Hexagon AB, a worldwide chief in digital actuality options combining sensor, software program, and autonomous applied sciences, has accomplished its acquisition of CADS Additive GmbH, a fast-growing supplier of specialised software program that helps firms put together designs for metallic additive manufacturing.

CADS Additive simplifies the method of 3D printing on powder mattress fusion (PBF) machines. The software program guides customers by means of the construct preparation, serving to them flip design recordsdata into printer directions and enhance their manufacturing productiveness.

CADS Additive has been a companion of Hexagon since 2021 – integrating its construct preparation and assist construction creation capabilities with Hexagon’s market-leading Simufact Additive course of simulation software program. Shared growth roadmaps will additional enhance workflows, permitting customers to regulate the orientation and assist construction of their 3D prints. This can assist shorten the AM workflow and supply easy-to-follow steps to mitigate high quality implications attributable to orientation or assist construction adjustments.

The AM Studio software program from CADS Additive is already linked to Hexagon’s Nexus digital actuality platform. The software program will full Hexagon’s Nexus-enabled AM workflow – making use of its in depth expertise portfolio to CAD mannequin preparation, construct preparation, simulation-based optimizations, high quality and manufacturing intelligence, and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) automation to complete components.

“Our investments mirror the rising significance of additive manufacturing, which has enormous potential however has been held again by a fragmented ecosystem meaning producers will not be getting the outcomes they want quick sufficient. The acquisition of CADS Additive allows us to offer our prospects with built-in instruments that empower manufacturing groups to cut back waste and improve effectivity as they transfer from prototyping to manufacturing,” stated Paolo Guglielmini, President and CEO of Hexagon. “Opening up the Nexus platform to our ecosystem companions and offering constructing blocks like CADS Additive helps prospects enhance their processes all through the manufacturing worth chain and notice the potential of business additive manufacturing.”

Based in 2016, and headquartered in Perg, Austria, CADS Additive GmbH has 21 workers serving 150 prospects, in 25 nations, by means of 19 resellers. The corporate will function as a part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. The acquisition reportedly has no vital influence on Hexagon’s earnings.