Additive Industries and Additive Assurance partner to enhance PBF-LB Monitoring
August 22, 2024
Additive Industries, headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Additive Assurance, Melbourne, Australia, have partnered to cooperate on providing in situ process monitoring with Additive Industries’ MetalFab portfolio of Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) machines. This collaboration is said to leverage the complementary strengths of both companies to improve the process monitoring of additively manufactured parts in high performance applications.
Additive Industries’ product portfolio has recently been updated with its newest machine, the MetalFab 300 Flex. This machine offers an on-demand platform size, providing manufacturers with flexibility.
As AM machines are increasing build rates and productivity, the requirement for in-process monitoring and quality assurance is becoming essential in many industries to ensure repeatability and generate high production yields.
Additive Assurance’s AMiRIS offers the ability to inspect quality during production. This can accelerate the quality validation process and ultimately lead to higher yield and production consistency of PBF-LB manufactured parts. AMiRIS is reportedly a logical extension to the MetalFab series, addressing the quality assurance challenge with in situ monitoring, enabling manufacturers to detect and address quality problems during production. By providing real-time insights into the build process, AMiRIS strengthens certification and quality assurance efforts, ultimately leading to shorter production cycles and higher confidence in the final product’s quality.
“Our partnership with Additive Assurance aligns perfectly with our commitment to advancing the capabilities of metal Additive Manufacturing. By integrating AMiRIS® with our MetalFab portfolio, including our new MetalFab 300 Flex, we’re enhancing real-time quality assurance, offering our customers greater flexibility, and setting new standards in production consistency and reliability.” said Mark Massey, CEO at Additive Industries.
“We are delighted to be working with Additive Industries to add value to their customers’ experience and to push the boundaries of what is possible with L-PBF AM,” added Marten Jurg, CEO of Additive Assurance.
The partnership between Additive Industries and Additive Assurance is expected to result in a broader deployment of in situ monitoring for users of the MetalFab portfolio and, ultimately, a broader adoption of the maturing manufacturing process of PBF-LB.
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