全球科学公司和材料生产商DSMrecently presented a digital platform for additive manufacturing atFormnext 2019。作为DSM的《我是明天挑战赛》的一部分，由六个启动合作伙伴开发的数字工作流程，旨在填补筛选，设计和仿真步骤中增材制造价值链的空白，并增加技术的采用。
在过去三个月中，工作流平台的开发与增材制造软件初创企业一起一直在进行Authentise，，，，Additive Flow，，，，ecochain，，，，iPoint，，，，Neural Concept，，，，andNtopology。DSM旨在在不久的将来开发其数字平台的商业可行版本。”在DSM上，我们希望消除采用3D打印的常见障碍。一个数字平台，能够为制造商提供详细且个性化的3D打印工作流程，将消除近年来蔓延到该行业的许多复杂性。”
“By supporting promising start-ups and working closely together with them and our partners, we are strengthening our 3D printing ecosystem and accelerating the adoption of additive manufacturing across the globe.”
Additive manufacturing at DSM
DSM成立于1902年，遍及整个营养，健康和材料，但是该公司在增材制造业中保持着重要的占地面积。以及生产丰富的财富materials for 3D printing，该公司继续在3D打印价值链中与各种公司合作并合作，包括起源，，，，FortifyandAdaptive3D。
DSM has also launched collaborative program designed to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing, known as theTrimax Collective。It offers companies the flexibility to own and invest in 3D printing hardware and materials via a lease scheme, with current members including UK-based industrial 3D printer OEMRPS。
2019年6月，该公司宣布I Am Tomorrow Challenge，，，，an acceleration program for start-ups and scaleups focused on data analytics, AI and other advanced software solutions for large-scale 3D printing. Streamlining the 3D printing process flow is highlighted as a goal of the challenge.
DSM extended an invitation to start-ups across the globe to enroll in the accelerator program.It was launched in collaboration with tech start-up acceleratorhightechxl，，，，Sweden-based global technology companyHexagon，，，，and Netherlands based 3D printer manufacturerUltimaker。
为所有人共同创建AM数字工作流平台
A total of 74 applicants participated in the I AM Tomorrow challenge. The six start-ups mentioned above were selected by DSM from the pool of entrants to develop the digital workflow platform that aims to “translates customers’ needs into manufacturing solutions.”
The specific purpose of the digital platform is to help inform manufacturers about the performance, sustainability, and economic viability of additive manufacturing for their specific applications. To do so, the workflow software will leverage application, material, and processing knowledge to support manufacturers in the pre-printing process, which concerns screening, design, and simulation.Other key features of the workflow platform includes a material center, topology optimization, and 3D printing performance and process simulation.
Each of the start-ups participated in the development of the software by drawing on their specific expertise. Authentise, based in California, develops two key software products: theAdditive Accelerator，，，，a workflow management engine, and3DIAX，，，，a modular platform allowing users to build their own workflow software. London-based Additive Flow creates advanced design and production software for materials and geometry, whereas Ecochain, headquartered in Amsterdam, allows a company to measure its environmental impact and take the most effective measures. German software developer iPoint’s solutions allows firms to digitize their product lifecycles and supply chain relationships to support manage compliance, risk, and sustainability. Swiss start-up Neural Concept provides a 3D deep learning software to enhance engineering and accelerate design processes, and New York-based nTopology develops生成设计软件。
“我明天的挑战是第九启动challenge from DSM, and we have experience nurturing and challenging start-up companies to grow. Through the accelerator program, we get to know the capabilities of the candidates and how they work with other eco-system players, while the start-ups get to know DSM,” explains Pieter Wolters, Managing Director DSM Venturing.
The current iteration of the digital workflow was created with the help ofRoyal HaskoningDHV，，，，a Dutch-based engineering consultancy. The company acted as a lead customer for the six start-ups as they developed the platform. In the coming months, DSM will seek out new partners to include on the development and validation of its digital workflow platform. By focusing on co-creation, DSM aims to provide a digital platform that is tailored to the needs of businesses of varying sizes, in different sectors, and using different manufacturing processes.
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Featured image shows 3D software. Image via DSM/I AM Tomorrow Challenge.
