Next week, on the 23rd and 24th October 2018, a consortium of industry stakeholders will take to Brussels to for the Additive Manufacturing European Forum (AMEF2018). Funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme AMEF2018 is the work ofAM-Motion, a consortium created to encourage the rapid uptake of 3D printing across the continent.
It is supported by 13 partners across 7 constituent nations, includingEuropean Additive Manufacturing StrategyleadCECIMO,award winning3D printing stakeholdersSiemensandMaterialise,TNO,TWI Limited,Airbusand theEuropean Powder Metallurgy Association(EPMA).
According to the AM-Motion mission statement:
“Additive manufacturing is a key driver of European industrialization and digitalization, a vital enabler of the industry 4.0 revolution.”
下周会给参与者农业论坛tunity to network and debate the economic, social and technical challenges presented by the current state of additive manufacturing, and the role of European policies in overcoming them.
€250 million invested in additive manufacturing
According to AM-Motion, the European Union has allocated more than €250 million (the equivalent of $290 million) to research & innovation (R&A) projects focusing on additive manufacturing.
Through Horizon 2020, this includes funding for CELLINK’sSilkFUSION projectto genetically engineer platelets for “transfusion and drug research,” €2.7 million for sustainable automotive materialsProject BARABARA, and theBADGER robot, that aims to dig and print water pipes underground.
Consortium co-ordinatorProdintecis also collaborating on aproject for the European Defence Agency, that seeks to applying 3D printing to improve MRO, costs and “sustainability in warfighting and peacekeeping missions.”
EU policy topics
Next week’s AMEF2018 event will see talks and presentation across 6 key topics:
第一,“创新型产业和社会再保险naissance for Europe” including the European Commission’s addressHorizon Europe: the next research and innovation framework programme.
Second is “Additive Manufacturing industrial challenges,” reviewing AM strategy in steel and process qualification.
The third topic, “Beyond the technological aspects” centers on barriers to adoption, such as “availability of an operational workforce, concerns about managing, protecting, and transferring IP.”
第四和第五,论坛将解决“国际米兰national dimension” and “The regional dimension” providing continental scope within the wider global sphere.
And finally, the event will close with discussion of “Key Additive Manufacturing projects,” giving a progress update on some of the initiatives that are gradually overcoming challenges. This includes presentation of theMaestro Project: a modular direct metal laser sintering system, also funded by Horizon 2020.
AM-Motion roadmaps
As announced in March 2018, AM-Motion has now published the first draft of itsadditive manufacturing roadmap, and accepted revisions to this version up until September 10. The document present AM-Motion’s vision of 3D printing progress for 2030, identifying key actions for successful uptake across all valuable sectors, i.e. healthcare, automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, tooling and energy. An updated version of the roadmap is expected for release in the near future.
With CECIMO, AM-Motion has also succeeded in mapping, among others, all currently available educational initiatives for 3D printing; EU, National and regional initiatives; and relevant Research Development and Innovation (RDI) programmes.
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