Additive manufacturing at CRIQ and recent initiatives

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1 Canada Makes Additive Manufacturing Forum Additive manufacturing at CRIQ and recent initiatives October 24 th, 2018

2 CRIQ : A Québec government corporation focused on industrial innovation for close to 50 years! Part of Ministère de l Économie, de la Science et de l'innovation (MESI) Our mission : to boost Quebec s manufacturing companies' competitiveness and productivity through innovation About 200 employees, located in Quebec City and Montreal Multidisciplinary team of industry advisers and technical experts serving businesses throughout the province of Québec 56 engineers 7 Ph.D. 27 R&D technicians Numerous collaborative projects with partners Innovation projects executed in most sectors of Québec s economy An impartial and objective approach

3 An average of 3,000 projects every year serving 2,000 clients PRODUCTIVITY Sustainably increasing the productivity of manufacturers COMPETITIVENESS Providing business intelligence and creating added value products EXPORTS Helping manufacturers comply with export regulations and conquer new markets ENVIRONMENT Providing the industry with green technologies and sustainable industrial processes

4 Key technologies, services and expertise Development of factories that are intelligent, eco-efficient, and open to outside markets Metal additive manufacturing Industry 4.0 (audits) Advanced computer vision detection and monitoring Complex automation Standardization Development of green materials and bioproducts Effluent treatments Active ingredient extraction lab Air and odour treatment Development of new markets: identify export possibilities Standards identification for export markets Extensive range of compliance tests

5 Additive manufacturing activities

6 Industrial 3D printing lab Active since late 2014 Lab mission : help Quebec s manufacturing companies to adopt additive manufacturing by providing knowledge and access to a state of the art lab Machine : EOS M290

7 Services offered Feasibility studies Support and knowledge transfer Training Design review and recommandations Topological optimization and FEA Quality control Rapid prototyping Short-series printing Post-processing

8 Available post-processing Bead blasting Thermal treatments Mechanical testing Support structures removal and machining 3D scanning for metrology control

9 Recent developments : additive manufacturing for medical applications

10 Governmental investment in a new lab In June 2016, an partnership was set up between CRIQ and CHUQ, a regroupment of hospitals in the region of Quebec City From this partnership, governmental funding was obtained to set up a new additive manufacturing lab dedicated to the development of new applications of AM in the medical field. The lab is being set up as we speak, and should be completed by the end of the year Targets : Get ISO certification (including design) by summer 2019 Get a Health Canada license for a first product by winter 2020

11 Early focus : Patient-specific orthopaedic implants

12 Why CRIQ for orthopeadic implants? Field where the customisation to a patient is a huge advantage and where direct cost is often secondary as indirect savings can be achieved Shorter sugeries (about 20%, sometimes more), meaning medical personnel being freed up quicker for other tasks Less use of blood banks For the patient, faster recovery and improved comfort/aesthetics Sometimes, no standard solution exists! Few companies have this capability at the moment (regulatory barrier). CRIQ can pave the way for future companies. From our partnership with CHUQ, we are closely connected on the needs of the medical personnel

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14 Printers dedicated to this medical lab Dedicated to titanium SLM 125HL (SLM Solutions) 125x125x125mm Laser melting Q10plus (Arcam) 200x200x180mm Electron beam melting

15 Available post-processing Thermal processing : HIP Controlled atmosphere furnace Finishing : Water-jet blasting Barrel finishing Electropolishing Laser marking Cleaning : Ultrasonic cleaning and passivation unit Washer-disinfector Pouch sealing machine Autoclave

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