Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[MDuffy]

Yep. That's pretty much how it works. I imagine that it will eventually be like what you see on a factory floor--integrated in the production process, like the SPC/run diagrams/control charts on automated equipment nowadays that tell operators and quality leaders when a process is getting out of spec, so they can flag it and fix the issue before it gets out of hand. Eventually, once integrated with MetalFab1- (or subsequent models) may be even be true closed-loop, (where the machine gives constant feedback/corrects itself) more like the new fancy CNC machines. Even just being able to flag a part is huge though. Imagine if you were printing nozzles at full production and the calibration got off or something needed to be cleaned, and hundreds or thousands of parts printed before you caught it! SGLB is important because they can detect the microscopic and internal defects that would be impossible to detect with the naked eye, or without going all out and spot checking through destructive methods with sampling, time consuming tensile tests, etc. [and even then you'd still have the problem of, if a part doesn't pass- having to scrap its whole batch/everything that was made since the sample was taken-- which is a huge waste/ not very LEAN.]