Can anyone mention a company who has developed, or even close to developing, a quality assurance software program that works across multiple additive manufacturing machines and methods. A program utilising Oracle/SAP friendly cloud software that is big data compatible . A quality assurance tool that covers EBM, DMLS, GMAW (Arc Welding) and LFW (Friction Welding) amongst other techniques. A quality assurance tool that is applicable to numerous metals, alloys, plastics and possibly ceramics? Just to make it more of a challenge, is there one that also has heavy backing, use and integration by Additive Manufacturing’s heaviest hitters and standards bodies including GE, Honeywell (Darpa), Materialise, EWI, NIST, AMC.
Can any one name one? Anyone name one even close?
At this point Sigma is most definitely market leader in this technology niche and well on the way to cross market acceptance and standardization. Commercialization must come with market adoption. Hand in hand with market adoption of the technology is where we are. Frustrations are with the speed of adoption in the industry but there are not many around who do not think a massive tsunami of change and additive adoption is coming. Those who are expecting day to day change are frustrated. Those who expect companies to change their manufacturing systems overnight are frustrated. Those who expect companies to change the design of their manufactured parts by Friday next week to make use of the new possibilities are frustrated. Of course you are. You are setting yourself up for such frustrations. Those of you who are investing and accumulating on market dips, following the progress of the networks being built and the success of the technology itself are in for a royal treat. These are chance to get in at market bottoms on a 5-10 year story.
The market makers cannot stop this tide, they just piddle around until the wave comes then they find other victims to pillage. They play the market, the volumes, the bid/offer spreads. They don’t have a view on the long term prospects of the company. They couldn’t care less. Right now it’s their market to play with, but one day it won’t be, one day the tide will come, that day they will move on and those who have accumulated will suddenly find themselves off to the races.
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