WAAM3D, a company based in Milton Keynes (UK) and founded by a research team from
Cranfield University, has sold a RoboWAAM Advanced to
Aichi Sangyo Co Ltd, a ‘leading Japanese industrial solutions provider for metal processing industries’. This is the 16th wire-arc additive manufacturing (AM) system sold by WAAM3D since 2020, and the company has now supplied to eight countries globally.
Filomeno Martina, WAAM3D’s CEO and co-founder, said: “We have been developing this relationship with Aichi Sangyo for many years now. As we look towards Japan as a country with great potential across industries of key interest to WAAM3D, we take our partnership one step further, extending our global reach, and creating capacity locally.”
Hirotaka Inoue, Aichi Sangyo’s president, said: “We are committed to continuing technology and process development. Recently, counter measures against labour shortages, improvements in production efficiency, and the reduction of environmental footprint are increasingly important issues in the Japanese market. With Cranfield University and WAAM3D, we have been deepening our alliance over the years, and I believe that now is the right time to introduce RoboWAAM to Japan.”
WAAM3D already has a presence in Southeast Asia via
Addept3D — a joint-venture company established between WAAM3D and Accuron Technologies Ltd. Addept3D is promoting the WAAM process via marketing, business development, consultancy, partner development and technical services in the region. Addept3D can also make end-use parts and is collaborating with research institutes and customers for R&D projects.