AddUp Masters and Offers the entire AM Digital Chain
From part preparation to simulation, monitoring, and production, every link of the AddUp digital chain offers
a high level of performance with user-friendly software.
- AddUp Manager™ offers a full feature set for AM production preparation.
- Distortion Simulation AddOn simulates the building of parts before getting printed.
- AddUp NCore allows for reliable part production and tracks a multitude of information for process optimization.
- AddUp’s Monitoring Suite is focused on quality assurance and includes the following software:
- Dashboards: high-level monitoring of machine events with key process parameter tracking and an alerting system.
- Recoat Monitoring: monitors the quality of the powder bed and proactively corrects automatically, if needed.
- Meltpool Monitoring: analyzes the execution of the production on a microscopic scale measuring dozens of parameters at a very high frequency.
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AddUp NTwin offers an interoperability component to connect external software with AddUp machines.
AddUp Manager™
AddUp Manager™
With AddUp Manager™ manufacturing preparation software, take control of all machine parameters. Whether you are looking for maximum productivity, a metallurgical or geometric quality, or whether you want to develop a recipe for a new material, AddUp Manager™ gives you complete freedom in your machine adjustment choices.
– More than 250 variables and parameters can be modified
– Creation of custom melting strategies
– Ultra-fast trajectory generation engine
– Ergonomic and intuitive interface, visualization of laser trajectories
– Compatibility with most CAD software: Catia, NX, Pro/E, Inventor, Solidworks, etc.
– Creation of plans for experiments
– Automatic marking of parts and platforms
AddUp Distortion Simulation AddOn
Parameter optimization is a fundamental step in the additive manufacturing process. Improve efficiency and responsiveness with Distortion Simulation AddOn, a software that simulates production-induced distortions. Distortion Simulation AddOn is aimed at a wide range of users and allows you to focus on harnessing the potential of FormUp machines
Distortion Simulation AddOn helps you anticipate all distortions at different stages of production: during printing, during platform release, and during platform cutting. Finally, this module is able to modify the geometry of your parts to help you produce good parts right from the first time.
AddUp Ncore
Parameter optimization is a fundamental step in the additive manufacturing process. Improve efficiency and responsiveness with Distortion Simulation AddOn, a software that simulates production-induced distortions. Distortion Simulation AddOn is aimed at a wide range of users and allows you to focus on harnessing the potential of FormUp machines
Distortion Simulation AddOn helps you anticipate all distortions at different stages of production: during printing, during platform release, and during platform cutting. Finally, this module is able to modify the geometry of your parts to help you produce good parts right from the first time.
A Multi-Scale Monitoring Suite focused on
Quality Assurance for Additive Manufacturing
A gap exists on the path to mass adoption of AM technology: quality assurance. When a part is produced via AM, many post-production inspections must occur to ensure its conformity and compliance with geometric tolerances, its level of porosity, detection of defects and its reproducibility. These checks are often expensive and lengthy which can impact lead time and productivity.
AM, and more particularly, PBF, is well suited for the use of monitoring solutions during production. Unlike conventional manufacturing processes, the successive fusions of thin layers of material offer a unique perspective on the state of the part during manufacturing. The use of monitoring solutions during the process could take the place, or at least reduce, the amount of post-production inspections that are needed and provide an increased confidence in build quality. This type of software innovation will be instrumental in driving AM forward into industrialization.
AddUp is working to close the gap with a full suite of quality assurance monitoring software to lessen, or even eliminate, the need for rigorous testing after a part is printed. The software suite has 3 key elements. The first is a macro view of what is occurring inside the machine, visualized on an intuitive platform called AddUp Dashboards. Next is analyzing the execution of the production on a microscopic scale using Meltpool Monitoring to measuring dozens of parameters at a very high frequency. Lastly, Recoat Monitoring verifies and proactively corrects the powder bed during production, automatically.
AddUp Dashboards
AddUp Dashboards is the monitoring software that comes as an option with AddUp machines. It collects all production data in real-time and presents it as dashboards tailored to the needs of different users.
Fully configurable, and capable of emitting different alarms, AddUp Dashboards will help you improve the efficiency of your manufacturing, conduct analysis in case of defects on a part, and monitor a workshop composed of several machines.
Recoat Monitoring
Recoat Monitoring controls the quality of the powder bed and proactively corrects automatically. The layering phase is a key step in metal parts production based on L-PBF technology. Any defects can cause melting problems or lead to a production interruption.
One of the key elements in the Monitoring AddUp offer is the analysis of the quality of the layering, which can proactively correct faults during production.
Operating on a closed loop principle, this analysis during production checks the homogeneity of the powder bed, revealing the possible presence of deposits or lack of powder. The algorithms developed by AddUp allow users to assign a score and trigger a correction sequence when necessary.
Meltpool Monitoring
Meltpool Monitoring analyzes the execution of the production on a microscopic scale measuring dozens of parameters at a very high frequency. FormUp 350 New Generation’s monitoring capabilities are impressive! The most advanced solution in AddUp’s Monitoring Suite provides visibility of printing execution at the microscopic scale. Several parameters are measured at very high frequencies, such as the position of the laser spot, the power actually delivered, and the emissivity of the melt pool. This data is available in real-time.
This system makes it possible to characterize any defects without destroying the part, which is beneficial for unique one-off builds. And in the case of mass production, it can be used to create a footprint to serve as a point of comparison for all future production builds.
AddUp NTwin
Parameter optimization is a fundamental step in the additive manufacturing process. Improve efficiency and responsiveness with Distortion Simulation AddOn, a software that simulates production-induced distortions. Distortion Simulation AddOn is aimed at a wide range of users and allows you to focus on harnessing the potential of FormUp machines
Distortion Simulation AddOn helps you anticipate all distortions at different stages of production: during printing, during platform release, and during platform cutting. Finally, this module is able to modify the geometry of your parts to help you produce good parts right from the first time.
