What Happened
Additive Manufacturing Advances With Real-Time Quality Monitoring
Stratasys has been awarded $7.8 million in funding to develop in-process quality assurance capabilities for industrial additive manufacturing. The 24-month program, supported by the America Makes and Department of War Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge, will focus on Stratasys’ F3300 and F900 industrial FDM platforms. The goal is to create monitoring capabilities that generate quality data in real time during the additive manufacturing process, reducing the need for costly post-build inspection and qualification processes. This development is expected to have applications across defense, aerospace, and commercial aviation, as reported by Unknown Source.