The partnership between Sintavia and TNSC will develop and promote metal additive manufacturing across multiple industries, and involves a technical collaboration to develop and commercialize gas flow processes that optimize the technology’s benefits. The two will work together on an aspect of additive manufacturing that many don’t often think about.
Optimizing industrial gas for additive manufacturing involves perfecting the chemistry, mix and flow within the build chamber of each manufacturing run. Poorly flowed or poorly mixed gas can result in flawed parts with poor mechanical properties, porosity, or a lack of fusion. TNSC’s gas expertise will be a valuable part of the partnership, working to perfect gas flow for additive manufacturing. The partnership is expected to work with existing customers to promote optimized gas flow strategies that enable successful end use parts.“Gas flow dynamics are the single most important—and single most overlooked—aspect of successful quality AM builds. In TNSC, we are partnering with a true leader in industrial gas flow optimization. We look forward to jointly developing and marketing gas flow solutions that will benefit our mutual customers and result in superior builds,” said Brian R. Neff, Chairman and CEO of Sintavia.
“TNSC has for many years developed proprietary solutions for industrial welding applications. We are excited to apply these many years of gas quality control and gas flow experience to the exciting and growing world of additive manufacturing,” said Tadaharu (Ted) Watanabe, TNSC’s General Manager of Global Business Development. “Sintavia is at the forefront of this technology, and is a quality partner for us to do so. This partnership is also an extension of our overall strategy in the additive manufacturing market by investing and partnering with market leading Laser Metal Deposition tool suppliers and metal powder suppliers.”
The terms of the partnership were not disclosed, but the deal involves co-investment in Sintavia by TNSC.
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