• New collaboration introduces cutting-edge on-the-fly laser toolpath manipulation, support-less printing, faster build rates, and improved surface finish - transforming metal additive manufacturing with unprecedented precision, efficiency, and scalability.

• Dyndrite leverages Nikon SLM open architecture to deliver general build processors that enhance machine productivity and multi-laser coordination for the SLM®125, SLM®280 and SLM®500 product lines, and customized support for the NXG 12 laser Multi-Optic system.
• Dyndrite and Nikon SLM Solutions are evaluating different business models for Dyndrite LPBF Pro software to make it easier for customers to access and integrate Dyndrite’s most advanced tools for optimized additive manufacturing workflows.

FRANKFURT, GERMANY, November 18, 2024 FORMNEXT 2024 — Today Dyndrite™, providers of the GPU-accelerated computation engine used to create next-generation digital manufacturing hardware and software, announce a strategic partnership with Nikon SLM Solutions, a leader in selective laser melting (SLM) technology. This collaboration aims to deliver enhanced capabilities across Nikon SLM Solutions' metal 3D printer portfolio, including the NXG series as well as the SLM®125, SLM®280, and SLM®500 models. 

‍A New Era of Metal Additive Manufacturing

‍By integrating Dyndrite's LPBF Pro software, Nikon SLM Solutions' customers gain access to advanced toolpath strategies that maximize the capabilities of the open-architecture SLM platform. This partnership introduces next level capabilities, such as scalable slicing, low-angle support-free printing, optimized multi-laser coordination, and on-the-fly laser manipulation, enhancing productivity, and part quality for industrial-scale additive manufacturing.Moreover, manufacturers can develop their own intellectual property (IP), toolpath innovations, and optimized multi-optic laser allocations for their unique needs, making this the ultimate solution for pushing the boundaries of engineering in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, and medical industries.

‍Open Architecture as a Catalyst for Progress

‍The collaboration underscores the strategic importance of open architecture in advancing metal additive manufacturing. By providing users with unmatched flexibility and control, this partnership empowers manufacturers to push industry boundaries and achieve unprecedented levels of innovation. Open architecture fosters a collaborative ecosystem where hardware and software solutions evolve together, creating greater opportunities for advancements and breakthroughs.

“This partnership between Nikon SLM Solutions and Dyndrite represents a milestone for industries where metal additive manufacturing is essential to achieving high-performance, differentiated parts,” said Simone Castellani, Chief Technology Officer, Nikon SLM Solutions. “Our combined commitment to open architecture provides customers with unparalleled access to capabilities that drive innovation, fast-track production, and maximize efficiency across the entire process. Ultimately, our customers benefit the most by reducing time-to-market and achieving lower end-part costs.”

"Our collaboration with Nikon SLM Solutions represents a game-changer for the metal additive manufacturing industry that has been years in the making," said Harshil Goel, CEO of Dyndrite. "Nikon SLM Solutions’ open architecture combined with Dyndrite’s compute and software capabilities delivers an unmatched solution for users seeking to dramatically increase build speed, improve part quality, or print without supports. We look forward to the array of new parts and part economics that have been fundamentally enabled due to our combined solution. If you are seeking to print inconel 718 and/or Titanium parts without supports come find us!"

‍Driving Industry Progress

‍The connecting of Dyndrite’s scalable compute architecture, advanced toolpath control, and customizable automation elevates Nikon SLM Solutions' open, multi-laser systems to new levels of productivity. Customers gain capabilities to consistently produce complex geometries, including low-angle support-free builds, intricate features, and optimize multi-laser coordination.Nikon SLM Solution users will be able to harness:

• Scalable Compute: Dyndrite’s scalable compute architecture efficiently handles the massive data required to power Nikon SLM Solutions' NXG family of 3D printers with their large 600 x 600 x 600/1500 mm build volumes. By leveraging Nvidia GPU acceleration and multi-threaded CPU processing, Dyndrite enables rapid processing of complex geometries. 
• Enhanced Toolpath Generation: Dyndrite LPBF Pro provides advanced toolpath capabilities that seamlessly integrate with Nikon SLM’s single and multi-optic laser systems, optimizing scan paths to accelerate build rates, print previously impossible parts such as intricate geometries, such as small features, thin walls, domes, and cantilevers, improve part quality and surface finish, and enable low-angle support-free builds.
• Advanced Multi-Laser Control: Through Nikon SLM’s open, multi-optic and focusing architecture, Dyndrite’s software is unmatched in ensuring optimal coordination between lasers, enabling the deployment of strategies that meet your production demands.
• Customization & Automation: Experience repeatable process automation through Dyndrite’s Python-based scripting language, allowing users to design critical manufacturing applications that automate complex workflows, shorten time for qualification, codifies knowledge and scales production.

Customer Insights and Real-World Impact

‍The partnership is already driving impactful outcomes for manufacturers:

• Rob Highman, CEO of Additive Manufacturing Services (AMS) Ltd., “For over 6 years AMS has worked with aerospace, space and motorsport companies to push the boundaries of what's possible in LPBF. Within two days of using Dyndrite we were able to print a thin-walled heat exchanger that, for over 18 months others attempted and failed to print - such an achievement speaks for itself.”

• Samuel Miller, Director of AM Software at a leading automotive manufacturer, noted, “Dyndrite has brought a new level of flexibility to our additive manufacturing processes. With increased control over our SLM machines, we can enhance material performance and cost-effectiveness in a high-quality manufacturing environment.”
• Dr. Jeremy Iten, CTO at Elementum 3D, stated, “Parameter sets developed using Dyndrite surpassed our previous capability for supportless low angle features, thus expanding the range of applications favoring additive manufacturing. Dyndrite is helping Elementum 3D deliver a more effective product to our customers.”

Strategic Importance of Nikon SLM Solutions NXG and Dyndrite

By adding advanced support for Nikon SLM Solutions’ NXG in collaboration with Nikon SLM, Dyndrite continues to expand its footprint in the metal additive manufacturing space, further cementing its role as the go-to platform for forward-thinking manufacturers seeking advanced digital solutions.“The connection of Dyndrite’s software with Nikon SLM Solutions' cutting-edge hardware highlights the companies’ shared mission to push industry limits while empowering customers to adopt best-in-class, adaptable solutions.

“Dyndrite shares our customer-centric vision,” said Dr. Simon Merkt-Schippers, EVP of Product Management at Nikon SLM Solutions. “Through open architecture and this partnership, we provide our customers access to the most powerful solutions available while supporting their specific needs, ultimately bringing low end-part costs and accelerated end-to-end production closer to reality."

‍Formnext 24 - Frankfurt, Germany

‍Customers visiting Formnext 2024 can visit Dyndrite and Nikon SLM Solutions at:
Dyndrite: Hall 12.0 Booth E-119
Nikon SLM Solutions: Hall 12.0 Booth D-119 

Dyndrite & Nikon SLM Solutions Webinar

Join Dyndrite and Nikon SLM on December 10th @8am PST for our online webinar

To learn more about Dyndrite LPBF Pro software visit: https://www.dyndrite.com/laser-powder-bed-fusion-app

‍To learn more about Nikon SLM Solutions hardware visit: www.nikon-slm-solutions.com.

‍About Dyndrite:

‍Dyndrite’s mission is to fundamentally change how geometry is created, transformed and transmitted on a computer. Our Accelerated Computation Engine (ACE) is the world’s first (geometry agnostic), multi-threaded, GPU-accelerated Geometry Engine. We create and license tools that give companies the power, freedom and control necessary to deliver on the potential of digital manufacturing. Dyndrite LPBF Pro is the company’s powerful end-user software solution designed to enhance the capabilities of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) for metal 3D printing. It provides users with previously unattainable part printing capabilities, accelerated build rates, and unprecedented productivity. Dyndrite LPBF Pro is compatible with a wide range of metal 3D printing machines, including brands such as Aconity3D, EOS, Renishaw, NikonSLM, among others.

Dyndrite investors include Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused Investment Fund and former Autodesk CEO Carl Bass. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Dyndrite was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2021. 

For more information visit: www.dyndrite.com

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‍About Nikon SLM SolutionsNikon SLM Solutions AG is a global provider of integrated metal additive manufacturing solutions. Leading the industry since its inception, it continues to drive the future of metal AM in every major industry with its customers’ long-term success at its core. Nikon SLM Solutions is home to the world’s fastest metal additive manufacturing machines boasting up to 12 lasers and enabling build rates of up to 1000ccm/h. With a portfolio of systems to suit every customer's needs, along with its team of experts closely collaborating at every stage of the process, Nikon SLM Solutions leads the way on return on investment with maximum efficiency, productivity, and profitability. Nikon SLM Solutions believes that additive manufacturing is the future of manufacturing and has the desire and capability to take its customers there – right now.

Nikon SLM Solutions AG is a Company headquartered in Germany, with offices in Canada, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.Further information is available on www.nikon-slm-solutions.com