来自3D印刷行业的领导人赞扬了总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）的AM Forward计划的潜力，以推动该技术的广泛采用。
Launched last week, the initiative is designed to promote 3D printing’s uptake by SMEs as a means of helping better secure their supply chains, and revitalizing the US manufacturing sector. Initial participants include industry heavy-hitters likeGE Aviation，，，，霍尼韦尔，，，，洛克希德·马丁，，，，雷神和Siemens Energy，虽然它的3D打印对焦也吸引了诸如碳。
Carbon CEO首席执行官Ellen Kullman说：“我们处于一个不可否认的拐点 - 将数字制造带入美国企业将是美国经济成功的关键组成部分。”“政府对增强经济的3D印刷的认可是向前迈出的一步，并且证明了数字制造对于应对我们正在进行的供应链挑战及其他方面至关重要。”
“The AM Forward program is further validation of the urgent need to rebuild agile manufacturing capabilities in the US”
拜登（Biden）竞争遏制美国通货膨胀
WithUS inflation at its highest rate in 40 years以及Covid-19和俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵仍在继续破坏全球贸易，该国供应链的脆弱性正被所有人展示。Biden的AM Forward倡议实质上是对这些压力的回应，并试图刺激美国制造商的发电，特别是通过鼓励他们采用3D打印。
Set to be supported by a new Supply Chain Office, which will be established at the US Department of Commerce by the administration’s Bipartisan Innovation Act (if passed), the program has now seen the creation of a pact between manufacturers and smaller suppliers, designed to help the latter embrace 3D printing.
通过AM Forward，该计划的五个初始贡献者中的每个贡献者都已经致力于培训供应商的工作人员，并提供技术帮助，参与标准研发并购买结果零件。尽管GE Aviation表示将尝试从美国中小型企业购买其外包3D印刷零件的30％，但雷神公司将寻求将其与印刷产品报价的50％以上。
For its part, Siemens Energy says that it now aims to purchase 20-40% of externally-sourced 3D printed parts from US partners, with Lockheed Martin and Honeywell also offering to aid research into alternatives to forging and casting, and technical assistance in areas like design, data and machine operation respectively.
由应用科学技术研究组织（Astro），据说该契约是对任何OEM开放的，只要他们愿意公开承诺以支持其供应商采用添加剂制造。
自2022年5月6日揭幕以来，AM前锋吸引了美国3D印刷加速器执行董事John Wilczynski等行业领导者的赞美美国制造。威尔奇恩斯基（Wilczynski）赞扬该倡议是该组织自己促进创新模式的延伸，并鉴于其军事倾向，毫不奇怪，它将为该计划本身的前进做出贡献。
“随着美国继续为加速制造业的加速建立基础，AM Forward计划代表了该研究所的原始愿景的概念证明 - 利用与私营部门的创新一起利用公私合作伙伴关系模型来推动高级高级制造业的前进。” Wilczynski解释说。“我们期待随着计划的发展而努力参与我们的会员资格。”
工业3D打印机制造商首席执行官Ric Fulop桌面金属，还表达了他对该计划的认可。除了强调AM Forward的可访问性目标与自己公司的相似之处外，Fulop还称赞该计划试图帮助释放该技术实现本地化制造的潜力。
“Additive manufacturing has long held the potential to de-risk supply chains and enable new innovations,” adds Fulop. “With manufacturing reshoring already accelerating as a result of the historic supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the AM Forward initiative is a timely and progressive approach to modernizing our nation’s outdated manufacturing infrastructure with cutting-edge technologies that will help ensure that the work stays here for the long-term.”
Presidentially-peddling 3D printing
正式在专业金属开发人员联合性能金属AM Forward Initiative在汉密尔顿的设施只是一系列由总统支持的3D打印计划中的最新一项。总统，巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）不仅推出了成为美国的产品，而且在许多场合都倡导了该技术的采用，尤其是在speech at a Tennessee tech hub opening。
唐纳德·特朗普also spoke about 3D printing as President, but this was usually more in terms of its offensive capabilities than its manufacturing potential. Trump previously said the美国需要更好地利用3D打印，与AI和Cyberwarfare一起，他在印刷枪支的背景下谈论了这项技术。
围绕添加剂制造的炒作有时使它成为了政治足球，并且在整个池塘中也越来越多。在HPevent earlier this year, Labour MPChi Onwurah批评英国政府的“升级”议程，，，，和called for a revamp to the country’s attitude towards adopting advanced technologies such as 3D printing.
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