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I’m in favor of keeping it simple. Because in the last few years, we’ve made AM way too complicated. I think we should go back to the basics, and most importantly: start small. 🤏🏼    In this video, I will explain how to start with AM and how to benefit from Additive Manufacturing. Even if you start with redesigning just a few parts.    #AM #dimanex #3dprinting 

🌟 From Vision to Reality: Advancing Additive Manufacturing at GKN Additive 🌟 In 2021, we set out to revolutionize 3D printing by creating a digitalized, IoT-driven production line for manufacturing automotive components. Through our collaboration with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research on the IDAM project, we developed a fully automated AM process chain paired with a cutting-edge digital system architecture—bringing additive manufacturing to new levels of efficiency and scalability. 🚀 Since then, we’ve built on this success, adding new capabilities and expanding our impact. 💡 Today, we’re excited to share how this vision has evolved: ✅ Expanded Materials Portfolio: Scaled to work seamlessly with Copper, Aluminum, Titanium, and Ni-Alloys, enabling applications across diverse industries. ✅ Scaling Production: Fully operational in global production centers across the USA, EU, and Asia, delivering value worldwide. ✅ Customer Success: Powering solutions in Space, Defense, Power Generation, and HPC (High Performance Computing), helping partners achieve their goals for efficiency and sustainability. 💡 The result? A process that reduces costs, improves quality, and enables the industrialization of additive manufacturing at an unprecedented scale. We’re incredibly proud of the progress made since the IDAM project launched and can’t wait to share what’s next! Stay tuned as we continue to push the boundaries of industrialized additive manufacturing. 👉 Learn more about how GKN Additive is shaping the future: https://bit.ly/42foIDi #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #Automation #AMInnovation #LPBF #Metal3DPrinting #Industrialization #IDAM

The best of two worlds Together with Schaeffler ELMOTEC STATOMAT GmbH, Additive Drives offers customers worldwide innovative winding technologies for an agile future. Both partners bring different aspects to this strong partnership. As part of the global Schaeffler Special Machinery Network, ELMOTEC STATOMAT combines many years of experience in winding and insertion technology with outstanding expertise in industrialisation and automation. With its flexible and innovative manufacturing processes, Additive Drives enables the rapid production of prototypes and high-performance small series in the field of shaft winding. The flat wire wave winding has been specifically developed for electric mobility applications. Its compact design and high number of conductors in the slot make it ideal for high speed, high power density applications. The benefits at a glance: - Compact design - High number of wire crossings - Fewer welding points for greater process reliability - Particularly suitable for stators with a high number of slots Additive Drives supports customers in the development of new motor designs and new concepts for flat conductor structures. The innovative 3D printing technology enables not only the shortest possible implementation times, but also - and this is unique in the world - the production of stators with closed slots, which is particularly advantageous for high torques. With a comprehensive portfolio of systems, Schaeffler ELMOTEC STATOMAT offers production solutions for a wide range of drive concepts in various industries, from automotive to mobile machinery, and supports customers with modular concepts in ramping up to high volume production. For more information about the development of innovative e-motors, visit www.additive-drives.de or contact Philipp Arnold. ___ #electricmotor #emotor #electrification #emobility #electricflight #evtol #technology #development #blogging #3dprinting #highefficient #additivemanufacturing #highperformance #haipinstator #simplifyelectrification #WaveWinding

The UK is at the forefront of advanced manufacturing, leveraging technologies such as additive manufacturing (3D printing), robotics, and automation. In our latest UK Attractiveness Index, we zone down on key UK sectors, with University of Sheffield AMRC’s Simon Collingwood putting a spotlight on why FDI is invaluable. Overseas investors are particularly attracted to the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector due to its emphasis on innovation and high-value production. Read Simon’s insights and experience: https://bit.ly/3Wwrpg4 #ForeignDirectInvestment #FDI #AdvancedManufacturing

Unfortunately I dont think that fact checking supports the statement, much as we would like it to be true. One of the UK leaders in robotics Stewart Miller of The National Robotarium hosted by Heriot-Watt University wrote an intersting article in The Manufacturer in December 2024. Quoting Stewart Miller "With just 119 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees, the UK has recorded the lowest robotics adoption in the G7, trailing not only traditional competitors but emerging economies like Mexico and Turkey. While Asia installs 73% of new industrial robots and the EU maintains steady growth, the UK’s modest 3% growth rate signals concerning trends for our future competitiveness." Unfortunately we need to be clear where we are in the global manufacturing community or we are just kidding ourselves. In his very informative and accurate article (https://lnkd.in/ebvc9M3M) Stewart outlines both the challenges and opportunities and the potential for the UK to enter the robotics market dominated by companies such as KUKA, ABB, FANUC Europe and Universal Robots. Again quoting Stewart "The sector (manufacturing) currently accounts for 10% of GDP – increasing this to 15% would add £142bn to the economy. Achieving this transformation, however, requires modernising our manufacturing capabilities, particularly in robotics and automation where Britain lags dangerously behind global competitors." This is a true reflection of where we are. The challenge is how we rectify the situation.

When done right, shifting away from traditional production methods and towards additive manufacturing leads to significant benefits such as process efficiencies and major reductions in lead time and costs. #additivemanufacturing #production #3dprinting #manufacturing #windenergy https://lnkd.in/gpXdUahD

When parts are becoming increasingly complex, simplify the manufacturing process with Next Chapter Manufacturing's additive solutions. #engineering #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #nxcmfg #surgicaldevice

As technologies like #5G and #edgecomputing continue to advance, discover ways additive manufacturing might benefit your business. #AdditiveManufacturing #3Dprinting #VTeam

Get ready to shake up #automotive #manufacturing with #3Dprinting! Check out Stratasys' new blog post on how additive manufacturing changes the game from #prototyping to final parts. https://okt.to/4GSKrd #AddStratsys #MakeAdditiveWorkForYou

Interesting claims. On additive, the UK's AM share is less than 0.05% of the world market for manufacturing. Less than many of our competitors. A recent survey by Ernst and Young showed that only 17% of UK companies have any experience with additive manufacturing, compared to 37% in Germany and 24% in China. Robotics? The picture is worse. The UK is currently languishing at 24th in the world robot density rankings, making us the only G7 country to sit outside the top 20. On FDI, the The University of Sheffield AMRC’s Simon Collingwood highlights the example of the £50 million Compass Project with Boeing. What he fails to mention is that this is not an investment BY Boeing in the UK, but a £50 million investment by UK taxpayers and ratepayers in Boeing. The suggestion that this will lead to the creation of 8,000 jobs is also odd. According to the University itself the project “will initially create around 50 jobs in South Yorkshire, with the potential to create 3,000 jobs by the mid-2030s.” So, 50 jobs for the AMRC and a potential for others? It would appear the 8,000 jobs figure Simon is citing is, in fact, a projection of the number of jobs Investment Zone status might bring. Whichever figure is true, the reality is that these jobs are not the result of Foreign Direct Investment but of UK investment in a foreign company, and of central government spendin on investment zones. As for Siemens they have certainly invested in the UK. £200 million in an assembly plant for trains designed and manufactured in Germany is often cited. The reality is that Siemens will make £2.1 billion on Piccadilly Line trains alone. Profits secured in Germany. The Goole site is about 20 miles from where the world’s first high speed train was designed and manufactured at the Donaster Plant.