Replies to post #37492 on Sigma Labs Inc (SASI)

[jpi]

Can you please point me to something specific that states GE will be using SGLB technology in the 3D printing of their fuel nozzles?

this might help...
"By conducting those inspection procedures while the component is being built, GE Aviation and Sigma labs will expedite production rates for GE's additive manufactured engine components like the LEAP fuel nozzle."
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SANTA FE, N.M., December 26, 2013 -- Sigma Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: SGLB), a developer of advanced, real-time, non-destructive quality inspection systems for 3D metal printing and other advanced manufacturing technologies, today announced that it delivered two of its PrintRite3D® quality assurance systems for 3D metal printing to a leading aerospace company.
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Sigma Labs is expected to deploy a total of three systems – one each to GE Aviation and to other team members Honeywell and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a unit of GenCorp – over the next 18 months.

GE should have at least 3 systems in house already...

Unidentified Analyst

I was just simply enquiring whether you sincerely felt that eventual – actual production run PrintRite3D contracts would be forthcoming from GE and Honeywell.

Mark Cola - President and Chief Executive Officer
Yes. We fully anticipate and expect that, and we are planning for those and we are well positioned at the moment.

[DriftinWayOfLife]

Alan,

I can not point you to a specific overt direct statement that GE has made regarding using PR3D after the June 15 2015 publication date of the article you quote, (apparently the made in alabama article paragraph 3 http://www.madeinalabama.com/2015/06/ge-aviation-readies-first-3-d-printed-jet-engine-nozzle/ ) nor can I point you to a specific overt direct statement made by Sigma.

However connecting the GE document http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/UCM418401.pdf


please look on page 5 where GE states that Sigma Labs is a strategic partner

metadata on this document shows that it was published October 2014

and

a document in GE Reports (below) published the same day as your article (June 15 2015) referencing the late 2015 production date

http://www.gereports.com/post/91763815095/worlds-first-plant-to-print-jet-engine-nozzles-in/

which states:

Monitoring quality throughout the entire build process is crucial, since it can take days or weeks to print a part, depending on its complexity. “We are really pushing the envelope on process monitoring,” Rengers says. “By using sensors to collect data, we can determine the mechanical properties of the part.”

- next to last paragraph

The "dot connecting" I do here is that Sigma Labs is part of what GE has been using to develop and qualify the fuel nozzles. As such, I believe that Sigma Labs will be a part of what GE will do to produce the fuel nozzles.

I too am somewhat puzzled that there has been no direct statement to confirm the use of PR3D, but I am comforted sufficiently by Mark Cola's statements at the past to ERs that Sigma Labs is in "lockstep with GE". There is a history of opaqueness due to non-disclosure agreements connected to the JTDAs with GE or Honeywell and limited details about contracts such as the one reported with Spartacus or Honeywell. I am not surprised by the lack of clarity regarding the connection with GE.

I believe that we will know with certainty that PR3D is being used by GE when a specific statement is issued. Until that time, or until such time as there is a specific statement that PR3D is not being used, I am willing to proceed on the basis of my belief as to what the connected dots imply.

I hope this helps - if even only a little.

patience and GLTA

[ZRock]

alan, it isn't one specific thing. it's the progression of events since SGLB signed agreement with Morris Tech and GE bought out Morris.. Z