HP, Inc. today announced[1] a series of innovations in manufacturing-level industrial 3D printing, in advance of the Formnext Connect[2] virtual conference and exhibition.
HP, who already has a strong presence in additive manufacturing, is showcasing new capabilities in the areas of automation, factory services, and post-processing.
According to Ramon Pastor, GM and global head of 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing at HP:
Automation, software, and data are key to delivering mass customization of parts and unlocking the full potential of large-scale additive manufacturing. We are committed to relentlessly improving our capabilities and helping customers optimize and automate workflows, enable compelling new applications, and produce sustainable, high quality parts at scale.
HP Universal Build Manager
The new HP Universal Build Manager[3] helps factories and production teams automate build preparation using GPU accelerated processing via the Dyndrite[4] Accelerated Geometry Engine and Python scripting. This new capability provides technicians and production managers with the capabilities for mass-personalization, complex workflow automation, and scalability and extensibility and can be incorporated in both manually-driven and automated build processes.
The Universal Build Manager supports a wide range of additive manufacturing processes including Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), Selective Heat Sintering (SHS), Electron Beam Melting (EBM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Stereolithography (SLA), Digital Light Projector (DLP), Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM), and Composite-based Additive Manufacturing (CBAM).
Ryan Palmer, global head of Software, Data and Automation, HP Personalization and Industrial Business, tells ZDNet:
We are addressing software challenges in the additive industry that have prevented it from becoming mainstream and are providing capabilities to help customers accelerate the journey to digital