3D Printing

Materialise broadens metal offering and launches inspection software

Materialise announced its latest enhancements to the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite. The  Suite is the result of Materialise’s more than 27 years of experience in the 3D printing industry.

Materialise 3-matic software allows users to easily optimize CAD designs for 3D printing. This software, which is part of the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, gives users the ability to create 3D textures in designs and develop lightweight models and conformal structures.

Materialise Inspector is a control tool that allows users to analyze data during all stages of the production process to meet predetermined quality standards. Inspector optimizes image processing for efficiency in post-build analysis and is capable of processing more than 4,000 images in minutes – making big data analysis easy and efficient. This tool will help users predict production errors and assure repeatable quality.

Magics Print Metal software is 3D printing software that facilitates access to metal 3D printing. It combines basic build preparation and straight-forward job file generation, streamlining the 3D printing process. Metal machine manufacturers can tailor the lay-out and bundle it to their machines. Customers that need advanced data preparation tools can still rely on the complete version of Materialise Magics software.

Said Bryan Crutchfield, Vice President and General Manager of Materialise North America, “Magics Print Metal extends our existing metal offerings. The Magics 3D Print suite represents the full digital thread, giving metal machine manufacturers the ability to develop, implement and manage each step of the 3D printing process. Now, with the new Inspector software, users can also efficiently analyze data during each step to ensure workflows and products will fit their needs as well as the needs of their customers and partners.”In addition, Materialise made the following enhancements to the Magics 3D Print Suite that will allow users to take full control over their additive manufacturing workflows.

In addition, Materialise made the following enhancements to the Magics 3D Print Suite.

  • Materialise e-Stage 7.0, is for automated support generation for all resin-based printers. It  will be released soon. It improves efficiency in build time and material consumption. An improved algorithm and new features were added to have a dedicated solution for all DLP printers.
  • Materialise’s Robot 5.1 software update offers a 3D Nesting module, optimizing part positioning to save time, money and materials within automated 3D printing workflows.
  • Materialise’s 3-matic 12 software update includes new ways to manipulate and optimize CAD designs for 3D Printing, and accepts a wider variety of FEA file formats to create improved lightweight structures and save users time and money.

“The components of the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite work together to address each step in the 3D printing process and form the software backbone of 3D printing solutions for all businesses and industries, from design optimization and data preparation to production management and automation,” said Crutchfield.

Materialise is also committed to embedding simulation technology into its 3D printing software, allowing users to simulate builds before production to avoid costly defects in designs, materials and processes.

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