AM-Flow, a company that specializes in hardware and software solutions for 3D printing automation, unveiled the next generation of its AM-QUALITY system at the Formnext 2024 additive manufacturing expo in Germany.

The solution is an automated in-line quality control system for traditional and additive manufacturing, which can identify issues such as breakages, warping, and surface defects and feed data back to the client’s manufacturing execution system (MES).  This enables users to immediately reprint when necessary and optimize the setting parameters of the 3D printers and post-production equipment. The company claims this system can conduct scans with a 50 μm accuracy.

AM-Flow is a Netherlands-based startup that focuses on 3D printing automation technology. The company’s line of products includes AM-VISION, a software that uses 3D shape recognition to identify printed parts based on their geometry; AM-SORT for automated part sorting; AM-PICK, which uses gripper technology for part handling; AM-ROUTE for autonomous part transportation, and AM-BAGGING for automated bagging and labeling. 

Analyst QuickTake: Over the last two months, the ongoing Formnext expo has seen a number of AM product releases. Incidentally, AM-Flow offers a similar product to Qualup SAS, which unveiled QU PREDICT, an AI-based system that analyzes G-Code before printing to identify and correct potential issues such as warping, deformation, and surface cracking .