Industrial manufacturing firmSiemens今天，在Tuas的新加坡西部开设了其高级制造转型中心（AMTC），这是一个一站式高级制造生态系统，促进了向3D打印和工业4.0的过渡。
Deemed a first-of-its-kind competence center, the 800 square metre AMTC is composed of three elements; a Digital Enterprise Experience Centre (DEX), Additive Manufacturing Experience Center (AMEC), and Rental Labs.
Siemens AMTC Amtc Asia特异性副总裁Benjamin Moey说：“ AMTC的设置旨在弥合原型制造和工业生产添加剂制造业之间的差距，以支持和指导我们的公司进行数字化转型的旅程。”“ AMTC的愿景是庆祝主要合作伙伴的生态系统中的提前技术，简化，数字化和协作的采用。”
The AMTC
Providing manufacturing design consulting, the DEX aspect of the AMTC showcases digital enterprise solutions which allow companies to envisage their advance manufacturing plants with the creation of a digital ‘twin’. Through this, firms can simulate, optimize, and evaluate potential manufacturing operations before construction takes place.
“We design the product virtually, test it virtually, and then when the mechanics are optimized we then bring it into the real world and print it in a 3D printing environment,” explained Raymond Klein, head ofDigital Industries ASEAN Siemens。“We can take the digital twin and simulate, for example, an overhauled complete production line to be upgraded to enable 3D printing. We can assess the productive output optimization and so on, and with this, we enforce the real-world to follow because we have the tender specification already created in the virtual world.”
西门子新的AMTC的第二个要素是AMEC，在这里，公司可以在AMTC的技术合作伙伴的生态系统支持下，在该公司实行动手接触端到端增材生产线。据克莱因（Klein）称，这带来了添加剂制造研发以及使公司在现场添加剂制造专家的支持下进行原型化的商业化。
Thirdly, the Rental Labs aspect of the AMTC provides affordable access to high-end industrial design software and 3D printers, as well as post-processing equipment, for companies interested in low-volume 3D printing for prototyping and testing, before deciding to invest in their own additive manufacturing production lines.
“Where the return on investment is not given to invest in a huge production line, and as long as our partners have spare parts or our customers come here and design the parts, these companies can rent time on the 3D printer and print their products during the night, aided by our employees here in the center,” Klein said.
与西门子同样共享环境的AMTC的创始伙伴包括新加坡科学，技术与研究机构（一个明星），EOS,乔治·菲舍尔（+gf+），hp,Singapore Polytechnic,Technical University of Munich, andUltimaker, among others.
“Each partner brings a critical part to the ecosystem providing a niche expertise along this line,” added Moey. “From research academic institutions providing R&D and training capabilities to advance manufacturing providers such as industrial 3D printers and post-processing equipment, to certification bodies. Together we form this truly unique platform for companies and their staff to learn, understand, and adopt additive manufacturing technologies, with the support of our community of experts.”
Congratulations to our@siemensindustryteam in Singapore on the opening of the new Advance Manufacturing Transformation Center! It will enable@SiemensSEA为专业知识带来专业知识#automation&#digitalizationof factories to the ASEAN region.https://t.co/6ofP8QIywxpic.twitter.com/kik6osmvro
— Klaus Helmrich (@KlausHelmrich)September 10, 2020
Above – Klaus Helmrich, member of the managing board of Siemens AG and Digital Industries CEO, congratulates the Siemens team on the launch of the AMTC center.
新加坡增材制造业
自2011年以来，新加坡已投资了超过2亿美元的新加坡资金来支持添加剂制造业的研究和生态系统开发。全国的National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster（NAMIC）已成长为推动行业采用和商业化高级技术的关键推动力。
Back in 2018, NAMICbecame a strategic partnerof global standards leaderASTM International’Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence。今年，纳米，新加坡海事和港口管理局(MPA), andSingapore Ship Association(SSA) announced Phase 2 of their联合行业计划（JIP）to implement additive manufacturing in the marine industry.
A few months prior,HP,南南技术大学(NTU Singapore), and the新加坡国家研究基金会(NRF) officially opened theHP-NTU数字制造公司实验室使用3D打印技术。
Most recently, energy giant皇家荷兰人announced a four-year pilot project at its Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore to also审判“数字双胞胎”技术, expected to be fully implemented in 2024.
Adapting to Industry 4.0 and advanced technologies
During the virtual launch event for the center, a panel of speakers discussed the wider applications of, and forecasts for, the adoption of 3D printing technologies and Industry 4.0 both in the ASEAN market and further afield.
German multinational engineering groupThyssenkrupphas predicted that by 2025 the ASEAN additive manufacturing industry willgenerate an incremental value of $100 billion。
Panelist Terrence Oh, senior vice president of EOS, also believes there will be a ‘tremendous growth’ of additive manufacturing in the ASEAN region, and predicted a bright future ahead for Southeast Asia in this field.
“If I look across Asia, the industries that are adopting this are mainly led by the aerospace and defense industry, as well as the medical and healthcare industry,” he said. “In the next tier down, the energy and automotive sectors have also started using the technology for manufacturing. With these industries leading the way, many others will follow suit.”
Moey赞同他,也说明Covid-19 pandemichad accelerated the need for digitalization for these industries: “Beyond trying to get supply chains reactivated, companies need to be self-sufficient and able to manufacture their own parts in-house,” he said. “The Covid pandemic has shown the resilience of how we have learned to innovate, and has brought to the fore the need for automation, digitalization, and the Internet of Things to bring us closer to being self-sufficient.”
小组成员还讨论了预测的依赖性robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI)在未来几年,已婚,有建设a mass of critical experts to maintain and develop this aspect of digitalization.可持续性和环境积极性additive manufacturing technologies provide are also expected to become key driving forces in adopting advanced technologies.
开门营业
AMTC正式开放，被认为是一个“开放的地方”，基于将创始合作伙伴公司的知识倍增并将其传递给其客户和访客到该中心。该中心不仅将充当制造公司的平台，而且还将作为西门子和其他合作伙伴可以与机器建设者合作的地方，以帮助增强和发展他们的能力，包括来自海外和新加坡。创建中心的核心是进一步建立新加坡作为东盟和全球市场中高级制造的枢纽。
“Our diverse manufacturing base represents sophisticated demand for advance manufacturing technologies in sectors such as electronics, healthcare, and biopharmaceuticals, which are doing well in the current pandemic,” said Lim Kok Kiang, executive vice president of theSingapore Economic Development Board。“I also believe for other industries that this will increasingly become an important element as the industries start the journey towards digitalization. The AMTC investment by Siemens is, therefore, a very timely investment and reflects the company’s confidence in the long-term prospects of ASEAN and Singapore’s location.”
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Featured image shows Lim Kok Kiang, executive vice president of the Singapore Economic Development Board, (centre-left) and Raymond Klein, head of Digital Industries ASEAN Siemens, declare the AMTC officially open. Image via Siemens virtual launch.
