Lockheed Martin Selects PrintRite3D for Aerospace 3D Printing! 3D Printing News 2021

Aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to Sigma Labs for its PrintRite3D in-process quality assurance technology. What does this exactly mean?

Think of PrintRite3D as the enterprise, aerospace grade version of Octoprint. It’s a print management, CAD simulation, and modeling system that works directly with DED (Direct Energy Deposition) systems from OEM’s like MetalFAB and DMG MORI.

PrintRite3D is one of Sigma Labs’ premiere products and has been one of the firm’s key growth drivers over the past year. PrintRite consists of hardware and software modules that provide quality assurance and in-process monitoring capabilities. PrintRite combines inspection, feedback, data collections and critical analysis to find potential anomalies that might occur during the printing process. This cuts down time on post production testing where parts are validated for their use cases.

Lockheed Martin's Additive Design and Manufacturing Center in Sunnyvale, CA will assess the viability and performance of PrintRite3D technology for use in defense and civil space programs.

“After review of our needs and potential solutions, we selected the Sigma PrintRite3D system because of its robust analysis capabilities, quality assurance solutions, data capture technology, and scalability across various OEM 3D printing platforms,” said Kristi Farley, Vice President of Spacecraft and Missile Engineering at Lockheed Martin Space.

Lockheed Martin has always been a huge proponent for 3D printing in aerospace. Their 3D printed parts have traveled as far as Jupiter and are currently being used in NASA’s Orion program, military satellites and in missiles.

In the past, the aerospace giant has used additive manufacturing to create domes for high-pressure fuel tanks onboard satellites as part of a development program to create huge, mission capable satellite buses, known as the LM 2100 series.

Back in 2017 they invested $350 million in a state of the art satellite production facility with industrial grade 3d printers and “virtual immersion environments.”

Their Sunnyvale based “additive design and manufacturing center” became UL34000 certified for additive in 2018, meeting all the safety and hazard mitigation procedures for handling 3d printers, powdered materials and factory operations.

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