surprise here. I'm looking forward to news that will reverse the shorting.
Awesome Man! I appreciate you sharing your AM experiences with the board. I try to stay informed with AM industry developments and listen to what AM professionals are saying. Thank you!
Great Discussion from AeroDef 201 conference. It has America Makes rep, Northup Grumman, 3D Systems, and Penn State. Talks about challenges with AM qualification. These discussions give me great confidence in where SGLB is heading.
Wickw50, I believe that time is much closer than many believe as Analytics will allow that to happen.
Thanks man! I was very excited to read it; since, it confirms that SGLB is right on track with FDA AM guidance. This is what will allow many more companies to proceed with AM production. They know what FDA expects with them since they have moved past the draft phase and have confidence that PrintRite3D can deliver. I'm looking forward to FAA guidance as I'm sure it will be similar. The standards and guidance from these regulating agencies is what companies must conform to; thus, it's great to see them finally getting out. I agree wholeheartedly with your statement!
Finally some AM guidance from FDA. I've been waiting on FAA/FDA guidance for a while as many here know.
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-releases-long-awaited-guidance-3d-printed-products
Hang in there Kanya. I know that you're a big investor in SGLB. A ton is happening in AM space now.
https://news.thomasnet.com/featured/additive-manufacturing-spike-predicted-within-the-next-two-months
Thank you for this post!
http://advancedmanufacturing.org/america-makes-announces-project-call/
LEt's see if SGLB can get in on this one.
TedJ, Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking along the lines of the deform beta testing that was occurring. I agree that's a jump. I believe there is a lot brewing in the background that has not come to light. I'm looking forward to sales as well. I'm hoping Ron gets his bonus and an announcement of multi-unit sales comes soon.
I do see your point; however, in this set of slides provided by T&L SFTC is not given any credit but Sigma LAbs is given credit. SGLB's DEFORM is considered a process modeling tool. Here's descriptions of DEFORM
PrintRite3D™ DEFORM – software which predicts distortion and calculates the PRE-SHAPE that results in the right final shape
http://www.falltechnicalconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2017_Presentations/1B-Donegan_FTC17_Presentation.pdf
DEFORM offers:
A layer-by-layer geometry tool
Provisisions for ‘as built’ to what actually ‘should be’ comparisons and capabilities for engineers regarding CAD models
Optics, mechanical system, and data path to ‘image a 2D melted powder’
Powerful detection algorithms to verify component geometries
https://3dprint.com/98491/sigma-labs-printrite3d-deform/
I see SGLB's DEFORM or now Contour being more applicable to "produce continuous descriptions of field variables at the part geometry scale"; thus, I'm still leaning toward SGLB's DEFORM but It's definitely a question for SGLB at the next conference call. Thanks much for providing new insight with the SFTC's DEFORM product. I'm betting that their DEFORM trademark made SGLB change their DEFORM to Contour.
Thanks much dadx4. Happy Belated Thanksgiving to All!
T&L. Thank you for this post! One thing, I noticed is what it says about CT.
Hawks, That sounds like a great way to drum up business to me.