International standards developer ASTM International has disclosed their acquisition of Additive manufacturing consultancy firm Wohler Associate at the Formnext 2021 event.
The deal sees ASTM acquire ownership of the Wohlers Report, a revered statue of the industry in-depth analysis that efficiently captures the sector’s biggest hurdles and opportunities for every given year.
Once
the Wohlers report is integrated into the developer’s portfolio,
ASTM says it is focused on using the brand
value to not only broaden its market
influence but also introduce additive manufacturing to new industries,” allowing greater adoption of 3D printing.”
” We are excited to welcome Wohlers Associates to the ASTM family,”
says Katherine Morgan m president of ASTM international.
” Wohlers for over 3 decades has been a trusted source of analysis
and intelligence in the 3D printing community,
and I am eager to see what our two credible and trusted brands can achieve together for this industry.”
A dive into additive manufacturing annually
First created in the mid-nineties, Wohlers Report focused on highlighting additive manufacturing’s dominant trends and perspectives, While delivering a degree of foresight into the industry’s future.
Authored primarily by Wohler’s associates’ Terry Wohlers,
the precisely detailed data reports are built on vast amounts of information,
surrounding pricing. production and application of 3D printers gathered from industry backers.
The Wohlers report 2021,
the most recent edition of this analysis is centred around the feedback of 124 service providers
and 133 machine producers and sees the inputs of 88 different contributors.
Amazingly,
the report found that many famous producers saw machine sales fall in 2020
but this was followed by an increase in demand for the offerings of service bureaus.
With this insight into the industry, Wohler’s work has attained prestige in the industry than many similar reports,
by acquiring Wohlers Associates, ASTM, therefore, hopes to put the insights of its new subsidiary to good use in its centre of excellence, where it is working closely with many manufacturers in the industry,
academia and government to achieve progress in standards across additive manufacturing.
Why is Certification in 3D printing important?
Standardizing the methods behind 3D printing is seen by many in the industry as
crucial in the technology’s wider adoption.
Luckily for 3D printing’s advocates,
the likes of ASTM are working
consistently with production partners to design new standards,
against which the quality of 3D printed components can be measured increasingly.
In the early quarters of this year,
ASTM signed MoU with Canada based NSERC Network for Holistic Innovation In Additive Manufacturin to advance the R&D of AM standards
, As part of their partnership, the two organisations have agreed to create the best practices for in-situ defect detection and investigate the benchmarking of powder bed density measurement.
In other news, dedication certification firm TÜV SÜD has released an industry-first guide for 3D printing healthcare-related parts that are consistently accurate and suitable for end-use application.
By giving producers a simplified breakdown of relevant healthcare regulations,
the company hopes to make the technology adoption as stress-free as possible.
Source: Yahoo finance
