The future is here with industrial-scale additive manufacturing<\/A>. The product industry is being transformed at multiple levels with the implementation of advanced technologies like industrial-scale additive manufacturing, also known as ISAM. Technology is providing new manufacturing developments, and ISAM is changing the way companies design products, as well as the materials to make them.<\/P><\/p>\n Moreover, manufacturing is being impacted at an industrial level with the acceleration to fully merge new mechanical properties and metal production.<\/P><\/p>\n In the second podcast of our series on ISAM, \u201cIndustrial Additive Manufacturing: The Risks and Opportunities,\u201d Dean Haehnel, director of marketing, and Robert Meshel, director of the Siemens Additive Manufacturing Network<\/A> initiative, discuss what\u2019s possible with industrial additive manufacturing.<\/P><\/p>\n They chat about the multiple levels of manufacturing that are being affected, as well as customization\u2019s role as the market responds to demands for individualized parts and how we\u2019ll see more of this with additive manufacturing.<\/P> Even with these benefits, manufacturers still hesitate to embrace additive manufacturing due to a few key questions they aren\u2019t sure how to answer:<\/P> Haehnel and Meshel touch on all of these points throughout their conversation about the value of ISAM, as well as key industry changes that concern companies.<\/P><\/p>\n
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Moreover, efficiency is the operative word with industrial additive manufacturing: iterations are fast with little to no effect on cost, which wasn\u2019t the case with traditional methods. The product was designed, and then the manufacturing infrastructure was built to produce it. Any problems with the design wouldn\u2019t be known until after production, causing a chain of events leading back to design and manufacturing \u2015 a lengthy process.<\/P><\/p>\n
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\u2022 Will engineers have the necessary skills to design for additive manufacturing?
\u2022 Are we willing to establish the infrastructure that must be in place to support it with changes in both process and materials?
\u2022 Will we be able to manage security concerns, given that additive manufacturing is fully digital with the risk of copying?
\u2022 Will we be able to monitor the entire production process? And,
\u2022 Will we be able to keep up with the pace of change continuing in the industry?<\/P><\/p>\n