AMFG, a 3D printing software company based in the UK, has announced it has secured £350 thousand in funding fromInnovate UKto further the development of its AI and machine learning technology for additive manufacturing. As part of the project, AMFG will be working with key partners, including the University of Nottingham’sCentre for Additive Manufacturing(CfAM).
Speaking to a representative of AMFG, 3D Printing Industry learns more about this fund, and the company’s AI monitoring process.
Scalable end-part production
AMFG旨在通过实施机器学习技术来提雷电竞充值高增材制造。因此，Innovate UK提供的资金将用于构建AMFG的全面工作流程管理/制造执行系统(MES) software, which was launched in 2018.
Detailing the process, the company representative tells us, “Firstly, with the AMFG platform, all planning steps will move from paper-based or different software solutions into one tool that covers the full production process digitally. Therefore, the planning status and changes are automatically tracked,”
“Furthermore,” they add, “the platform can connect to most industrial printers, any software, PLM or ERP solution and, if the sensors, scanner or cameras are IoT ready, they too can be connected.”
Quality concerns and lack of efficiency are barriers that AMFG believes are preventing additive manufacturing from being scaled for production. This project’s focus, then, is on improving quality assurance and optimizing scheduling for the fabrication of end-use parts. In particular,AMFGwill develop methods to improve the analysis of parts during the quality assurance stage, including the use of wide-ranging data sets. It will also work to allow users to predict failures before they occur, by further developing its machine learning technology.
“Currently, additive manufacturing still needs to prove that end-part production is viable at scale,” said AMFG’s CEO, Keyvan Karimi in the funding press release, “Software will be a vital piece of this puzzle.”
Innovative UK funded automated additive manufacturing
Innovate UK is a non-departmental public body for accelerating innovation, and operates at the UK’s Technology Strategy Board. It funds business and research collaborations, and drives investment into research and development, across a number of areas including aerospace and biomedicine.
Another recent example of Innovate UK’s support is a grant of£960k to Valuechain.com。Valuechain.com也位于英国，为添加剂制造制造了名为DNA的生产管理软件。雷电竞充值
Giving further information as to the body’s funding for AMFG, our spokesperson explains, “Innovation is required to grow the UK’s manufacturing productivity, increase material efficiency and sustain our competitiveness in the long term […] Innovate UK’s aim with this initiative is to support the scale-up of innovation in manufacturing processes,”
“英国根据创新的要求,这些activities should have already overcome the main technical risks and be at a maturity of Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 or higher, and/or at a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of 4 or higher.”
Further, the £350 thousand of funding will be delivered to AMFG on a milestone basis.
Working with Nottingham’s Centre for Additive Manufacturing
CFAM将帮助AMFG开发其软件，位于£24 million Advanced Manufacturing Building(AMB) at theUniversity of Nottingham。CFAM’s involvement in the project comes after the AMB was opened by Siemens UK CEO, Juergen Maier in December 2018. A hotbed of innovation, the University of Nottingham has also engaged in several other additive manufacturing project in recent years, including a previous collaboration withUniversity College London(UCL) to improve人脑映射with a3D printed magnetoencephalography（MEG）头盔。
“The Centre [for AM] is one of the leading research groups in the field of AM technology across the globe and is conducting research to advance the productivity, scalability and industrial adoptability of the technology,” said Dr Martin Baumers of the CfAM.
“AM technology is currently at a stage where it needs to demonstrate its stability and controllability in real manufacturing environments. Innovative software approaches will be central in achieving this.”
Karimi, CEO of AMFG, concludes, “We’re thrilled to put Innovate UK’s funding towards further enhancing our machine learning technology and helping manufacturers manage — and scale — their AM operations effectively.”
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特色图片显示AMFG工作流动自动化软件，用于增材制造。雷电竞充值图像通过AMFG。
