PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cambridge, UK – May 17, 2016
GRANTA AND SENVOL TEAM UP ON SELECTION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES AND MATERIALS
New solution to be previewed at RAPID 3D event and demonstrated in web seminar
Granta Design and Senvol today announced that the Senvol Database™, the first and most comprehensive
database of Additive Manufacturing (AM) materials and machines, will be available within Granta’s industryleading materials software, GRANTA MI™ and CES Selector™. As a result, development teams will be better
able to find valuable AM data and to identify the best machines and materials for their projects. This new
combined solution is being previewed at this week’s RAPID 3D Manufacturing Event in Orlando, FL, (Granta
is at Booth 637, Senvol is at Booth 775) and will be demonstrated at a web seminar on May 31 – details at
www.grantadesign.com/events.
There are now hundreds of industrial AM machines and compatible materials. New products are coming to
market weekly. In this fast-evolving landscape, picking the best options for a manufacturing or research project
is a tough call, and a wrong direction can be costly. The Senvol Database™ provides details of over 550
machines and over 700 materials. Within the Granta software, users can search and compare materials based
on properties, type, or compatible machines. They can identify and compare AM machines based on supported
processes, manufacturer, required part size, cost, or compatible materials (and their properties). It’s now easier
to find new ideas when researching AM options and to focus in on the most productive routes for a project.
GRANTA MI™ enables companies to create a single, easily-accessible ‘gold source’ for all corporate materials
data—both proprietary intellectual property (IP) and data from trusted reference sources. The GRANTA
MI:Additive Manufacturing package provides best practice data structures and tools to manage AM data,
capturing valuable IP for re-use, avoiding wasted effort, and building the knowledge base required to
understand and improve AM processes. Integration within this system makes the Senvol Database™ instantly
accessible and searchable for scientists and engineers through the same web browser interface that they use
for routine access to their proprietary AM data and their company’s wider materials and process information.
CES Selector™ software is an easy-to-use PC tool for plotting, comparison, and materials selection using
materials data. Now its powerful charting tools can analyze and present data from the Senvol Database™—
for example, quickly generating a plot to compare the properties of all Ti-6Al-4V materials that are compatible
with a specific machine. CES Selector systematic selection features can filter machine and material options
based on their properties and help the user to assess trade-offs in order to identify candidate machines and
materials for a particular application.
Within both Granta products, the Senvol Database™ becomes part of a comprehensive, integrated library of
materials data covering metals, composites, plastics, ceramics and more.
“We’re pleased to be working with Senvol to further extend Granta’s solution for Additive Manufacturing,” said
Dr Patrick Coulter, Chief Operating Officer at Granta Design. “The Senvol Database provides us with the best
available Additive Manufacturing reference information, which both adds to our solution in this area and
reinforces Granta’s strategy to provide the best single source of materials data across the broad range of
engineering applications.”
Senvol President Zach Simkin added: “We’re extremely excited to announce this partnership with Granta.
Granta is one of the clear leaders in materials information technology, and through their platform, for the first
time ever engineers will have the ability to compare additive manufacturing data against conventional
manufacturing data.”
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Image 1: Granta Design Logo
Image 2: Senvol Logo
Image 3: Plotting property data for AM materials from
the Senvol Database™ using the CES Selector™
software helps to understand materials options and
focus on the best choice.
(See image download link below).
ABOUT SENVOL
Senvol is the industry leader in data for Additive Manufacturing. The data is provided through various products,
such as the Senvol Database, Senvol API, and Senvol Indexes. Senvol’s AM data products are used by a
variety of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in industries such as aerospace, oil & gas,
consumer products, and automotive. Senvol is a Gold Member of America Makes, and also serves as a
member on both the ASTM International F42 Committee on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and the SAE
AMS AM Additive Manufacturing Committee. For more information about Senvol, visit www.senvol.com.
ABOUT GRANTA DESIGN LTD
Granta are the materials information technology experts. The company develops market leading software for
managing materials and process information in engineering enterprises, and a series of tools for applying that
data to key materials and product design decisions. Granta serves sectors as diverse as aerospace, defense,
energy, medical devices, automotive, motorsports, manufacture of consumer and industrial equipment,
materials production, and publishing. Customers realize multi-million dollar benefits in reduced cost, enhanced
product performance, improved quality, and faster design turnaround. Granta was founded in 1994 as a spinout
from the University of Cambridge and the work of Professors Mike Ashby and David Cebon. For further
information go on line to www.grantadesign.com.
Follow @GrantaDesign on Twitter.
IMAGE DOWNLOADS AND FURTHER INFORMATION
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For media info and to download supporting images: www.grantadesign.com/news/media.htm
Product information: http://www.grantadesign.com/solutions/am/
Granta events (including related webinar): www.grantadesign.com/events/
MEDIA CONTACT:
John Downing, Technical Communications Specialist
Granta Design Limited, UK +44-1223-518895, USA +1-800-241-1546, john.downing@grantadesign.com
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