Closed Loop Quality Control During Metal Additive Manufacturing
January 1, 2019
Sigma Labs, Inc., a provider of quality assurance software under the PrintRite3D brand, has developed and demonstrated closed-loop feedback control of the metal laser powder bed fusion 3-D printing process. Using Sigma's PrintRite3D technology, the system operates by monitoring the process output and extracting process metrics. The process metrics are then compared to baseline metrics. The system then determines what process input parameter values need to be changed and implements those remedial changes in real time by signaling a change in the laser power in order to maintain the process under control.
Mark Cola, Chief Technology Officer of Sigma Labs, stated, "Automatic feedback process control was the next step in completing Sigma Labs' suite of sensing, monitoring and control capabilities of metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Our addition of real-time process control clearly sets Sigma as the leader in AM process quality assurance."
Cola further stated, "By achieving this advanced understanding of quality variation and machine learning for metal AM machines that the Factories of the Future require, Sigma Labs has demonstrated that it is possible to bring the future to the present."
Sigma Labs has patents pending covering its closed loop control of melt pool quality during metal AM using its PrintRite3D technology. Sigma is planning beta testing with select, end-user customers across various market segments.
For more information contact:
Sigma Labs Inc.
3900 Paseo del Sol
Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-438-2576
info@sigmalabsinc.com
www.sigmalabsinc.com
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