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• Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D, has closed a $2.9 million funding round. Quest Venture Partners led the raise, with participation from Trinity Capital, Kinisis Ventures, Leroy Street Capital Partners, Asimov Ventures, and others. The round was oversubscribed. Proceeds will fund scaled manufacturing of Fringe Inspection, the company’s structured-light heightmap sensor, along with…
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Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D, has closed a $2.9 million funding round. Quest Venture Partners led the raise, with participation from Trinity Capital, Kinisis Ventures, Leroy Street Capital Partners, Asimov Ventures, and others. The round was oversubscribed.
Proceeds will fund scaled manufacturing of Fringe Inspection, the company’s structured-light heightmap sensor, along with expanded software and data science capabilities.
Fringe Inspection: Layer-by-Layer Data in Powder Bed Fusion
Fringe Inspection uses structured-light metrology to capture surface heightmap data at each layer of a metal powder bed fusion (PBF) build. Mounted directly on the printer, the sensor runs continuously without interrupting the build process. Captured data covers pow