两篇新闻展示Sigma Labs如何PrintRite3Dsoftware will be used by实现andNorthwestern University.
基于圣达菲的Sigma Labs已签署合同，以实施其用于金属添加剂制造的质量保证软件atNorthwestern Universityfor the first time.此外，Sigma Labs已与比利时总部签署了联合销售协议实现, advancing an earlier MoU to develop an integrated in-situquality assurance system for metal 3D printing。
PrintRite3D software
Printrite3D是用于金属添加剂制造的过程内质量保证（IPQA）软件包，可提供实时融化池分析。该软件读取热标志，以监视3D打印零件的质量。这种实时的逐层分析允许用户在完成之前停止生产有缺陷的零件，从而节省时间和材料成本。结果是总体降低错误率和更高的收率。
Machines can be retrofitted with the software. It is currently being evaluated by tier-1 aerospace and OEM partners across the globe.
Northwestern University’s adoption of PrintRite3D
The real-time melt pool analysis technology will be utilized by Northwestern University’s西北制造科学与创新计划(NIMSI) and Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD).
printrite3d系统将与DMG Mori LASERTEC12SLM machine to validate the capabilities of Sigma Labs’ technology while also providing Northwestern University with intelligent in-process quality assurance.
“我们荣幸有机会工作with Northwestern University,” said Mark Ruport, Executive Chairman of Sigma Labs. “This type of collaboration is critical if additive manufacturing is to realize its potential and reach full industrialization.”
The teams at NIMSI and CHiMaD have been collaborating on a predictive ICME (Integrated Computational Materials Engineering) tool for AM. The aim is to develop novel manufacturing methods and new alloys for 3D printing. With Sigma Labs’ new tool, the University believes its work will be furthered significantly.
“ Sigma Labs在ICME框架中为我们提供了一个关键要素，用于模型验证和过程控制。我们期待我们的合作，将加性制造的科学和技术提升到一个新的水平。”
The Materialise joint sales agreement
The joint sales agreement between Sigma Labs and Materialise stands to evolve the two companies’previously announced MoUto cooperate on the integration of the Materialise Control Platform (MCP) with Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D technology.
The MCP is an embedded hardware and software tool designed to give full control of the additive manufacturing process to the end-user. PrintRite3D has already been integrated with the MCP so the two companies are now poised to retrofit existing metal AM machines with the closed-loop control system.
西格玛（Sigma）执行董事长马克·鲁波特（Mark Ruport）表示：“在我们扩大市场上的占地面积，并为扩大行业范围扩大开创性的Printrite3D软件的追求而增加了动力，这对Sigma Labs来说是一个重要的里程碑。”
他补充说：“对齐对两家公司来说都是自然的一步，因为物料在增材制造市场中具有很强的影响力，并且在优质产品中享有声誉。商业化和共同出售该集成解决方案将使两家公司都受益，并促进3D制造业的创新势头。”
Sigma Labshas a history of collaborations around its proprietary PrintRite3D software. Just last year, the software companypartnered with Airbus to qualify metal additive manufacturingfor the serial production of aerospace components. Also last year,Sigma Labsbecame a member of the UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)。结果，公司启用了in-process quality monitoring for additive manufacturing systems at theMTC’s National Centre for Additive Manufacturing。
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Featured image shows metal parts inspected with Sigma Labs software. Photo via Sigma Labs.
