Airbus will test and evaluate Sigma Labs’ new PrintRite3D® version 5.0 hardware and software. A validation phase on a powder-bed fusion 3D printer will follow the evaluation program.
Sigma Labs provides quality assurance software under the PrintRite3D® brand. As part of this collaboration, the company will provide the full range of its products & services so that Airbus can testify of their capabilities. The system capability to monitor and characterize material, machine process, production consistency and repeatability of additive manufacturing operations are a few examples of features that will be reviewed.
PrintRite3D In-Process Quality Assurance (IPQA®) system and services involves hardware, software, training, engineering and metallurgical consulting and support services.
John Rice, Chairman and CEO of Sigma Labs, said, “We are honored and indeed feel very privileged to have our In-Process-Quality-Assurance tools as well as engineering staff engaged with Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer. PrintRite3D INSPECT® 5.0 provides the market with a user-friendly experience to rapidly qualify an AM metal machine for serial production, and then, in the course of continuous production runs, to be able to warn process engineers of ‘signature’ precursors of process discontinuities and thus enable them to extract actionable data to restore the process. Our industry appears to be accelerating in its sophisticated quality requirements including highly accurate and economic third-party quality assurance. We at Sigma have committed ourselves to meet that need.”
With the last edition of Paris Air Show, we have witnessed a wide range of AM applications in the aerospace sector and much more is still to come. However, process qualification remains pivotal to strengthening quality, reducing waste, and increasing quality yields. With this collaboration, Sigma Labs will be part of the companies that will improve process consistency and enable a broader scope of applications for this technology.
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