Unlock the Value of Metal
Additive Manufacturing for
Critical Applications

Benefits of Metal Additive Manufacturing
The design and fabrication freedoms of additive manufacturing (AM) technology
unlock new opportunities for companies and organizations. Metal AM is a highvalue-add process that can pay off big in the long run, yet due to its relative
novelty, a general lack of experience in AM design and manufacturing isinhibiting implementation.

Producing Critical Parts in Regulated Industries
The freedom from conventional designand manufacturing limitations AM enables
offers new opportunities to achieve superiorperformance parts, lighter weights, andincreased efficiency.

FUEL
INJECTORSHEATEXCHANGERS

Metal AM is increasingly being used to produce
complex parts and assemblies in regulatedindustries such as Healthcare, Aerospace,
Energy, Transportation and Motorsports.

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BRACKETSINTERBODYFUSION DEVICES

MOTORSPORTS

How to Overcome the Knowledge Gap
Many feel that before investing in a new technology, they need to know it will workfor them. This creates a tricky Catch-22:?
Before using AM,
you must understand it…

But you can’t understand it
until you use it.

Fortunately, there is a systematized way to onboard this technology
and reduce the friction of implementation.
This is through knowledge and technology transfer.

ACCELERATE THE PATH TO INNOVATIONBY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN INTEREST AND CAPABILITYAM NOVICEKNOWLEDGE GAP

AM EXPERTPartnering to Establish and Qualify a Production AM Workflow
Setting up an AM process that can be validated is far faster and more straightforward when
you can leverage data captured over a decade plus of full-scale metal additive manufacturing.
3D Systems’ team of additive manufacturing experts and application engineers help customers
develop and produce metal printed parts for critical applications.
A defined and proven production protocol removes the guesswork and facilitates a streamlined
path to qualified AM parts. The protocol exists in the following phases:

1.

DEVELOPING & CONTROLLING
A PROCESS FLOW
During the initial implementation phase with
3D Systems, our team of experts work withyou to establish and control your process.

2.

VALIDATE YOUR METAL AM
WORKFLOW FOR PRODUCTION
We take a methodical, phased approach toget your workforce and facilities where theyneed to be in order for you to bring yourstreamlined AM workflow in-house.

Installation Qualification• Ensure proper machine
installation to pass site andfactory acceptance tests

IQ
Operational Qualification• Confirm site readiness in termsof training, work instructions
and maintenance

OQ

Performance Qualification• Ensure repeatability of
expected result over aseries of unique builds• Confirm results are as-expectedwith thorough challenging ofprocess• Identify and control impact ofdifferent process parameters
through process characterization
following a risk-based approach

PQ

3. PRODUCT-SPECIFIC VALIDATION

After process qualification, 3D Systems
can assist with product-specific validation, orpart qualification. This is where we verify thatthe established AM process delivers a usable
part based on the application requirements.

4.

PRODUCTION
Once the process and part have been validated andverified, the application is ready for production orsubmission to the applicable regulatory agency.

Win with a Reliable Process & Scalable Workflow
To be part of a production process, the AM technology you select must deliver
high quality parts in a workflow that can be validated, repeated, and scaled.

Add modules for

Merge with traditional forINTEGRATEDWORKFLOWS

GREATER
THAN 80%

Modular Machine Architecture

Mixed Factory Environment

High OEEThe DMP Factory 500 offers
function-specific modules
that integrate with traditional
manufacturing to enable a
productive mixed factory
environment.

Reduce set-up times and enhanceflexibility with integrated solutions
that enable quick transitions fromadditive to subtractive operations.

Internal testing of 3D Systems’
DMP machines* revealed highproductivity and reliability withoverall equipment effectivenessexceeding 80%.

SCALABLE
CAPACITY

Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Testing performed on*

3D Systems ProX® DMP 320Executive Brief
How to Bring on Metal AM
as a Validated Process for
Certified Parts in Highly
Regulated Industries

Interested in supercharging
your experience with AM?
Learn more about how 3D Systems’ can accelerate
your innovation

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