3D Printing Drives Loj hlob hauv On-Demand Manufacturing

Txawm hais tias muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb, kev nce nyiaj txiag, kev ua haujlwm thiab cov chips tsis txaus - thiab txhua yam uas cuam tshuam txog kev xa khoom thoob ntiaj teb - kev cia siab txog ib qho kev tsim khoom muaj zog heev nws tau txhawb peb lub tuam txhab pej xeem hauv 2021: Fathom, Shapeways, thiab Xometry. Ib qho thib plaub, Fast Radius, tau npaj los ua ntej ntawm Wall Street thaum Lub Ob Hlis. 

Lub tuam txhab tshiab no ntawm kev xav tau digital manufacturing tuam txhab tau nqis peev ntau hauv software thiab digitally driven manufacturing technologies, xws li kev lag luam 3D luam ntawv. Lawv tsis tsuas yog cog lus sai dua thiab muaj txiaj ntsig ntau ntawm kev tsim khoom hauv zos, tab sis cov kev daws teeb meem digital uas ua kom txuag tau cov khoom lag luam tshiab thiab ua kom lub sijhawm ua lag luam rau ze li txhua yam khoom.

"Muaj kev paub ntau ntxiv txog yuav ua li cas cov txheej txheem tsim, tsim, thiab txav khoom niaj hnub no tsis ua raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm lub sijhawm no - nws nruj, nkim sijhawm, tsis tu ncua, thiab nws kuj tsis ruaj khov," Lou Rassey, co-founder thiab CEO ntawm Fast Radius headquartered hauv Chicago.

Lub tuam txhab lub microfactory tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm Chicago's Goose Island nta muaj 3D tshuab luam ntawv los ntawm Carbon thiab HP nrog rau sab digitally integrated CNC tshuab, raws li ib feem ntawm Fast Radius 'Cloud Manufacturing Platform. Lub microfactory yuav tsim cov khoom sib txuas rau cov tuam txhab thoob plaws kev lag luam suav nrog tsheb hluav taws xob, khoom siv kho mob thiab kho mob, thiab cov khoom siv. Lub Rooj Sib Tham Ntiaj Teb Kev Lag Luam hu ua Fast Radius yog ib qho ntawm cuaj lub chaw tsim khoom zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb siv "cov thev naus laus zis ntawm Fourth Industrial Revolution" lossis Kev Lag Luam 4.0.

Digitally Integrated Manufacturing

Tuam txhab uas muag nyob rau hauv no sector yog feem ntau lumped ua ke nyob rau hauv lub on-demand digital manufacturing kaus, thaum nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, lawv muaj ib tug ntau yam ntawm txoj kev mus rau 3D printing, Kev lag luam 4.0, thiab modernizing lub manufacturing saw.

Ntawm ib kawg ntawm cov spectrum, cov tuam txhab xws li Shapeways thiab Sculpteo (muaj los ntawm cov tshuaj loj heev BASF) muab ib qho yooj yim upload-and-print online platform. Qhov kev xav tau 3D luam ntawv qauv no tsom rau kev siv yooj yim; leej twg tuaj yeem xa cov ntaub ntawv digital ib feem, nyem xaiv cov ntaub ntawv, thiab tau txais cov khoom thiab cov qauv hauv cov xuab moos lossis hnub. Qhov kev paub niaj hnub no, zoo li cov neeg siv khoom siv lub hom phiaj los coj kev tsim khoom rau cov neeg coob coob los ntawm kev txhawb nqa 3D luam tawm ntawm txhua yam los ntawm cov khoom lag luam rau cov qauv tsim qauv.

Lwm lub tuam txhab, xws li Materialise, uas tau mus rau pej xeem hauv 2014, muaj cov neeg siv khoom dav dav rau lawv cov kev daws teeb meem software uas pab cov tuam txhab 3D luam lawv tus kheej cov ntaub ntawv digital hauv tsev thiab khiav lawv tus kheej lub nkoj ntawm 3D tshuab luam ntawv. Lub software kuj tseem siv los ntawm lwm cov kev pabcuam 3D luam ntawv raws li xav tau los taug qab thiab luam tawm cov neeg siv khoom xaj. Materialise's on-demand manufacturing ntawm ib qho ntawm cov teb chaws Europe loj tshaj plaws 3D tshuab luam ntawv muaj rau 3D luam ntawv thev naus laus zis.

Fathom tau pib ua lub chaw tsim khoom lag luam me me mus rau nruab nrab cov ntawv cog lus uas tau txais txoj hauv kev tshiab, suav nrog 3D luam ntawv, thaum ntxov. Lawv tseem muab kev tsim khoom ib txwm muaj, tab sis nws tau koom ua ke rau hauv qhov kawg-rau-kawg cov txheej txheem tsim khoom.

Ryan Martin, CEO ntawm Fathom hais tias "Qhov sib txawv loj rau peb thiab peb lub platform yog tias peb muaj ntau xyoo dhau los ntawm kev paub thiab kev sib raug zoo ntawm cov neeg siv khoom," hais tias Ryan Martin, CEO ntawm Fathom. "Peb tsom mus rau kev muab cov neeg siv khoom lag luam loj nrog kev daws teeb meem tshwj xeeb rau lawv cov kev sib tw tsim khoom."

Fast Radius yog kev sib yuav ntawm software-tsav cov kev pabcuam, kev txawj ntse engineering, thiab lub Hoobkas hauv pem teb ntawm lub xeev-of-the-art hardware. Lawv yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam uas xav tau los ua tus tswv thiab ua haujlwm tag nrho lawv tus kheej cov chaw tsim khoom, uas ua rau lawv tuaj yeem koom ua ke lawv cov kev daws teeb meem software thiab automate ntau lawm.

Lub tuam txhab software tuaj yeem qhia txog kev txhim kho rau cov ntaub ntawv digital, coj cov neeg siv khoom los ntawm lawv cov khoom siv thiab kev xaiv thev naus laus zis, thiab muab cov pob tshab rau hauv cov txheej txheem tsim khoom. Tab sis kev tsim khoom raws li qhov xav tau tsuas yog ib qho kev daws teeb meem nrawm, hais Rassey. "Peb muab kev cai microfactories tsim tshwj xeeb rau cov neeg siv khoom tshwj xeeb, nyob ze qhov chaw uas cov neeg siv khoom xav tau qhov chaw kom lawv tuaj yeem tsim cov saw hlau hloov tau yooj yim." Cov neeg siv khoom xws li Satair (ib lub koom haum ntawm Airbus) siv Fast Radius Virtual Warehouse khaws lawv cov khoom siv digitally, npaj los tsim khoom thaum lub sijhawm ceeb toom, tso tawm qhov chaw khaws khoom hauv lub cev thiab tshem tawm cov khoom dhau. 

Kev loj hlob ntawm cov tuam txhab lag luam digital uas xav tau tau ua rau xaiv ib qho kev sib tw rau ntau lub tuam txhab. Xometry thiab lwm qhov pib, Craftcloud, muab online portals uas yog kev lag luam ntawm cov tuam txhab lag luam no. Cov neeg siv khoom xa lawv cov ntaub ntawv digital thiab cov neeg koom tes tsim khoom thoob ntiaj teb twv ntawm qhov project. 

"Feem ntau, cov neeg siv khoom tab tom nrhiav kev daws teeb meem sai tshaj plaws lossis kev daws teeb meem zoo tshaj plaws rau lawv txoj haujlwm 3D luam ntawv," hais Mathias Plica, CEO ntawm Craftcloud. "Peb phim lawv nrog cov neeg koom tes hauv zos uas muaj kev txawj ntse los xa cov khoom thiab cov khoom zoo uas lawv xav tau."

Tsis hais txog ntawm cov qauv kev lag luam, dab tsi tag nrho cov tuam txhab no muaj nyob rau hauv ib qho yog kev siv cov cuab yeej tsim khoom ntse los ua kom muaj cov txheej txheem tsim khoom siv los ntawm lub tswv yim mus rau kev ua tiav. Qhov no suav nrog kev suav huab, AI, IoT, kev kawm tshuab, cov ntaub ntawv loj, digital simulation, thiab, tau kawg, 3D luam ntawv (tseem hu ua additive manufacturing).

Evangelists ntawm Additive Manufacturing 

Txawm hais tias Fathom, nyob hauv Heartland, Wis., muaj 90 qib kev lag luam 3D tshuab luam ntawv rau cov khoom yas thiab hlau, thiab ze li ntawm 450,000 square feet ntawm kev tsim muaj peev xwm thoob plaws 12 US cov chaw, nws cov khoom muaj zog tshaj plaws yuav yog nws cov neeg ua haujlwm.

Martin hais tias "Cov tuam txhab tuaj rau peb kom nkag siab tias yuav siv cov khoom siv ntxiv li cas," Martin hais. "Qee zaum peb tau qhia cov tuam txhab rau kev tsim khoom ntxiv, uas yog thaj chaw loj hlob rau peb. Ib qho ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom siv tsheb tau hu rau peb lub lim tiam dhau los rau peb cov kws tshaj lij engineering txhawm rau txheeb xyuas seb lawv tuaj yeem tsim cov ntawv thov ntau dua rau nws dhau qhov kev tsim qauv. " 

Cov lus los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam xav tau yog tias cov neeg siv khoom tsis tas yuav paub ntau txog 3D luam ntawv kom tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm qhov yooj yim, nrawm, thiab txuag nqi nws tuaj yeem muab. Tsis yog lawv yuav tsum tau nqis peev rau hauv 3D tshuab luam ntawv nrog rau XNUMX-tus nqi cim npe lossis ntiav cov kws tshaj lij engineers kom tau txais cov khoom, cov qauv, thiab cov cuab yeej sib dua, muaj zog, thiab pheej yig dua li cov khoom tsim los ntawm cov txheej txheem tsim khoom ib txwm muaj.

Cov tuam txhab loj tuaj yeem xaiv qhov kev xav tau 3D luam ntawv vim nws muaj ntau yam khoom siv thiab thev naus laus zis ntau dua li qhov ua tau zoo ntawm qhov chaw nyob. Fathom suav nrog nws cov neeg siv khoom, Tesla, 3M, Google, thiab Amazon. Shapeways hais tias nws ua haujlwm nrog Lub Hom Phiaj thiab cov chaw tsim khoom siv dag zog Fillauer, thiab Xometry khav theeb cov kws tshaj lij ntawm Bosch, NASA, thiab BMW ntawm nws cov neeg siv khoom.

Fast Radius muab cov kev pabcuam nws hu ua Additive Launch los pab cov neeg siv khoom coj mus rhaub rau hauv 3D luam ntawv thev naus laus zis tshiab thiab tsim cov cuab yeej los ua kom cov khoom lag luam nce ntxiv.

"Peb tau ua haujlwm nrog cov tuam txhab xws li Rawlings, Steelcase, thiab Aptiv kom nqa cov khoom tshiab rau kev ua lag luam uas tsuas yog ua tau nrog kev tsim khoom ntxiv," hais Rassey. Tus tshiab REV1X Rawlings hnab looj tes ntaus pob ncaws pob nta 3D luam tawm padding hauv tus ntiv tes xoo thiab pinky uas txo cov hnab looj tes qhov hnyav yam tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv los yog ua haujlwm ntev, raws li Rawlings.

Volvo tsis ntev los no tau tig mus rau Materialize los txhim kho kev tsim khoom ntawm cov cuab yeej tsim khoom hnyav thiab cov khoom siv rau nws cov chaw tsim khoom. Ntawm Tswb Helicopter Textron, engineers tig mus rau qhov xav tau kev tsim khoom ntawm 3D tshuab luam ntawv tsim Stratasys, hu ua Stratasys Direct, mus rau 3D luam ntawv ya davhlau-certified Cheebtsam uas txiav qhov hnyav los ntawm 13% thiab tsim lub sij hawm txhuas los ntawm 75%, lub tuam txhab hais tias.

Tshaj li kev tshaj lij hauv 3D luam ntawv, lwm qhov tailwind tsav kev loj hlob rau cov lag luam ntawm qhov xav tau yog kev nce qib hauv kev tsim khoom siv ntxiv thiab 3D tshuab luam ntawv lawv tus kheej. Cov no, thiab lwm yam khoom siv thev naus laus zis niaj hnub no, yog cov paub tab, txhim khu kev qha, thiab pheej yig, hais Rassey. Qhov no ua rau nws ua tau rau cov tuam txhab xws li Fast Radius thiab lwm tus los tsim cov qauv lag luam muaj txiaj ntsig nyob ib puag ncig cov cuab yeej no. 

Martin hais tias "Nrog Kev Lag Luam 4.0 tawm mus, peb nyob rau ntawm lub sijhawm ntawm kev loj hlob tseem ceeb," Martin hais. "Cov khoom lag luam lifecycles luv dua li lawv tau tsib xyoos dhau los, thiab cov tuam txhab xav tau cov neeg tsim khoom lag luam xav tau uas tuaj yeem txav tau sai thiab ua haujlwm rau tag nrho lawv cov kev xav tau yam tsis muaj kev txi zoo."

Yog tias muaj coob tus neeg muab kev pabcuam yog ib qho pov thawj, ntau lub tuam txhab zoo li yuav ua rau lub tswv yim ntawm kev lag luam digital thiab cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev hloov pauv lawv cov kev tsim tawm los ntawm kev tsim khoom mus rau digital los ntawm kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov neeg muab kev pabcuam.