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We couldn't be prouder to have our Digital Casting Hardware featured at Castem Technology Laboratories, Inc. HQ for this year's YPP conference in Hiroshima, Japan ???? ???? Huge thanks to our amazing teammates and collaborators at Castem- especially Kazuki, William, and Nobori?and to the Intrepid “away team”- Zion, Jamie, and Rob? So excited to keep innovating together ?? #digitalcasting #castem?#castemtechlabs? #castemjapan? #castemusa?#3dprinting?#investmentcasting?#metalinjectionmolding?

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As our customers navigate the implications of pending tariffs and the acceleration of reshoring manufacturing from China and other countries, they are swiftly enhancing their capabilities with?Intrepid's?innovative solutions. These advancements aim to reduce tooling costs and regain control over their supply chain. At Intrepid Automation, we lead the way in providing highly accurate and automated digital patterns for the Aerospace and Defense, Medical Devices, and various other industries. Let’s connect to discuss how we can create value, lower costs, and automate the future of digital patterns for investment castings. [email protected]

Ever so often you come across someone who has a passion for innovation and a thirst for pushing the boundaries of the status quo. Having been in the metal AM industry for 10 years and in advanced manufacturing technology for over 25 years, I've yet to meet someone as exquisite and talented as Ben Wynne the founder and CEO at Intrepid Automation The road to success as an entrepreneur is never predetermined, nor is it clearly defined. Most would cave under the pressure and succumb to the battery of challenges that come with running a startup. But character and an unwavering ambition to solve an industry's need are the fuel that boil in the veins of those willing to stand tall and move forward. Advanced Digital Casting Solutions for investment castings. I encourage my friends and network to take a moment to view Intrepid Automation's new website. They would love to hear from you. Comment and reshare if you like what you see!

?? Just in time for IMTS - International Manufacturing Technology Show- our new Intrepid Automation site! Check it out >>> www.intrepidautomation.com ?? Our team had the opportunity to work directly with REJOUICE? to bring our vision to life. From the outset, we knew that our mission—to produce cast metal parts dramatically faster and empower manufacturers with scalable, digital production—needed a brand identity as bold and innovative as our technology. REJOUICE delivered beyond our expectations, down to the motion graphics mirroring our own hardware automations?? A big thank you to Ben Wynne, Guillaume Hamon, and of course Ivan Madera for his insights- and for bringing the FUN?? ? I’m immensely proud of the hard work that went into this project.?Here’s to the good future of manufacturing! #advancedmfg #manufacturing #hardware #supplyunchained

In the past several years, we've seen a significant shift in the AM landscape- customers are increasingly seeking scalable solutions where they can own their own production. Vertical integration, or taking production "in house" is one way to control for accuracy of the final product. Accuracy is an absolute necessity. Here's what we're seeing as it applies to castings: ? Consistency: Repeatable accuracy across batches is essential for producing parts at scale. ? Cost Efficiency: Highly accurate patterns reduce scrap rates and minimize the need for secondary machining operations, lowering overall production costs on a variety of fronts. ? Process: Consistent, high-precision patterns enable in-house foundry operations to optimize their own processes, enhancing efficiency and reliability across the production chain. Quote is from William Knudsen, as told in “Freedom’s Forge,” the story of American industrialists’ rapid mobilization to help the Allies win World War II. #foundrytech #investmentcasting #accuracy #digitalcast #digitalcasting #metalcasting

Last year, the US Department of Defense identified casting supply chain challenges as one of the four most pressing threats to national security. The number of U.S. Investment Casting foundries has decreased by 67% since 2000. Most foundries cite skilled labor shortage as a top concern. #DigitalCasting can solve for both of these problems. Here’s how it works: ?? Design: Engineers create or modify a digital model of the needed part, optimizing layout for casting processes ? Print: Advanced 3D printers create highly accurate casting patterns from the digital model ? Cast: Printed patterns (and/or potentially molds + cores) are used in the manufacturer’s existing investment casting process ? Rapid Turnaround: From design file to cast part up to 10x faster- not in months or even years Learn more at https://lnkd.in/evz2EjTW #DigitalManufacturing #InvestmentCasting #LegacyParts #supplyunchained #ownyourproduction #reindustrialize #castings

Are you ready for perfectly made parts? Metal additive manufacturing is not the winning solution you think it is.?It promised to “revolutionize” the production of metal parts and provide a viable path toward re-shoring and removing the strain of over saturated supply-chains The reality is that metal AM has fallen far short for scaling high-mix, low-lot manufacturing, and it would be a mistake for the DoD and others to bet more resources on its potential for rapid scalability. High CapEx costs, sluggish throughput, extensive qualification, and complex post processing simply does not scale. Current global conflicts are driving demand for more product diversity and shorter lead times - metal AM just can't support this. What can meet these demands? The answer lies in using AM to enhance cost-effective, proven production methods like Investment Casting. Digital Casting, which uses 3DP patterns instead of wax 1-of-1s produced with item-specific tooling, is the practical solution that can deliver metal parts at scale. We are witnessing a significant shift among our customers, who are moving away from metal AM and embracing this tool-less, scalable solution. Intrepid Automation is proving it. Digital Casting leverages all of AM’s advantages- complexity and ability to produce infinite complex geometries in a single run - without any of the qualification hurdles, cost burdens, or scalability issues. We do this 10x faster than our competitors with extreme accuracy, amazing surface finish and extreme repeatability on our cutting edge 760mm x 660mm x 560mm DLP production printer. Printed patterns eliminate the need for wax tooling, tool storage, wax material costs, and wax room labor - shaving months, if not years, off of production schedules.?It’s also secure at scale: Intrepid's closed-loop AI monitoring ensures high-quality surface finish and repeatability print-to-print and printer-to-printer. Metal AM was touted as the ultimate solution for production scalability, but it has failed to deliver on its promises. It's becoming increasingly clear that it may not be able to do so. In contrast, Digital Casting is a viable alternative that can deliver on these promises. To learn more, please visit us at?www.intrepidautomation.com