Latest Dimensional Metrology, Inspection and Quality News
Hello Additive has announced the release of its groundbreaking Dragon Software, designed to revolutionize the additive manufacturing industry. Dragon Software offers advanced capabilities for optimizing the 3D printing process.
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Phase3D, a company at the forefront of additive manufacturing (AM) inspection innovation is the first company to correlate measurable metal powder bed fusion build anomalies to final part defects in real-time.
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As always, when a new technology emerges in a market, there are always questions. One of them is quality assurance. Jens Heyder points to a monitor that shows two images taken with the ZEISS Axio Imager light microscope at 50x magnification. On the left you can see a section of a good component. There are no large defects visible, only small pores.
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Successful 3D printing adoption, as part of a manufacturing process, is dependent on consistency, repeatability and predictability of outcome. Aibuild is designed to enable fast, efficient and predictable additive manufacturing providing manufacturability insights through online control of printers and real-time sensor information, compiled per build.
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Desktop Metal, a global leader in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 technologies for mass production, has announced the launch of Live Inspect for analyzing and correcting errors in 3D printed parts.
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The cooperation between nLIGHT and EOS includes the implementation of a series of complementary laser-based technologies to optimize the AM light engine for robust industrial 3D printing production.
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Additive Manufacturing is revolutionizing the manufacturing landscape. Originally associated with prototyping and small-scale production, AM has evolved into a robust technology capable of producing high-quality, end-use parts across various industries, from aerospace to healthcare.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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