Dutch 3D printing post-processing and automation companyam-flow宣布已筹集了400万美元的A系列资金。
投资由Bom Brabant Ventures并得到支持实现，，，，中西部原型和Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland，，，，as well as return investorsMiller Turner和doen参与者s。AM-Flow计划使用额外的资金来建立基于AI的机器人解决方案的套件，将其技术带入新市场，并在3D打印自动化中提供“阶梯变化”。
“We are delighted to welcome our new investors, and I would like to thank our existing shareholders for their continued support,” said Stefan Rink, CEO of AM-Flow. “This strong syndicate of high-tech investors validates our approach, and the funding enables us to expand our solution portfolio and market presence.”
am-flow’s 3D printing automation technology
Am-Flow成立于2018年，在阿姆斯特丹和Eindhoven的荷兰城市拥有基地，从中提供3D打印后处理和工厂自动化服务。通过其AI驱动技术的投资组合，该公司旨在允许3D打印“实现其全部潜力”，并通过常规制造流程变得具有成本竞争力。
am-flowoffers a combination of additive manufacturing hardware and MES software products, through which it aims to provide clients with an “end-to-end” automated production line. At present, the firm’s lineup includes AM-VISION shape recognition software, AM-SORT conveyor belt hardware and AM-EXPERT support, amongst various other services.
利用其在高级3D形状识别，机器视觉和人工智能技术方面的专业知识，该公司已试图扩大近年来其服务的应用。3D打印服务提供商Oceanz例如，宣布与Am-Flow建立合作伙伴关系，以开发一系列fully-automated AM production lines2020年3月。
Implementing AM-Flow’s AI-driven software allowed Oceanz to automate a number of post-processing steps, and cut back on the time it spent on the analogue manual process. Now, having gained the backing of several established 3D printing firms and investors, AM-Flow is seeking to grow its share within international markets outside of its native Netherlands.
工业4.0和AM-Flow
根据AM-Flow的说法，优化3D打印生产线非常具有挑战性，因为它们需要能够以几乎无限数量的可能的几何形状来处理零件。对象识别，分类，质量控制，处理，运输和包装都需要考虑到，这就是公司提供模块化机器学习工具的原因。
The potential cost and efficiency savings of AM-Flow’s automation services has led serial investors such as BOM Brabant, and 3D printing software firm Materialise, to invest in their future development.
“扩展添加剂制造不雷电竞充值仅取决于持续的创新，而且还取决于我们是否能够以具有成本效益的方式处理各种各样的印刷组件，” Materalize的CTO Bart Van der Schueren说。“这就是为什么我们对Am-Flow的产品组合感到兴奋的原因，这为处理过程的成本效率扩展而创造了一条途径”。
am-flowplans to use its newly-acquired funding to build on its current offering of AI-based robotics, and increase the speed of the 3D printing manufacturing process for its clients. Given the supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the firm also believes that now is the ideal time for companies to embrace localized production.
为了为其业务进行按需制造工作，AM-Flow的潜在客户将需要降低其人工成本，同时限制离岸外包。Am-Flow表示，制造商实现这一目标并优化其整体工作流程的最佳方法是通过完整的端到端自动化生产过程。
在此基础上，该公司提供基于计算机的机器人解决方案，并利用其新资金，它打算将其覆盖范围扩展到新市场。Am-Flow还具有更大的野心，可以在引入行业4.0的引入中发挥作用，并将其扩展视为朝着未来的“灯光”完全自动化的工厂迈出的一步。
Brabant Development Agency（BOM）高级投资经理Ilse Massart雷电竞充值补充说：“ AM-Flow在建立添加剂制造生态系统中起着重要作用。”“我们很高兴能够为AM-Flow雄心勃勃的增长计划做出贡献，并协助管理团队进行国际扩张。”
End-to-end automation and 3D printing
自动化3D打印过程被行业内部的许多人视为使其成为传统制造技术的具有成本效益的替代品至关重要的。结果，近年来，许多软件公司开发了高级分析计划，这些计划从头到尾都提供了全面管理生产工作流程。
Sintavia与之合作Siemens Digital Industries Software开发一个端到端添加剂制造软件雷电竞充值solution as part of Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio. The three-year agreement signed by the firms will see Sintavia provide Siemens with testing and technical feedback on a beta version of the program.
德国3D打印机OEMEOS采用的英国软件公司AMFG的MES program to改善流和连通性在2019年11月的机器之间。AMFG的Plaform在操作过程中为EOS提供了直接的机器控制，并启用了其3D打印机的端到端工作流程自动化。雷电竞app下载
工作流软件开发人员Authentise同时，与Addiguru，原位过程监控系统的开发人员，推进其专有AMES计划。该二人目的是将计算机视觉和基于AI的监视功能集成到软件中，从而在生产过程中进行实时干预。
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Featured image shows a selection of 3D printed parts undergoing shape identification via AM-Flow’s AM-VISION software. Photo via AM-Flow.
