Sigma Labs Inc. part of additive mfg. project

Sigma Labs Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, B6 Sigma, Inc. was a participant on the winning team of companies and universities to be awarded an America Makes additive manufacturing research project from The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) for Sigma Labs proprietary In-Process Quality Assurance (IPQA) System for monitoring of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing (3DP). According to America Makes, "This project addresses the need for the development of a commercially available, platform-independent Quality Assurance technology for high-volume AM production of aerospace components, which technology is currently lacking within the industry." Further, Sigma Labs expects to generate up to $750,000 in revenues over the next 18 months from this project. Additional information on the project can be found here.

 

Mark Cola, president and chief executive officer of Sigma Labs, stated that, "We are quite pleased to have been chosen along with our partners by the premier AM and 3DP association to participate in accelerating commercialization of our quality assurance technology. This award further establishes Sigma Labs as an organization that is growing in stature along with the major players in the field of AM and 3DP."

 

According to America Makes director and NCDMM vice president Ed Morris, "We were very pleased by the quality of the projects proposed by our members for this second round of additive manufacturing R&D projects being launched, which of course made the final selection process even more challenging. Combined with the projects underway from our first project call, we will soon have nearly $30 million of public and private funds invested in advancing the state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing in the United States."