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3D INDUSTRY NEWS
Registration Open for RAPID + TCT 2022
Registration has opened for RAPID + TCT 2022, May 17-19 at Huntington Place in Detroit, MI, with the event offer- ing both live and digital components.
The largest 3D printing event in North America offers discounts for past atten- dees, including a free exhibit-floor pass. An all-access pass includes all confer- ence sessions, workshops and a compli- mentary One-Year SME Professional Membership.
For more information or to register, visit www.rapid3devent.com.
ABB Turbocharging Chooses Additive Industries AM Platform for On-Demand Spare Parts
ABB Turbocharging has chosen to invest in the MetalFab1 additive manu- facturing (AM) platform from Additive Industries for on-demand production of spare parts. By replacing casting with industrial 3D printing, the company expects to reduce lead time for these parts by weeks.
ABB Turbocharging currently pro- duces cast spare parts in demand for its 500-kW to 80-plus-MW turbochargers used in diesel and gas engines. The company and Additive Industries are jointly optimizing the integrated process to replace casting and
move part fabrication
to the digital space,
according to Additive
Industries officials.
ABB Turbocharging has 200,000 tur- bochargers in its installed base for use in marine-engine and emergency-power- generation applica- tions. To secure avail- ability for the thousands of different turbocharger spare- part designs, with cast-
ing lead times up to nine weeks, a large number of spare parts must be carried in inventory. With the MetalFAB1 platform, the spare parts manufacturing lead times can be reduced to a week, enabling spare-parts inventory levels to be reduced by a significant amount.
“ABB Turbocharging is committed to drive progress in the domain of digital spare-part manufacturing, very relevant in a time where shortening the lead times and limiting logistical movements around the world is key,” says Ian Howe, CEO of Additive Industries.
Workflow Tools: Authentise Acquires Elements
Authentise, provider of workflow tools for AM, announced the acquisition of Elements Technology Platform, which also offers workflow tools for manufac- turing. As part of the transaction, Ele- ments’ team will join Authentise.
The combination of the two compa- nies, according to Authentise officials, brings together tools and technologies for workflow management, real-time machine-data insight, artificial intelli- gence, radio-frequency identification and more, on an open, data-driven plat- form for the manufacturing supply chain.
The partnership, officials continue, enables discrete manufacturers to access connected workflow-management solu-
tions used by AM companies to manage their lot-size-one (a small quantity of goods ordered for delivery on a specific date or manufactured in a single produc- tion run) operations efficiently, flexibly and transparently.
“Elements is the perfect addition to the Authentise portfolio,” says Andre Wegner, Authentise chief executive offi- cer. “Elements provides customers with a unique self-serve tool for all types of manufacturing operations, to quickly cre- ate, capture and access repeatable shop-floor processes. Delivering intelli- gent production planning and schedul- ing, and real-time views of production, customers can track orders like they’re paying for coffee. These exciting servic- es will become a key part of the com- bined Authentise portfolio.”
Webinar Explores Integration of Metal AM Into Overall Production Workflow
A newly recorded on-demand webi- nar from 3D Systems, Dramatically Increase Productivity of Your Automotive Injection Molding, expands on the idea that the cost-effective integration of metal AM is about more than the AM system chosen, and upward of 70 per- cent of part cost is impacted by the effi- ciency of the complete production work-
flow. In this webinar, application experts from 3D Systems and GF Machining Solutions share collaboration results that pro- vide examples of workflows that minimize cost per part while maximizing quality, according to company officials.
Tune in to learn:
• That metal AM is not an isolated technology and needs to be brought into a workflow
• How individual workflow steps like part design, part preparation, inspection, machin- ing and cutting can be brought into an efficient workflow
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