Sigma Additive Solutions and Novanta Pioneer First Fully Integrated Scan Head with Quality Assurance

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Sigma Additive Solutions (NASDAQ:SASI) announced a partnership with Novanta to integrate advanced quality assurance into the optical train of 3D printing systems. By leveraging Novanta’s Firefly 3D scan head, Sigma aims to enhance its analytics and monitoring capabilities, facilitating real-time quality control. The system supports a data acquisition rate of 200kHz and can scale with multiple scan heads for increased productivity. This advancement addresses quality challenges in additive manufacturing and is expected to reduce costs associated with production and inspections.

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• Partnership with Novanta to enhance quality assurance in 3D printing.
• Integration of Firefly 3D scan head for real-time monitoring, supporting 200kHz data acquisition.
• Ability to implement solutions across different OEMs without complex modifications.
• Promotes productivity through scalable multi-scanner architectures.

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Novanta’s Firefly 3D Scan Head Brings Monitoring into the Optical Train as a Standard, Enabling Sigma's Data Analytics and Quality Assurance Software

SANTA FE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sigma Additive Solutions (NASDAQ:SASI) ("Sigma", "we," "our," or the "Company"), a leading developer of quality assurance software to the commercial 3D printing industry, announced today that it has partnered with Novanta, a premier global supplier of laser photonics, precision motion control, and vision technologies for advanced industrial OEMs; including additive manufacturing applications, to create an integrated hardware/software solution to make quality assurance a standard part of the optical train.

Novanta and Sigma Additive Integrate Scan Head with Quality Assurance (Photo: Business Wire)

Novanta’s Firefly 3D scan head positions real-time monitoring as a standard, enabling Sigma's data analytics and quality assurance software suite. The next generation 3-axis scan head designed for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) machines enables OEMs instant access to process monitoring with Sigma’s analytics suite. Additionally, it provides end customers in the field, agnostic of the OEM, the ability to implement monitoring solutions across machine fleets without complicated retrofits to optical trains.

This product brings an industry-leading 200kHz data acquisition rate, enabling the potential for closed-loop control and laser correction that Sigma’s technology has already demonstrated. The solution easily scales to add additional scan heads to OEM machine design to attain the benefits of multi-scanner architectures up to 100% field overlap. Single, dual, quad, and multi-row setups can boost machines’ productivity to mass produce high fidelity parts with the benefit of Sigma’s quality assurance solutions’ support.

According to Sigma Additive Solutions Chief Executive Officer Jacob Brunsberg, “This is an exciting moment for the additive manufacturing industry. Quality, and corresponding cost of quality, is one of the greatest barriers to industrialized scale of this technology. Today we have taken a big stride in breaking down this wall, providing access to an agnostic analytics and monitoring solution integrated with scan head technology. This value-add is expected to speed up OEM implementation, while providing solid benefit to additive producers. We are focused on decreasing the cost of quality by shortening development and qualification time, increasing production quality, and decreasing the need for post process inspection for end users.”

Simon Matthias, Product Manager for Novanta, added, “We are very pleased to show the world the work we have done with Sigma Additive Solutions. Adding real-time monitoring to our scan head sets a new standard for the industry and enables increased quality control of our high-performance laser beam steering solutions.”

Sigma Additive Solutions will be hosting a partner area at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany November 15^th through the 18^th highlighting this joint solution at Hall 12.0 Booth C139. We look forward to reviewing the solution with visitors in attendance. For more information, please visit www.sigmaadditive.com/novanta.

About Sigma Additive Solutions

Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of in-process quality assurance (IPQA™) solutions to the additive manufacturing industry. Sigma specializes in the development and commercialization of real-time monitoring and analytics known as PrintRite3D® for 3D metal and polymer advanced manufacturing technologies. PrintRite3D detects and classifies defects and anomalies real-time during the manufacturing process, enabling significant cost-savings and production efficiencies by reducing waste, increasing yield, and shortening cycle times. Sigma believes its software solutions will be a major catalyst for the acceleration and adoption of industrial 3D printing. For more information, please visit www.sigmaadditive.com.

About Novanta

Novanta is a trusted technology partner to OEMs in the medical and advanced industrial technology markets, with deep proprietary expertise in photonics, vision, and precision motion technologies. For more information on their laser processing solutions, visit www.novantaphotonics.com. For more information on Firefly 3D, visit https://novantaphotonics.com/product/firefly-3d/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "prospects," "outlook," and similar words or expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," "may," and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are risks relating to, among other things, market and other conditions, Sigma’s business and financial condition, the extent of the market's acceptance of PrintRite3D®, Sigma’s ability to satisfy its capital needs through increasing its revenue and obtaining additional financing, and general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally. Sigma disclaims any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, a future event, or otherwise. For additional risks and uncertainties that could impact Sigma’s forward-looking statements, please see disclosures contained in Sigma's public filings with the SEC, including the "Risk Factors" in Sigma's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and which may be viewed at www.sec.gov.

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Chris Tyson

Executive Vice President

MZ Group - MZ North America

949-491-8235

SASI@mzgroup.us

Source: Sigma Additive Solutions

FAQ

What is the partnership between Sigma Additive Solutions and Novanta?

Sigma has partnered with Novanta to integrate quality assurance into 3D printing systems using Novanta's Firefly 3D scan head.

What benefits does the Firefly 3D scan head provide?

The Firefly 3D scan head allows for real-time monitoring and a data acquisition rate of 200kHz, enhancing quality control in additive manufacturing.

How does the new solution impact productivity for Sigma Additive Solutions?

The solution supports scalable configurations with multiple scan heads, which can increase productivity by enabling high-fidelity mass production.

When will Sigma showcase this solution?

Sigma will showcase the integrated solution at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany, from November 15th to 18th.

What is the expected impact of this partnership on 3D printing quality?

This partnership aims to reduce the cost associated with quality control and enhance production quality by enabling real-time monitoring.