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Nov 17, 2025
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Phase3D Releases Two Large-Format Fringe Inspection Systems for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Phase3D today announced the release of two new large-format Fringe Inspection™ Systems for metal additive manufacturing. The new systems, Large Format Fringe Inspection™ and Large Format Fringe Inspection™ Hi-Rez, extend Phase3D’s in-situ inspection technology to support the EOS M 400 series of printers and other large-format platforms such as the Nikon SLM NXG product line.

Case Studies

Oct 28, 2025
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Spatter Detection: How Fringe Inspection Links Surface Measurements to Porosity in Metal AM

Discover how Phase3D’s Fringe Inspection™ technology revolutionises spatter detection in metal additive manufacturing (AM) by linking surface roughness measurements to porosity. Unlike traditional camera-based or AI-driven monitoring, Fringe Inspection delivers quantitative, traceable, micron-accurate data, revealing how gas flow inefficiencies and energy density affect part quality.

Case Studies

Aug 13, 2025
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Streamlining Additive Manufacturing Quality Review with Objective, Measurable Thresholds

Accelerating Additive Manufacturing Quality Reviews with Fringe Operator™
In high-volume additive manufacturing, inspecting thousands of build layers for anomalies is a major bottleneck. One manufacturer using Phase3D’s Fringe Inspection cut review times by over 70% by combining Quality Chart anomaly visualisation with Adjustable Colorbars.

Webinars

Aug 08, 2025
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Missed the Customer Panel? Watch the Webinar On-Demand

Discover how leading manufacturers are using Phase3D’s Fringe Inspection™ to improve additive manufacturing outcomes in this on-demand customer panel webinar. Featuring real-world insights from Elementum 3D, Alloyed, and CCAM, the session explores how in-situ heightmap data is transforming production monitoring, reducing scrap, and ensuring part quality in real-time.

Blog News

Jul 30, 2025
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Fringe Inspection™ Now Available for Renishaw 500Q

Phase3D’s breakthrough in-situ quality assurance solution, Fringe Inspection, is now available for the Renishaw 500Q and other 500-series platforms (500S, 500D, and 500Flex). The new Fringe Inspection 500 Kit delivers high-resolution, layer-by-layer heightmaps for powder bed fusion users seeking to...

Case Studies

Jul 29, 2025
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Combining Thermal and Geometric Monitoring to Improve Aerospace AM Quality

The Challenge An aerospace manufacturer was relying on EOState Exposure OT, an Optical Tomography system that uses a high-resolution near-infrared camera, to monitor melting and exposure on their EOS M290 machine. This system provided detailed thermal maps for each layer...

News

Jul 22, 2025
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Phase3D Named Finalist in ASTRO America’s In- Situ Awareness Challenge

We’re thrilled to announce that Phase3D has been selected as one of five finalists in the ASTRO America In-Situ Awareness Challenge, a national initiative aimed at accelerating the development and adoption of real-time quality control in metal additive manufacturing. This...

Blog

Jul 18, 2025
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Advancing Metal Additive Manufacturing with Fringe Inspection™ by Phase3D

Metal additive manufacturing is transforming how we design and build complex, high-performance parts across industries, including aerospace, medical devices, oil and gas, energy, and so many more. With innovation comes a major challenge: ensuring consistent part quality during a relatively...

Case Studies

Jun 30, 2025
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Correlating Build Anomalies to Defects in Aerospace Additive Manufacturing with Fringe Inspection™

An aerospace manufacturer was experiencing critical build failures due to internal porosity in metal additive manufactured components. These defects were only discovered after printing, via CT scanning, destructive testing, or mechanical qualification, resulting in high scrap rates and significant waste...

News

Jun 24, 2025
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Phase3D Launches Online Store to Streamline Access to Fringe Inspection™ for Additive Manufacturing

Phase3D, a leader in real-time inspection solutions for additive manufacturing, has unveiled a redesigned website and new online store to make it faster and easier for manufacturers to integrate Fringe Inspection™ into their production workflows. As demand grows for scalable,...

Blog News

Jun 17, 2025
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Fringe Inspection™ Installed at HRL Laboratories for Groundbreaking SPARES Project

We’re thrilled to share that Phase3D has joined HRL Laboratories and a coalition of leading institutions on SPARES – a DARPA-funded initiative aimed at advancing structural reliability in metal additive manufacturing. Our team recently visited HRL’s Malibu, California facility to...

Webinars

Jun 13, 2025
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Couldn’t attend the webinar live? You can now watch it on demand!

If you missed Inside Fringe Inspection: Use Cases & Key Features on June 11, no worries – the full recording is now available to stream. In this session, the Phase3D experts share how Fringe Inspection™ is being used in real-world applications...

Case Studies

May 19, 2025
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Ensuring Build Consistency in Serial AM Production with Fringe Inspection™

One of Phase3D’s customers, a serial production manufacturer, faced persistent challenges achieving consistent part quality. Despite maintaining tightly controlled production settings, including the same machine, part geometry, built layouts, print parameters, and build files, part quality varied unpredictably from run...

Case Studies

Apr 21, 2025
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Eliminating the Risks of Visual Image Analysis in Additive Manufacturing with Fringe Inspection™

One of our customers, a leading supplier of critical parts using additive manufacturing (AM), faced a critical challenge in their quality assurance workflow. Previously, one of their quality assurance requirements involved an engineer to manually review every image of each...

News

Apr 08, 2025
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Phase3D Successfully Completes $1.25M Air Force Cold Spray Quality Inspection Product Deployment

Phase3D deploys Fringe Inspection™: ColdSpray for Air Force customer at Ellsworth Air Force Base Phase3D, a leader in advanced 3D measurement technologies, has successfully developed and deployed Fringe Inspection™: Cold Spray, an innovative inspection system that enhances quality control in cold...

Case Studies

Mar 31, 2025
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Solving Powder Dropping Challenges in Aerospace Additive Manufacturing: A Fringe Inspection Success Story

In additive manufacturing, even minor inconsistencies can lead to costly part failures. One aerospace prime in the U.S. faced a frustrating qualification issue with a laser powder bed fusion(L-PBF) component printed on an EOS M270. Despite multiple attempts, parts were...

Webinars

Mar 28, 2025
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Webinar: An Introduction to Phase3D - The Importance of Real In-situ Inspection

If you couldn’t catch our live webinar on March 26, don’t worry—it’s now available to watch on demand! Watch to hear Niall O'Dowd, Founder & CEO, and Andrew Holliday, Applications Manager, from Phase3D as they introduce Fringe Inspection™, a cutting-edge...

News

Mar 05, 2025
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Spotlight on Innovation: Dr. Niall O’Dowd Named Finalist for 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Award

We’re proud to share that Niall O’Dowd, founder and CEO of Phase3D, has been named a Finalist for the 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards – Student/Alumni Innovator of the Year by UC San Diego. In this video feature, you’ll get an...

Blog

Feb 24, 2025
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The Digital Nature of Additive Manufacturing Is a Double-Edged Sword

Additive manufacturing has revolutionized how we think about design, production, and innovation. Born in the late 1980s, AM became a game-changer in industrial applications by the 2000s, 2010s, to today. Yet, the same digital-first approach that gives AM its strength...

News

Jan 28, 2025
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Phase3D Expands into Japanese Market Through Strategic Partnership with TNSC

Phase3D, a leader in in-situ inspection technology for additive manufacturing (AM), is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), expanding the reach of its innovative Fringe Inspection product suite into the Japanese Market. This collaboration...

Blog

Jan 24, 2025
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Ensuring Excellence: The Critical Importance of Validation and Certification in AM Production

As Additive Manufacturing (AM) advances from prototyping to full-scale production, industries like aerospace,automotive, and medical demand rigorous validation and certification processes. Ensuring parts meet the highest quality standards is no longer optional—it’s essential. The Challenge of Certification in AM Unlike...

Case Studies

Nov 14, 2024
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Examining Recoater Damage: How Alloyed is Addressing the Challenge

Phase3D is working with commercial part manufacturer, Alloyed in the UK, to characterize part and build quality and determine how anomalies in a build cause defects in a part using the Fringe in-situ inspection system. One uncovered trend for metal powder bed fusion (PBF) is recoaters often accrue damage early in a build, which aligns with parts, leading to an increase in porosity

News

Oct 24, 2024
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Phase3D Launches Fringe Qualification™ to Revolutionize Real-Time Production Control in Additive Manufacturing

Phase3D, a leader in additive manufacturing (AM) in-situ inspection technology, today unveils Fringe Qualification, a ground breaking addition to their Fringe Inspection product suite that sets a new standard in real-time production-scale quality control for AM.

News

Sep 26, 2024
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The Future of Aviation with Additive Manufacturing Requires In-Situ Inspection

Key leaders in the aviation industry gathered in Wichita, Kansas, for the annual joint Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Additive Manufacturing (AM)Workshop. Hosted by the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), the event attracted attendees from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),suppliers, and other experts from across the aerospace sector.

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