It has been a while since 3D ADEPT last checked in on Gravity Pull Systems. The Swiss developer first appeared in our pages in December 2020 with Synoptik, an AI-based scheduling and traceability platform built to give metal AM producers a real-time view of cost, capacity and compliance across the build process. Its most recent mention came this April, when Managing Partner Huba Horompoly previewed two RAPID+TCT sessions on intelligent scheduling and digital certification in metal AM.
Fast forward to today: it announces PAAM, an automated toolpath optimization tool for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). PAAM inspects slicer and build files, flags geometry- and process-driven risk before a part is printed, and applies controlled corrections. The company points to lack-of-fusion risk, short-vector correction, gas-flow-sensitive features and multi-laser interaction as typical targets.
The new solution focuses on regulated production, where a software upgrade, a parameter tweak or a build processor change can trigger a costly requalification loop. Gravity Pull Systems says PAAM lets manufacturers assess that impact before committing to print trials, and frames its value around five points:
- pre-build risk detection
- process intelligence that does not depend on large historical datasets or customer-specific AI training
- reduced manual and engineering intervention
- toolpath-level optimization without scripting
- and support for change assessment in qualification-sensitive environments.
“Metal AM service providers and regulated manufacturers do not only need better build preparation. They need better build confidence,” said Huba Horompoly, Partner at Gravity Pull Systems. “PAAM makes hidden toolpath risk visible, measurable, and correctable before the first build. The goal is to reduce avoidable trial-and-error and help users understand the production and qualification impact of changes before they become expensive.”
According to the company, PAAM is already integrated with EOS, Nikon SLM, Aconity and Materialise-connected workflows, and has been licensed by Oerlikon AM and tested in industrial aerospace applications.
Gravity Pull Systems is also opening selected PAAM Diagnostic Benchmark projects, in which the software analyzes one recurring or qualification-sensitive LPBF part to quantify toolpath risk, build-time inefficiency and margin leakage before printing begins.
This launch reminds us that the costliest inefficiencies in metal AM are often invisible until they hit the balance sheet. Synoptik addressed that at the scheduling and traceability layer; PAAM pushes the same logic down to the toolpath itself.
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