全球铁路和运输制造商Wabtechas secured 11,000 square feet of space in Neighborhood 91, which is a printing hub based in Pittsburgh Airport’s Innovation Campus. The Neighborhood is reportedly the world’s first development to connect all components of the additive manufacturing supply chain into one ecosystem. In the new facility, Wabtec will use 3D printing to produce lightweight parts for transit customers and reduce lead times by up to 80%.
Wabtec首席技术官Eric Gebhardt表示：“添加剂技术是我们的关键领域，为我们提供了新的功能来推动传统制造业无法使用的创新。该协议继续我们对资源的投资，使我们的工程师能够为我们服务的行业设计新的复杂产品。”
“作为世界上第一个将添加剂制造供应链的所有要素连接到单个位置的发展，社区91是充分实现这项技术潜力的理想位置。”
社区91向Wabtec打开大门
Wabtec will use Neighborhood 91 as a manufacturing facility to produce aluminium transit components such as brake parts and heat sinks for freight locomotives.
Wabtec已经开始的施工过程acility, which is expected to be completed by Spring 2021. The company will be able to ship parts immediately from the airport to any location in the world within 24 hours, which will cut transportation costs and improve the speed of the supply chain.
其开发的核心，社区91围绕共享人造工具及其内部端到端的生态系统提供各种资源，从粉末，零件和后期制作过程到普通的粉末存储设施。该社区的生态系统还将为租户及其客户从按需印刷中节省的成本节省，以及最小化的运输成本和机场通道。
阿勒格尼县高管里奇·菲茨杰拉德（Rich Fitzgerald）说：“ Wabtec对社区91的承诺是我们地区甚至在大流行中继续前进的最新例子。”“瓦布特克（Wabtec）一家财富500强公司，决定为下一个制造工厂选择社区91，这是开发和匹兹堡国际机场的重要一步。”
Wabtec已在附近91号附近获得11,000平方英尺的范围，并将生产铝制运输组件，例如制动零件和货运散热器，用于货运机车。通过Wabtec的照片。
到目前为止，我们对邻居的了解
社区91wasinitially launched in 2019匹兹堡国际机场和University of Pittsburgh。该社区成立为匹兹堡机场创新校园的一部分，并建于机场航站楼和跑道附近。校园旨在将添加剂制造供应链的所有部分与交货时间和交付的好处联系起来。
Pittsburgh is a historical manufacturing hub for America and became reputed as the ‘Steel City.’ In addition to Steel, the city has expertise in aluminium, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum and electronics production. Currently, Pittsburgh is working towards establishing the Pittsburgh International Airport as the ‘home’ for additive manufacturing through Neighborhood 91.
In 2020巴恩斯集团顾问(TBGA) released astudy,列出Neighborhoo的经济效益d 91 could have for Pittsburgh International Airport. For example, reducing energy consumption, a simplified supply chain, competitive production cost and development in the workforce. The design of the campus housed a complete-end-to-endadditive manufacturing ecosystemand featured necessary components that make up the 3D printing supply chain.
匹兹堡国际机场首席执行官克里斯蒂娜·卡索斯（Christina Cassotis）表示：“作为机场的一部分愿景是推进该地区的角色。”“邻里91是为Wabtec等行业领导者设计的，以推动为客户使用添加剂技术的应用。通过凝结供应链，该校园将加速在制造空间中采用添加剂。”
3D打印中的端到端制造
Over the years, several additive manufacturing hubs have been developed to create end-to-end products. In September 2020 industrial manufacturing firmSiemensopened up itsAdvance Manufacturing Transformation Center(AMTC) in Singapore. The center is a one-stop advanced manufacturing ecosystem facilitating the transition into 3D printing and Industry 4.0. Deemed to be the first competence center of its kind, the 800 square metres AMTC is made up of a Digital Enterprise Experience Centre (DEX), Additive Manufacturing Experience Center (AMEC), and Rental Labs.
Elsewhere, California has seen an addition of anAdvanced Manufacturing Laboratory(AML), fromLawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL) which intends toenhance research using additive manufacturingequipment. Meanwhile, this year the贾比尔3D打印卓越中心established itself for end-to-end scaled production of medical services in the healthcare and dental sector.
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Feature image shows construction underway at the Neighborhood 91 site.
