MultiMechanics和Fortify合作使3D打印更加可预测_海外动态_行业资讯

复合建模和仿真软件MultiMechanics公司和波士顿专门从事复合材料系统的添加剂制造公司Fortify宣布了一项战略技术伙伴关系，以提高复合3D打印的可预测性。

MultiMechanics and Fortify collaborate to make 3D printing more predictable

作为合作伙伴关系的一部分，Fortify将使用MultiMechanics机械公司的旗舰产品MultiMech在印刷前预测印刷零件的结构完整性，并通过控制整个结构的纤维取向来帮助优化设计。此外，还将进行研究与开发，以进一步加强Fortify的打印分析软件，利用其基于MultiMech微结构分析的流动打印工艺，提供信息，并生成更复杂的微结构。

许多参与复合材料3D打印的公司很难确定其印刷部件的性能。利用Fortify打印分析软件和Flowprint打印功能，MultiMech将作为一种工具，为优化纤维方向的复合材料零件的闭环迭代设计提供所需的反馈。这种协作将使用户能够优化零部件的设计和制造，以适应特定的应用程序。

“我们认为在3D打印方面确实需要更好的可预见性，而且我们相信我们的应用为多机械软件提供了一个独特的用例。Fortify的席执行官乔希·马丁(Josh Martin)表示：“由此产生的印刷零件充分利用了复合材料的强度与重量之间的优势，达到了前所未有的分辨率和复杂性。”

马丁说：“我们有一些令人兴奋的项目正在酝酿中，这些项目将受益于MultiMech的使用，包括工业无人机的终用途部件和注射成型工具。”“我们很高兴与多机械公司合作，推动3D印刷业向前发展。”

随着这两家初创公司的不断扩张，MultiMachics和Fortify计划将MultiMech API集成到Fortify打印机中。多机械的模拟能力将提供给Fortify的用户，让工程师完全控制3D打印过程，从设计和测试到终生产。

“我们很高兴与Fortify合作，因为这两家公司都为用户提供了在产品的每一个点控制微结构设计的能力。Fortify允许在现实中实现这一点，而MultiMechanics机械则几乎实现了这一点。“MultiMechanics公司席执行官Leandro Castro说。这种强大的协同作用消除了设计约束，以创建真正优化的部件

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MultiMechanics, a developer of composite modeling and simulation software, and Fortify, a Boston-based additive manufacturing company specialized in composite material systems, announced a strategic technology partnership to improve the predictability of composite 3D printing.

As part of the partnership, Fortify will use MultiMechanics’ flagship product, MultiMech, to predict the structural integrity of printed parts before printing, and help optimize the design by controlling the fiber orientation throughout the structure. Additionally, R&D will be performed to further enhance Fortify’s print analysis software, INFORM, and generate more sophisticated microstructures using their Fluxprint process based on microstructure analyses performed in MultiMech.

Many companies involved in 3D printing of composites struggle to determine how their printed part will behave. With the Fortify print analysis software and Fluxprint printing capabilities, MultiMech will act as a tool to provide the required feedback for closed-loop iterative design of composite parts with optimized fiber orientation. This collaboration will enable users to optimize the design and manufacturing of parts to fit specific applications.

“We see a definite need for better predictability in 3D printing, and we believe that our application poses a unique use case for the MultiMechanics software. The resulting printed parts take full advantage of the strength-to-weight benefits of composite materials to a degree of resolution and complexity not possible before”, stated Josh Martin, CEO of Fortify.

“We have a few exciting projects in the pipeline that will benefit from the use of MultiMech, including end use components for industrial UAVs, and injection molding tools,” stated Martin. “We are excited to partner with MultiMechanics to push the 3D printing industry forward.”

As the two startups continue to expand, MultiMechanics and Fortify plan to integrate the MultiMech API in Fortify printers. The simulation capabilities of MultiMechanics would then be available to users of Fortify, giving engineers full control over the 3D printing process, from design and testing to final production.

“We are excited to partner with Fortify because both companies offer users the ability to control microstructural design at every single point of a product. Fortify allows that in the real world, while MultiMechanics enables that virtually.”, stated Leandro Castro, CEO of MultiMechanics. “This strong synergy removes design constraints to create truly optimized parts”

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