Formnext has seen the launch of the Additive Manufacturing Industrialization Navigator (AM I Navigator) from Siemens, DyeMansion, HP, BASF Ahead AM, and EOS. This collaborative initiative goals to supply customers with tailor-made steering to maneuver by means of the intricacies of commercial 3D printing’s quickly altering setting. The AM I Navigator addresses the various wants for automation, connectivity, and course of experience essential to harness additive manufacturing’s full potential inside completely different enterprise contexts.
The AM I Navigator’s maturity mannequin is a key part, shaping the levels of industrialization within the AM {industry} to reinforce interoperability. The mannequin spans your complete course of chain, from materials to machine automation, aiding firms in assessing their present capabilities and setting targets throughout 5 outlined ranges of maturity. This encompasses not solely manufacturing but in addition strategic planning, organizational tradition, and end-to-end worth chain experience.
Firms can decide their place within the additive manufacturing panorama utilizing a maturity test aligned with the AM I Navigator framework. The test is grounded in Siemens Digital Manufacturing Excellence insights, providing a structured option to pinpoint an organization’s present stage and establish alternatives for advancing their manufacturing capabilities.
This initiative is not only for the founding firms; it extends an invite to extra AM expertise suppliers to contribute. Siemens Digital Industries, a driver of digital transformation, helps the initiative with its complete Digital Enterprise portfolio, designed to reinforce industry-specific productiveness and adaptability.
The way forward for the {industry} appears poised for additional collaboration and standardization, with initiatives just like the AM I Navigator guiding firms in direction of extra built-in and superior additive manufacturing practices.
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