定制制造初创公司骨折已经筹集了900万美元的A系列资金来推进其企业软件平台。
分裂的平台将那些从事制造业工作的人与需要为其制作的定制金属零件的公司联系起来。客户上传了指定需要制作的CAD文件，然后由制造商竞标，类似于自由市场。
从本质上讲，分裂希望通过现代化行业的供应链和杠杆技术（例如工业3D打印）来减少金属制品领域的破碎化。
耗资900万美元的资金回合
从分地板的A系列资金回合中筹集的900万美元将据说被用来继续扩展其平台，并将更多的合作伙伴加入。
The funding round was led by early growth European investorOTB Ventures， 和saw participation from the firm’s existing investorsTrind冒险，，，，Superhero Capital，，，，联合天使VC，，，，启动明智的家伙， 和Verve Ventures。
Since its founding, Fractory has worked with more than 24,000 customers and hundreds of manufacturers and metalwork companies to deliver some 2.5 million metal parts. The firm currently helps fill orders for laser cutting and metal folding services like CNC machining, and is now turning its attention to industrial 3D printing.
该公司的客户跨越许多行业，从建筑和重型机械行业到汽车和航空航天。
骨折’s manufacturing marketplace
Essentially, Fractory’s platform aims to aid factories in embracing a more flexible manufacturing approach, allowing them to be more responsive to fluctuations in demand such as the peaks and troughs manufacturers experienced throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. With its business enterprise software, the firm hopes to improve current inefficiencies in sourcing work and increase associated uptime capacity within the sector.
Fractory还专注于减少金属工业领域内的后勤问题和碳排放，通过使客户本地化，并通过减少机器停机时间，成本和浪费来帮助提高制造设施的效率。
The software works by connecting customers and manufacturers in one place, whereby customers can upload a CAD file of a custom product that is then sent out and bid on by manufacturers. Around 30 percent of these jobs are fully automated, while the remainder may require Fractory to advise customers on quoting, manufacturing, and delivery.
展望未来，分裂正在寻求增加可以自动化的作业数量，利用与工业4.0相关的工具，例如计算机视觉。
加强AM的供应链
Various fragilities in supply chains across the globe have been exposed over the past 18 months, highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, worldwide trade tensions, and the recent blockage of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given container ship. Out of this, though, has risen an opportunity for the additive manufacturing sector to capitalize through offering on-demand 3D printing as a service to支撑供应链弹性在将来。
例如，在COVID大流行3D打印的高峰期，在供应链中插入了一些传统制造无法符合需求的供应链中的孔，例如生产个人防护设备（PPE）and components for呼吸机等医疗设备。
多个3D打印服务提供商和配备添加剂制造能力的公司能够将其生产产出重定向到雷电竞充值support the pandemic relief effort，尽管有大流行的挑战，但3D印刷行业仍在7.5 percent to nearly $12.8 billionlast year, according to the Wohlers Report 2021.
在美国，3D打印国家加速器美国的成员证明了3D打印可能在bolstering supply chain resilience beyond the pandemic，通过它的高级制造危机生产反应（AMCPR）程序。亚历山大·史蒂布（Alexander Steeb）说：“越来越多的对话朝着供应链弹性的方向发展和漂移，不仅在实现较低的价格方面，而且在组织的竞争力方面。”
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特色图片显示Fractory的平台提供CNC加工服务，例如铣削。通过分裂照片。
