Sigma Additive Solutions, Materialise Collaborate on Real-Time Process Monitoring for Metal 3D Printing
The companies collaborated to integrate PrintRite3D into the Process Control software and make it available in CO-AM, Materialise’s end-to-end software platform for 3D printing.
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Sigma Additive Solutions, a provider of quality assurance software to the commercial 3D printing industry, has expanded its collaboration with Materialise, a global provider of 3D printing software and service solutions. The companies are now providing additive manufacturing (AM) users automated quality control by integrating the PrintRite3D quality assurance solution into the new software solution Materialise Process Control.
Combining multiple complementary data sources and analytic methods enables businesses to make faster, data-driven decisions to improve operational efficiency and drive revenue growth. Materialise Process Control enables manufacturers to analyze and correlate layer data from the 3D printing process.
Sigma and Materialise collaborated to integrate PrintRite3D into Process Control and to make it available in CO-AM, Materialise’s end-to-end software platform for 3D printing. Sigma’s PrintRite3D suite provides in-process data, including thermal data from the melt pool, yielding layer data that can enable users to find the root cause of defects faster.
“We’re thrilled to build upon Sigma’s existing collaboration with Materialise, bringing a holistic quality offering to the additive industry and displaying it for the first time at AMUG 2023,” says Jacob Brunsberg, Sigma Additive Solutions CEO. “Incorporating automated holistic quality offerings on the CO-AM platform will place vital data in the hands of owners and operators, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding the reliability and safety of components they produce.”
Materialise Process Control uses artificial intelligence to automate quality control, helping customers save significant time and money. “Through collaborations with partners like Sigma Additive Solutions, AM users benefit from a technology-agnostic innovation that offers unparalleled insights into their 3D printing process,” says Bart Van der Schueren, Materialise CTO. “With this data, our customers can continuously learn how to improve it.”
- Here’s another Sigma Additive Solutions partnership, this time with DyeMansion for postprocessing. The collaboration adds an integrated hardware/software solution option that offers extra quality assurance for DyeMansion’s postprocessing solutions — the DM60, Powershot Performance and Powerfuse S.
- Read about Sigma Additive Solutions collaboration with SLM Solutions to optimize quality solutions in AM. Sigma’s PrintRite3D technology and SLM Solutions’ 3D metal printers will enable users to standardize product development. The shared goal is to integrate certified quality assurance software for the use of additive manufacturing machinery.
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