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加性专家就IMT和3D打印的工业化做出了判决

IMTS 2018 set all time records for attendance and exhibit space. At this years event it was evident that additive manufacturing is increasingly finding application within the wider manufacturing universe.

彼得·埃尔曼(Peter R. Eelman), Vice President, VP of organizers AMT describes AM as “one of the most revolutionary technologies ever brought to IMTS” with an “unprecedented degree of collaboration among exhibitors to develop additive manufacturing, automation and connected systems.”

A 3D printing robot by Titan Robotics and Yaskawa at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.
A 3D printing robot by Titan Robotics and Yaskawa at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.

Visitors to last week’s Chicago event were able to see AM in each of the four halls, and a dedicated Additive Manufacturing Pavillon where 51 companies from the 3D printing industry were exhibiting.

我赶上了IMT的一些主要企业,以了解有关IMT趋势,AM如何适应制造业和需要进一步工作的更多信息。

IMTS 2018占领了McCormick Place的所有四栋建筑。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。
IMTS 2018占领了McCormick Place的所有四栋建筑。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。

3D打印行业:您是否看到IMT的任何特定趋势,这些是什么,它们与您的公司有何关系?

伯特兰休闲范德·李, Chief Customer Operations Officer (CCOO) atEOS

在增材制造方面,对3D生产级别打印的与会者非常感兴趣,尤其是在金属印刷级别。我们在展会上启动的EOS M 300系统几乎立即产生了商业兴趣。总体而言,有很多公司和我们自己的客户希望通过其3D打印功能进入新的水平。

我们与演出中当前和潜在客户进行的对话也正在发生变化。随着生产转移到更较短的产品周期,我们与之合作的制造商正在寻找直接的价值来引入更多的机器。我们正在与客户讨论如何通过3D打印来改变整个生产过程。

AurélienMouliets,社区经理,添加。

IMTS 2018看到制造商的兴趣发生了变化。决策者开始意识到工业3D打印不仅仅是“时尚”。它可以留下来,让工业用通常成本的一小部分生产互补的复杂部分。很高兴看到我们不再处于早期采购阶段,而是在武器竞赛开始时,决定谁将归功于竞争对手,这要归功于加性制造。

斯科特·塞维克(Scott Sevcik), VP of Manufacturing Solutions at Stratasys.

显然,行业正在成熟。IMT今年具有更大的添加作用,但与此同时,它更加专注。有十几种添加剂技术,每个技术都合身。我们在IMT上看到的更加关注4或5个添加剂技术,这些技术具有直接影响制造的真正能力。我们看到的是3D打印的中流台的专门关注,而是将RP视为一种制造应用程序,可减少开发时间和成本以及快速的工具和生产应用程序,并以其独特的加法价值展示。

Stratasysdemonstrated carbon fiber 3D printing for Team Penske at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.
Stratasysdemonstrated carbon fiber 3D printing for Team Penske at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.

Trumpf Inc.加法制造业行业经理Franziska Maschowski。

更关注(金属)AM过程的工业化,这是非常令人鼓舞的,因为特朗普已经推动了数年。

Daan A.J.Kersten,添加剂行业的联合创始人兼首席执行官。

我们已经看到越来越多的知情客户询问真正的工业增材制造解决方案。他们缩小了生产力,OEE和其他生产工具指标等主题。这与我们为工业生产设计的集成系统很好地吻合。

3D系统营销高级副总裁道格·沃恩(Doug Vaughan)。

从我的角度来看,最大的趋势是围绕未来的工厂,而破坏性的技术推动了行业4.0的承诺。增材制造业,以及人工智能,高级机器人技术,大数据和其他破坏性技术 - 正在推动制造的数字化转型,您可以看到IMT在IMT中栩栩如生。回顾IMTS 2016,关于愿景和可能性有很多讨论。今年,有这些破坏性技术的实际相关演示。

Xometry应用工程总监Greg Paulsen。

通过我们的对话,我们看到了规格,数量和商店容量的灵活性。制造商必须适应从一次性到生产的不同需求,同时兼顾内部能力。实现这一目标的唯一方法是通过技术,包括诸如Xometry的在线价格和合作伙伴网络解决方案之类的集成市场。我们提供工作而没有繁重的举重,伴侣可以承担最适合其功能的项目。总体而言,我们还继续看到大量寻求制造业的人。这是Xometry业务模型的核心 - 提供快速,高质量且具有成本效益的生产。

玛丽·李(Mary Li),Shining 3D的主管工业产品线。

从今年的2018年IMTS开始,我们可以看到,增材制造正在逐渐将其从原型化转向直接生产。虽然高财产性能,高速和生产能力是AM的明显趋势特征,但在不同的应用和行业(例如航空航天,汽车,鞋子,医疗,成型等)中已广泛采用,以确保成功开发AM,它需要在硬件,材料和软件公司之间进行更紧密的合作。

The 3D printed autonomous vehicle Olli at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.
The 3D printed autonomous vehicle Olli at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.

3D打印行业:您对IMTS 2018上添加剂制造方式的看法有何看法,自2016年上一次演出以来,这种情况发生了什么变化?

EOS的首席客户运营官(CCOO)Bertrand Humel van der Lee。

Companies now understand that additive manufacturing is imperative for their business to remain successful and competitive. It is not about the technology in general, but about specific applications and solutions.

At IMTS this year, there was an emphasis on more practical applications of 3D printing rather than in years prior where there was a lot of hype. It’s not just taken more seriously; manufacturers are seeing the need to up their investments in additive manufacturing, both from a technology and knowledge perspective.

This year the additive manufacturing area of IMTS attracted more interest than ever. This is testament to the momentum additive manufacturing technology is gaining, as well as a change in mindset from key decision makers. The questions we receive are now less about the technology itself, but rather how best to approach 3D printing for specific applications.

The EOS portfolio for production. Photo by Michael Petch.
The EOS portfolio for production. Photo by Michael Petch.

AurélienMouliets,社区经理,添加

IMTS 2018 and 2016 were very different. Back in 2016, Additive Manufacturing seemed by many like an attempt to use a hobby tool to produce parts at an industrial level. Now visitors realise that this is not only possible, but worth an investment. Perhaps seeing a corporation like Michelin producing over a million complex lamellae and market-decisive moulds thanks to AddUp’s production systems has opened eyes on the usability of this technology.

斯科特·塞维克(Scott Sevcik), VP of Manufacturing Solutions at Stratasys.

It’s incredible to see how the show has evolved over the past several years. Only a few of shows ago, additive was a blip on the radar. Two years ago, was a bit of a coming out party. We were showing demonstrators, new capabilities, and new directions for the industry.

This year, Additive had a significant presence in a main hall, and I believe the industry showed a new level of maturity. While there were a few distant, directional announcements, they were much fewer. Instead of talking about what could be, we were showing what is. This was certainly our focus at Stratasys.

我们强调了来自实际客户的真实应用程序,他们日常使用增材,以更快地移动,更灵活并攻击新的商业模式。

Daan A.J.Kersten,添加剂行业的联合创始人兼首席执行官

Additive manufacturing has grown and was besides the AM pavilion more distributed across the various machine tool halls.

加性行业首席执行官Daan Kersten。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。
加性行业首席执行官Daan Kersten。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。

3D系统营销高级副总裁道格·沃恩(Doug Vaughan)

2018年添加剂Manufacturi会下降ng found a true home at IMTS. The presence of Additive was night and day from 2 years ago – not only was the Additive area 2-3X larger than 2016, but the foot traffic and interest level was even higher.

您还开始在整个演出中看到其他凉亭和摊位中存在的添加剂技术。话虽如此,添加剂仍然是整个演出的相对较小的一部分,因此我期待在IMTS 2020年的增材中更大。

Xometry应用工程总监Greg Paulsen

每年,我们都会看到添加剂制造在定制的,专用的制造业中发挥更多的作用。原型制作的力量将始终是3D打印的强度,但是随着新技术的出现,对于传统的生产市场,例如压铸和金属注入模具,它具有重大吸引力。

玛丽·李(Mary Li),Shining 3D的主管工业产品线

随着IMTS 2018中越来越多的金属3D打印制造商出现,添加剂制造的目的是指导生产零件属性的高需求。

3D印刷行业:您认为,如果该技术成为真正的工业流程,那么AM的主要挑战是什么?

EOS的首席客户运营官(CCOO)Bertrand Humel van der Lee。

The seamless integration of 3D printing into existing production environments, the combination of industrial 3D printing with conventional production technologies, and the continuous optimisation of part and data flow are also elementary requirements.

这是关于传统技术和添加剂技术的数字互连性,以进一步优化制造零件和应用的质量和成本。考虑到这一点,工业3D打印解决方案的用户和技术提供商都集中在质量控制,可扩展性,自动化,软件集成,安全性,当然还有总拥有成本等主题上。

But the availability of the right technical equipment, the necessary interfaces and the automation part flow are not the only factors of success. The development of know-how and experience within a company is equally important as to leverage the full potential of industrial 3D printing.

EOS为Wilson制造的3D打印的钛高尔夫驾驶员负责人。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。
EOS为Wilson制造的3D打印的钛高尔夫驾驶员负责人。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。

AurélienMouliets,社区经理,添加

AM is already a true industrial process for AddUp. The main challenge to overcome is the anxiety in shifting from well-known, centuries-long industrial processes to a new technology and equipment used for a few decades only. Evangelising the 3D printing technology as a whole is still very important. That is why we are working on producing educational content through AddUp Academy to help companies in their transformation.添加学院的培训可在线获得

斯科特·塞维克(Scott Sevcik), VP of Manufacturing Solutions at Stratasys.

Confidence in the technology is key. For traditional technologies, you can just grab a handbook and look up a design value. Not being able to trust Additive technology to be highly repeatable is a key barrier to adoption in production processes. That’s been our focus with the F900, and it’s paying off.

最近,关于添加金属的所有讨论都引起了很多兴趣,但是客户很快意识到,高度可重复,可认证的金属流程正在出现,并且仍然有很多问号。

那些通过金属谈论吸引的那些客户现在正在找到我们30年的FDM成熟度所能做到的。我们实现的可重复性提高水平是如此明显,以至于我们能够采用复合材料式的表征过程,现在有了SAE规格即将发布。那是关键。

The establishment of specs and standards is a clear sign of where we have reached maturity and industrialization of Additive.

A Stratasys Robotic Composite radome at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.
A Stratasys Robotic Composite radome at IMTS 2018. Photo by Michael Petch.

Trumpf Inc.加法制造业行业经理Franziska Maschowski。

该行业必须推动不同技术的标准发展,以使AM在生产过程中更加接受。

Important to increase the productivity along the entire AM process chain. The focus shouldn’t be on the machines alone but also on pre- and post-processing steps. [The industry needs to ] promote digitization / connectivity of machines and systems

Daan A.J.Kersten,添加剂行业的联合创始人兼首席执行官

我们应该遵循一种更具结构化的方法来设计AM和实际生产,并通过原型制作停止即兴创作。

3D系统营销高级副总裁道格·沃恩(Doug Vaughan)

主要挑战是意识和培训。作为一项技术的增材正处于早期采用阶段,将需要提高市场意识和培训,以增加采用和部署为真正的工业过程。在过去的两年中,该行业取得了巨大的进步,但是要加快我们所有人都看到的增长和承诺,还有很多工作要做。

Making production real with the 3D Systems figure 4. Photo by Michael Petch.
Making production real with the 3D Systems figure 4. Photo by Michael Petch.

Xometry应用工程总监Greg Paulsen

Material availability, surface finish, production scalability, and accuracy are always the main drivers of when to choose traditional processes over additive. Although some technologies do better at bridging the gap, we still see a large number of subtractive components in most assemblies that have additive parts. Xometry demonstrated this with showcased fixturing used on the BMW assembly line, where most conformal end-effectors were additive, but many of the high-wear components require machining or casting.

Oscar Meza全球销售副总裁Shining 3D

缺乏对制造业工作流程和过程的了解。AM行业中的大多数参与者在实际制造方面没有经验,而是快速推广和概念化。在实际制造环境中,在推动添加剂制造过程中使用CAD和3D扫描的使用也缺乏了解和理解。所有AM公司都假设用户已经拥有要打印的CAD模型,但没有提供生成新的CAD模型,修改或反向工程模型进行生产的可能性。

IMTS 2018的进一步见解

蒂姆·罗斯(Tim Rose),业务发展和营销副总裁,识别3D

自IMTS ’16以来,克服了工业添加剂机器的成本和效率的挑战取得了长足的进步,但我认为,由于认证,标准化和网络安全性,全面采用AM技术的持续阻力。但是,IMTS ’18确实提供了解决方案,以应对整个数字供应链中的过程一致性,可追溯性和数据安全的挑战,这将使AM持续进步并随后采用AM进行全面生产制造。

AurélienMouliets,社区经理,添加

我们很高兴看到与2016年展会相比,美国公司现在涉及业务案例,项目和复杂的问题。此外,美国公司肯定正在考虑将3D打印作为一种真正的工业工具,并具有完整的生产线,作为增材制造和减法制造,相互补充。

他说,闭幕词是AMT的彼得·R·埃尔曼(Peter R.“四年前,当我们在展厅生产Strati车辆时,大规模AM是一种新颖性。在IMTS 2018上,AM技术是用于生产入口大厅影响单元的制造过程的一部分。”

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来自IMTS 2018 East Hall的密歇根湖的景色。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。
来自IMTS 2018 East Hall的密歇根湖的景色。迈克尔·皮奇(Michael Petch)的照片。

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