Last week, global engineering technologies company Renishaw (www.renishaw.com/additive) showcased its latest additive-manufacturing (AM) hardware and software at TCT Asia, which was held at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre, China.

The company demonstrated its latest system — the four-laser RenAM 500Q — along with its InfiniAM Spectral and InfiniAM Central software applications, which are used for monitoring and understanding AM build quality and giving users feedback on live and historic builds.

Marc Saunders, director of AM applications at Renishaw, said: “Since the launch of the RenAM 500Q, Renishaw has carried out detailed research into the factors influencing build quality.

This is to ensure that high productivity does not mean compromising on quality; in fact, it can actually increase it.

TCT Asia provided a platform for Renishaw to share its experience in multi-laser AM with customers in Asia, to further the adoption of AM as a serialised manufacturing technique for high-integrity components.”

TCT Asia is now regarded as a leading show for the additive-manufacturing, 3-D printing, design and engineering technology sectors.

Over the last four years, the show has brought together ‘inspirational’ speakers, over 200 exhibitors and more than 10,000 visitors from 20 countries.