Sigma Labs, Inc., a provider of quality assurance software, and Materialise NV, a leading provider of additive manufacturing software and 3D printing solutions, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in integration of the Materialise MCP Controller with Sigma Labs’s PrintRite3D technology. Combining the control technology with in-situ process monitoring for metal additive manufacturing will give customers maximal control on the production process, allowing them to become even more productive.

The two companies are partnering to integrate this inspection tool with the Materialise Control Platform (MCP). The MCP is an embedded hardware solution that gives more control over the AM process to the end user. The companies have identified the potential to integrate the MCP with Sigma Labs’s PrintRite3D real-time meltpool analytics.

John Rice, CEO of Sigma Labs, said, “I believe that this project has the potential to be an important leap forward for the metal additive manufacturing industry. Sigma Labs and Materialise are collaborating to present a unique, integrated product solution for volume manufacturing, with machine validation, process validation, and in-process-quality-validation in production. The requisite business relationship to best take this initiative to market is under joint review by the companies.”

Materialise
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Sigma Labs
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