Sigma Additive Solutions CEO Jacob Brunsberg discusses moving to a software-only model, new products and the company’s vision for the future.

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sigma partner, Dillan Drake, who is the Advanced Manufacturing Product Manager from Phillips Federal, on his informative TechSHIFT podcast. Our episode was titled, Automating Additive Qualification: Scaling with a Purpose in 3D Production and you can listen to the entire 21 minute interview here. Following are some excerpts of our conversation (edited for clarity).

A week ago, we announced that we are now operating as Sigma Additive Solutions. This move reflects the evolution of Sigma from its origins as a laboratory engaged in research and development of 3D metal printing technology - into a solutions provider focused on helping its customers and OEM partner providers use a standard set of patented quality metrics across 3D printing technology from different manufacturers, using different processes, for both metal and polymer parts. To sum up what the evolution and our new name means, we have been transitioning FROM: Prototype Laboratory-based Licensed pricing model 3D metals Single point…

I just spent almost a week at Formnext, in Frankfurt, Germany, along with eight of my Sigma Labs’ colleagues. Formnext bills itself as international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. The organizers are not kidding since in the past five years, Formnext grew from 203 exhibitors and 8900 attendees, to 850 exhibitors and 34,500 attendees. Thanks to the pandemic, there was no in-person event last year, which made it especially gratifying to be back to greet our customers (current and future), partners and industry players of all types. We were fortunate to be present among partner implementations,…

Listen to the podcast. As Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems improve in speed and output quality, many are considering it as a method for mass production. The technology's evolution from a prototyping to manufacturing mechanism is not exactly straight forward. The transformation is fraught with unanswered questions, ranging from the regulatory bodies' willingness to certify AM parts for flight-critical components to the consistency of output. Jacob Brunsberg, Senior Vice President of Product, Marketing, and Strategic Relationships at Sigma Labs, discussed these issues with DE in this podcast. AM for mass production is already “a reality today for a number of users…

Metal 3D printing is changing the way we create parts. In low- to mid-volume production runs, the parts themselves can be made faster, cheaper, and with lower effort than traditional manufacturing processes. To gain an insight into how this area is developing and also to understand what it is like to transition to a new company in a senior role, Digital Journal spoke with Jacob Brunsberg, Senior Vice President of Sigma Labs. Brunsberg has joined Sigma Labs from General Electric, where he was a P&L leader for the company’s Binder Jet Technology unit. Brunsberg has made the move from a well-known multinational company to a…

As an engineer, when I talk about PrintRite3D® from Sigma Labs, I tend to dive deep into the technical bits of what we do and how we do it. I’ll get into the intricacies of Bichromatic Planck Thermometry, laser optics, emission spectra, and metal AM defects. When you work on such a high technical level it can be hard to take a step back and analyze business-focused topics like economics. It is important though because, in the end, economics is what drives decisions. While the technical topics and products are exceptionally interesting, organizations don’t buy products because of their intrinsic…