Cincinnati Incorporated’s BAAM named top global innovation at JEC World 2016

Cincinnati Incorporated (CI) and development partners Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Dassault Systèmes have received the top JEC Innovation Award, presented at JEC World 2016 in Paris, for their composite innovations through Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM).

BAAM is an industrial-sized additive machine using design and technology from CI’s laser platform. It is designed to be used for 3-D printing in the quick production of large parts. The machine uses commodity thermoplastic materials and open architecture for material vendors.

The system prints polymer components up to 10 times larger, and at speeds 200 to 500 times faster, than previously existing additive machines, the companies report.