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Adding value with?additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing is the industrial version of 3D-printing that utilizes a large and growing range of manufacturing materials from polymers to metals. It is turning traditional manufacturing economics upside down and has moved beyond cost-effective prototyping to supplement traditional manufacturing techniques, providing significant transformation potential.
Additive manufacturing advantages include:
- Design freedom with generative design
- Fabrication of low volume and/or complex products
- Supply chain compression through part consolidation
- Localized?manufacturing
Additive manufacturing is continuing to improve, and as the range of printable industrial materials expands the benefits to business will continue to increase.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EXECUTIVE BITE
Additive?manufacturing capability starts here
Additive manufacturing is changing the game for manufacturers. Fresh thinking is needed to evaluate the costs and benefits of additive compared to traditional manufacturing techniques because the tradeoffs and optimal applications are completely different.
Additive manufacturing is:
- Benefitting traditional manufacturers in many industries
- Lowering the barriers to entry for new competitors
- Increasing in capability
- Reducing in cost
- A core capability for manufacturing success
A 2016 PWC report shows that more than half of U.S. manufacturers are using additive manufacturing for prototyping and/or production, so those manufacturers not yet using it should be aware that additive is likely being used by competitors.
CIMdata ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: MAKING IT REAL EBOOK
Assessing the business value of additive manufacturing
Manufacturers are operating in the most dynamic and competitive environment in history. Additive manufacturing is a key tool in creating differentiation and competitive advantage to help manufacturers thrive in the future of making things.
Every business needs to be able to evaluate and assess the costs and benefits of implementing new technology, including additive manufacturing.
A simple framework can help evaluate the costs of adopting additive manufacturing, but also assess the true benefits of using it in any business:
- Value add for the
- Design process
- Consumer
- Business
- Cost of implementation
Additive manufacturing is continuing to improve, and as the range of printable industrial materials expands the benefits to business will continue to increase.
ASSESSING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EBOOK
Additive Manufacturing in the real world
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ARISTO CAST
Autodesk researchers overcame the current limits of additive manufacturing by combining it with the age-old casting technique familiar to all manufacturers. The result is a light-weight airplane seat and a solution for large scale addictive production of industrial parts.
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FIT AG
Combining the power of various Autodesk software tools, FIT AG utilizes additive manufacturing to make automotive parts much more quickly and easily. The result is also less weight and volume in parts which offers immense benefits to end-customers.
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PORT OF ROTTERDAM’S RAMLAB
RAMLAB and Autodesk have pioneered a hybrid manufacturing process to deliver on-demand parts for ships in port. They have created a ship propeller combining wire and arc additive manufacturing using industrial robotic arms and subtractive machining and grinding techniques.
Do you want to innovate with additive manufacturing in your business?
We have a range of solutions and tools that have helped clients implement additive manufacturing techniques. Let’s have a chat to see what we might be able to do for your business.