5 firms have joined forces to launch the Additive Manufacturing Industrialization Navigator (AM I Navigator) initiative to handle and supply steering on the completely different levels of industrialising 3D printing.
Introduced throughout Formnext 2023 by Siemens, DyeMansion, BASF Ahead AM, EOS and HP, AM I Navigator is described as a ‘holistic maturity mannequin’ that encompasses the economic 3D printing course of chain ‘from materials to machines to automation’, and defines 5 levels of AM adoption – primary, skilled, superior, built-in, and autonomous. Whereas it hasn’t been made clear how the initiative will work in apply, in a press launch, the collaborators mentioned AM I Navigator intends to create a typical understanding to assist AM customers to ‘scale and combine additive manufacturing into conventional manufacturing workflows.’
Felix Ewald, CEO & Co-founder of DyeMansion commented: “The objective of our trade is to drive adoption of AM. That is one thing that may solely succeed if we work collectively and communicate a joint language. With the AM I Navigator we’re aligning the efforts of key know-how leaders to unite the trade behind a mannequin that describes the completely different ranges to the manufacturing unit of the long run. I’m happy to see this initiative, which we began just a few months in the past along with Siemens, already rising with large gamers like HP, EOS and BASF Ahead AM. The AM I Navigator will generate aligned roadmaps and might be useful and trust-building for a lot of future AM customers.”
The AM I Navigator goals to equip firms with the fitting technique for AM and can ship a ‘Maturity Examine’, primarily based on Siemens Digital Manufacturing Excellence learnings, to indicate the corporate’s present AM maturity stage and its potential. Detailed suggestions on how manufacturing will be additional developed will then be made obtainable.
Additional AM know-how suppliers are in a position to be part of the initiative’s first wave of pioneers. Founding firms are offering extra particulars at Formnext all through this week.
