The Indispensable Role of Machine Health
By Alex Benham In my last post, we delved into the importance of process health…
Rapid + TCT 2023 Report
By Alex Benham The RAPID + TCT Conference is always a highlight of our year.…
April 2023 AM Trends Newsletter
Dear Colleague, Spring is off to a great start with new collaborations and catching up…
6 Reasons Why Process Health Matters
By Alex Benham An overwhelming majority of failures in additive manufacturing happen in plain sight…if…
March 2023 AM Trends Newsletter
Dear Colleague, 2023 is off to a great start here at Sigma Additive Solutions, and…
AM Quality December Newsletter
Dear Colleague, I hope your December is going well as we wind up a great…
TCT EU Magazine Interview with Sigma CEO Jacob Brunsberg
Sigma Additive Solutions CEO Jacob Brunsberg discusses moving to a software-only model, new products and…
AM Quality News – November 2022
Dear Colleague, If you are headed to formnext next week (November 15-18) in Frankfurt, you…
AM Quality Trends Report – September 2022
Dear Colleague, Happy Fall to you – although it doesn’t seem like Fall where I…
Introduction of the newest member of the Sigma Additive Solutions Management team – Stephan Kuehr, General Manager, European Operations
Greetings to our customers, partners and AM industry colleagues – from the newest member of…
Sigma Additive Solutions Joins Dyndrite Additive Manufacturing Developer Council
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 ● Leading provider of in-process quality assurance (IPQA™) solutions to the…
AM Quality Trends Report – August 2022
Dear Colleague, As the summer winds down, we hope that all is going well in…
Monitoring and Analytics to Enable AM Part Qualification
Darren Beckett, CTO of Sigma Additive Solutions (sigmaadditive.com) delivered this informative presentation at the ASTM…
AM Quality Trends Report – July 2022 Newsletter
Dear Colleague, We hope that your summer is going well and if you are (hopefully)…
Connected Additive Manufacturing Workflow – From Powder to Part
View this video to learn how to harness the power of integrated and automated data.…
Automating Additive Qualification: My Conversation with Phillips Federal
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sigma partner, Dillan Drake,…
Machine Process Part – a Framework for Qualification & Certification
Achieving true scaled production is impossible without Qualification and Certification, which is a key part…
TechSHIFT Podcast Episode 4: Automating Additive Qualification: Scaling with a Purpose in 3D Production
Today we sit down with Jacob Brunsberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Additive Solutions. After…
AM Quality Trends Report – June 2022 Newsletter
Sigma Additive Solutions Announcement This has been a busy month for Sigma Additive Solutions. In…
What’s In a Name? Sigma Additive Solutions and 3D Printing Technology
A week ago, we announced that we are now operating as Sigma Additive Solutions. This…
AM Quality Trends Report – May 2022 Newsletter
What’s In a Name?...Sigma Additive Solutions Yesterday, Sigma Labs announced that beginning immediately, we are operating as Sigma…
Reflections on the AMUG 2022 Conference
by Michael Brennen Earlier this month a number of teammates and I attended and exhibited…
AM Quality Trends Report – April 2022 Newsletter
Sigma Labs and AMFG – Working Together to Optimize and Standardize Additive Manufacturing Workflow We…
Achieving Closed-Loop Additive Manufacturing Quality Control with Real-Time Monitoring and Analytics
Join Us for This On-Demand Webinar Register to learn how to achieve part qualification and…
What The World Economic Forum Has to Say About Additive Manufacturing
Overcoming the Challenges and Reaping the Rewards By Mark K. Ruport, CEO – Sigma Labs,…
AM Quality Trends Report – March 2022 Newsletter
Achieving Closed-Loop Additive Manufacturing Quality Control Earlier this month, Sigma Labs presented an online event with Materialise,…
In-Situ Monitoring Benefits for Aerospace and Other Industries
In this video, recorded for the ASME AM Summit July 2021, Alex Benham shows how…
Maximizing Metal Additive Manufacturing with In-Process Quality Inspection Podcast
SME editor Chris Mahar’s 24-minute interview of Ron Fisher, Sigma’s VP of Business Development: Maximizing…
IPQA University
Visit our extensive collection of videos and learn the techniques and technical solutions to achieve…
Sigma Labs Overview
Brief videos that demonstrate the uses and benefits of Sigma Labs’ quality assurance solutions for…
Improve Your AM Quality & Economics: Proven Best Practices from Industry Experts
Improve Your AM Quality & Economics: Proven Best Practices from Industry Experts A presentation with…
How to Achieve In-Process Quality Assurance for Additive Manufacturing
Sigma Labs’ CTO Darren Beckett covers the key technical challenges and solutions in 3D metal…
On-Demand Webinar Navigating Additive Manufacturing Quality
On-Demand Webinar: Navigating the Additive Manufacturing QA Minefield The Latest Trends, Techniques and Traps Join…
Improving Additive Manufacturing Performance: From Design through Quality Assurance
A Presentation with DMG MORI Join us for this online presentation about quality control issues…
Boosting Additive Manufacturing Quality, Economics and Efficiency with Monitoring, Alerts, and Diagnosis
On-Demand Presentation: Boosting Additive Manufacturing Quality, Economics and Efficiency with Monitoring, Alerts, and Diagnosis Join…
Additive Manufacturing Just Got Better: A Special Event Focused on 3D Metal Printing Quality and Economics
A Special On-Demand Event Focusing on 3D Metal Printing Quality and Economics and Demonstrating the…
DMG MORI and Sigma Labs Improving Additive Manufacturing Quality Case Study
Companies that use AM have little room for error in the quality of their final…
Navigating the Additive Manufacturing QA Minefield Strategic Whitepaper
QA challenges can slow the success of additive manufacturing suppliers and manufacturers. If you are…
Machine Learning: A Game Changer for Additive Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Machine learning facilitates the continuous advancement of computing through exposure to new scenarios, testing and…
White Paper – Best Practices in Additive Manufacturing In-Process Quality Assurance (IPQA®)
Are you an engineer or product manager involved in additive manufacturing/metal 3D printing and tasked…
Building a case for radical collaboration plus quality standards: The pathway to growing the AM industry
By Mark Ruport, CEO Sigma Labs, Inc. As published in Metal Additive Manufacturing Magazine Summer 2021…
How NASA’s AM Quality Standards Can Benefit Your Journey
This paper, How AM Quality Standards Can Benefit Our Journey to Mars! talks about NASA’s commitment to…
The Important Role of a Quality Management System in Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturers, service providers and OEMS face the constant need to meet or exceed customer…
The Important Relationship Between Quality Management Systems and Additive Manufacturing
Read article as published in 3DPrint.com According to the American Society of Quality, a Quality…
Study: Early Experiments and Applications for Real-Time Control with Materialise Control Platform and Sigma Labs Melt Pool Monitoring
The Materialise Control Platform delivers an industry-first ability to identify and address process and quality…
AM Quality Trends Report – February 2022 Newsletter
Achieving The Power of Closed-Loop QA Processing Sigma and Materialise announced a breakthrough technology to…
AM Quality Monitoring and Analytics News – January 2022 Newsletter
Big News on Polymers Last month, we announced the expansion of our in-process monitoring and…
Sigma Labs’ 3D Printing QA Software Now Available for Polymers
This article originally appeared on 3dPrint.com's website. Sigma Labs, Inc. makes PrintRite3D, an in-process quality…
Formnext 2021 – An Impactful Event for Sigma Labs and the AM Industry
I just spent almost a week at Formnext, in Frankfurt, Germany, along with eight of…
Metal AM’s Maturity for Mass Production
Listen to the podcast. As Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems improve in speed and output quality,…
Q&A: New Paths for 3D Metal Printing
Metal 3D printing is changing the way we create parts. In low- to mid-volume production…
Economics of Early Intervention in AM Quality
As an engineer, when I talk about PrintRite3D® from Sigma Labs, I tend to dive…
In-Situ Monitoring Benefits for Aerospace and Other Industries
In this video, recorded for the ASME AM Summit July 2021, Alex Benham shows how…
Thoughts on an Interesting In-Situ Monitoring Research Paper
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to review a paper on in-situ monitoring…
Additive Manufacturing Just Got Better!
I am writing this from the Additive Manufacturing User Group (AMUG) conference in Orlando. It’s…
How In Process Quality Assurance (IPQA™) is Driving Global Large Scale Adoption of Metal Additive Manufacturing
This article about IPQA originally appeared on Polaris Motion's website. Imagine if you could shorten…
Additive Manufacturing Quality ROI: Achieving Manufacturing Efficiency and Solid Economics
A recent International Trade Association report on the leading European additive manufacturing (AM) marketplace, stated that “Until…
Machine Learning: A Game Changer for Additive Manufacturing QA
As I stated in the original version of this article, at 3D Metal Printing Magazine,…
In Process Quality Assurance’s Role in Improving the Additive Manufacturing Lifecycle
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry has become a key partner in supporting multiple other advanced…
OEM Agreement Advances In-Process Melt-Pool Monitoring on Quad Laser Systems
One of the things people first associate with increasing productivity in Laser Powder Bed Fusion…
Facing and Overcoming the Challenges of Additive Manufacturing Quality
In his July article, Why a Focus on Quality is Needed to Grow the Additive…
Why a Focus on Quality is Needed to Grow the Additive Manufacturing Industry
In a recent podcast interview for SME Media, editor Chris Mahar asked me an intriguing…
Aerospace Corp. Releases PrintRite3D Study Findings
Aerospace Corp. has released a new technical paper based on the results of their independent…
ANSYS Technical Study Compares AM Monitoring Methods
This new technical paper reflects a collaboration between ANSYS Inc.’s Additive Team, Sigma Labs and…
Research study: PrintRite3D® applications in medical implant 3D printing
Quality control of laser additive manufactured medical implants is of great interest, especially if nondestructive…
Sigma Helps RoboRAVE Students Place in International Competition
Two students from The ASK Academy, a Rio Rancho, New Mexico charter school focused on…