金属3D打印服务局Rosswag工程has beta-launched what is believed to be the world’s first marketplace for trading laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process parameters.
TheAddimap项目was started in partnership with software firmnucos早在2020年。目标是创建一个集中式的B2B平台，在该平台中，添加剂制造企业可以共享与金属3D打印有关的材料，参数，数据和服务，所有这些都是为了加速技术的工业化。
合作伙伴现在正在为联合Addimap平台的第一个服务进行Beta测试，用户可以在其中购买和出售LPBF 3D打印机的经过尝试和测试的材料数据和过程参数集。
Streamlining process parameter development
Rosswag总部位于德国，拥有3D印刷产品和服务的广泛投资组合，包括金属粉，高性能组件和材料和参数资格服务。Since its inception, the firm has 3D printed more than 60,000 metal parts and qualified more than 40 PBF materials for clients.
利用其专业知识，该公司开发了市场，以确保更多的市场参与者以更容易访问的方式利用过程参数优化的好处。
Validating the productivity of a specific parameter set in-house can be a very tedious and costly process, especially when it comes to smaller enterprises. It’s not uncommon for companies to spend weeks and months developing and carrying out their own series of tests and analyses. According to Rosswag, the associated R&D costs can also exceed €10,000 in some cases.
With the AddiMap marketplace, the idea is to completely revamp the process parameter development workflow. Instead of setting up in-house studies, users simply search, buy, and download the parameter sets they need in a matter of minutes at much lower costs. The two-step process involves defining the material by chemical composition or material number, and specifying the LPBF system that will be used. AddiMap will then search its database for a matching parameter set.
罗斯瓦格（Rosswag）指出，除了节省成本和时间之外，客户还可以期望在生产率方面取得重大提高。购买的参数集将由具有更好的研发功能和更高专业知识的公司开发，与通用开箱即用的参数集相比，可靠地允许更高的构建率。
Towards additive manufacturing industrialization
On the other side of the coin, the marketplace also provides an additional revenue stream for data providing companies with a focus on R&D. Rather than sitting on an otherwise unused dataset, they can capitalize on their work and recoup R&D costs through AddiMap sales.
最终，Addimap是站在巨人肩上的地方，这意味着公司可能不再需要解决以前已经解决过很多次问题的地方。这使增材制造新移民可以更明智地花费他们的资源，专注于新颖的应用程序，并将3D打印推向更大的工业化。
This theme of industrialization is a common thread throughout the sector as a whole. Just last month, automotive firmBMWannounced the success of itsIndustrialisation and Digitalisation of Additive Manufacturing (IDAM) project。该倡议于三年前推出，已在波恩和慕尼黑建立了两条汽车3D打印生产线。为了自动化的高体积生产而建造，这些站点现在能够每年制造约50,000个零件。
在其他地方，软件开发人员Materialise最近宣布了新的CO-AM open software platform，一种预期加速工业化的综合3D打印过程管理工具。基于云的程序旨在用于大量制造商，并授予使用各种软件工具来计划，管理和优化工业3D打印工作流程。
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Featured image shows an SLM 280 3D printer at a Rosswag facility. Photo via Rosswag Engineering.
