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Everything Under One Roof 3D
the required final parts. Outside com- panies can provide heattreating and HIP services, but we can do all of this in two to three days instead of shipping parts out and waiting two or three weeks. Also, we have com- plete control. Our customers may not want their parts shared with other parts and other materials in order to fill a large furnace. So for quality-control, lead-time and cost reasons, we believe that the ability to perform heattreating and HIP inhouse is an advantage.”
The company maintains a full metallurgical laboratory with a host of capabilities for characterizing powders.
New, Larger Facility Coming
Looking ahead, Sintavia soon will have a new home. The compa- ny is expected to move into a $15- million, 55,000-sq.-ft. headquarters and manufacturing facility in near- by Hollywood this coming fall.
“Our new facility will serve as a template for future AM facilities around the world,” says Neff. “We will pioneer, and continuously improve, an optimized flow of work centered around Sintavia’s vertically aligned quality system.”
Metrological scanning via CT and blue-light scanners, another inhouse capability, also assists greatly in quality efforts. The blue-light unit is ideal for reverse engineering and part measure- ment, while the CT scanner offers the ability to not only measure density but locate trapped powder. With multiple scanning and measuring tools, Sintavia can verify and confirm quality measure- ments in various ways.
Besides the comprehensive list of capa- bilities presented above, Sintavia offers much more, including part-design and design-for-manufacturability expertise on the front end, in situ monitoring that allows for rapid assessment of a build and confirmation of parameters, and a gen- erator to avoid interrupted builds due to power failures.
The new facility is expected to result in 110 new jobs for skilled technicians and support personnel, according to Sintavia officials, and house more than $25 million of advanced man- ufacturing equipment. It’s a testament to Sintavia’s unique position in the market,
according to Hedges.
“To have all of the processes under one
roof where we can audit them,” Hedges concludes, “that sets us apart.” 3DMP
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