Additive Manufacturing

North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows companies who manufacture metal machine parts with 3D printing technologies to conduct automated quality control of manufactured parts during the finishing process. The technique allows users to identify potential flaws without having to remove the parts from the manufacturing equipment, making production time more efficient.

Isar Aerospace has connected the nebumind software into their machine environment automating the defect detection for each recoating layer. The software receives powder bed images before and after recoating, generated by an optical camera with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels, and extracts them automatically via the direct machine interface.

Build processors link 3D printers with data preparation software, streamlining the additive manufacturing process from design to print. Materialise’s next-generation build processor complements Renishaw’s recently launched TEMPUS technology.

To help manufacturers improve production efficiency and monitor their additive manufacturing (AM) performance in real-time, Renishaw has issued an update to its Renishaw Central manufacturing data platform.

Since their earliest inception, metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have provoked much discussion and debate around the ‘revolution’ of manufacturing thanks to the unprecedented capabilities these technologies afford for producing complex metal parts and components.

At the Additive Manufacturing Campus, the BMW Group has a ‘live wire’ to an innovative, additive production process for metallic vehicle components and tools.

1000 Kelvin, a developer of AI copilots for manufacturing, has announced availability of its AI co-pilot AMAIZE as a plug-in for Autodesk´s Fusion integrated CAD/CAM software platform.

The quantum technology applied allows conclusions to be drawn about the size, number and distribution of the individual particles. In future, the quantum-based sensor will also be able to classify shapes.

The True Layer toolkit measures the quantity, in microns, of metal powder spread across the build area, certifying uniform distribution for every layer of every AM build.