Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[MDuffy]

Thanks Alan! But it's actually INSPECT that deals with the metallurgy.... http://sigmalabsinc.com/uploads/DataSheets/Sigma-ProductSheets-INSPECT.pdf

Contour is the geometry/CAD model comparison.... http://sigmalabsinc.com/uploads/DataSheets/Sigma-ProductSheets-CONTOUR.pdf [I guess in order to accelerate adoption and compete with existing camera-based modeling?]

I thought it was the other way around too for the longest time, but per their data sheets, that's how it is...

That's really good news since Inspect is the seemingly more verified/ proven one...

I think THERMAL will be a big deal, too.... That'd be a biggie in a lot of safety-critical industries.

Whether they're effective or not remains to be seen, but given the connections they continue to make I'm inclined to think a lot of companies are willing to at least give them a shot. Honeywell certainly seems pleased so far. I wouldn't underestimate people who have been doing advanced metallurgy at Los Alamos etc for decades-- this is just a building on/ culmination of all their life's work.... if anyone could do it, they could. [At least they have a lot better shot at it than GE doing something in house as they turn over their crop every five years... lol. Kills me that they just fired those 1500 development engineers near Cincy, only to start advertising on TV for new talent.... but I digress...;)]

As much as we'd like to hurry things along-- this will be a very long-term process of adoption. All 3-INSPECT, CONTOUR, THERMAL-- I believe will be needed in order to get the FULL profile, but I'm sure some will only need one or two, and being able to eliminate even one or a couple testing procedures in the near term would be a boon as companies start accelerating their production. The less destructive testing/sampling required, the faster the parts can be verified. The good news is that compared to camera based models, etc--Sigma's use of physics/metallurgy is a major major advance.... They are starting to get a stake in the market now, and once they get all 3 complete-- it's off to the races, IMO.