{"id":3227,"date":"2020-02-27T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:14:37","slug":"podcast-series-industrial-scale-additive-manufacturing-part-1-the-hype-and-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/podcast-series-industrial-scale-additive-manufacturing-part-1-the-hype-and-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial-scale additive manufacturing (Part 1) \u2013 the hype and reality."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 1 - Additive Manufacturing, the Hype and Reality by Siemens Digital Industries Software\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F502108059&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em> (Listen to podcast, above.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New technologies are revolutionizing manufacturing,\nincluding industrial-scale additive manufacturing, also known as ISAM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISAM allows for a myriad of capabilities not feasible with\ntraditional manufacturing methods. Companies can now build complex, customizable\nproducts which were once thought impossible. Also, process and efficiency are\nbuilt into the equation to accentuate the benefits of this new technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manufacturing landscape is reinventing both the parts\nand the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In revisiting our podcast series, <em>\u201cIs Your Company Ready for Industrial-Scale Additive Manufacturing?\u201d<\/em> Robert Meshel, Director of the Siemens Additive Manufacturing Network initiative, discusses ISAM\u2019s capabilities in detail and offers insight into how a company can prepare for industrial-scale printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He outlines how ISAM affects the entire business model, how you think of manufacturing, including what it means to reinvent your processes for complexity and customization. Moreover, he includes information about the materials used in manufacturing and designing products which were inconceivable in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The level of expectation for additive manufacturing is\nincreasing because of the way additive can harness capabilities which redefine\nyour business, its proficiency and level of achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The potential is enormous for ISAM. It\u2019s an investment in\nthe future which will soon be fully integrated with legacy manufacturing\nprocesses. Analysts have stated that the industry is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tjmccue\/2018\/06\/04\/wohlers-report-2018-3d-printer-industry-rises-21-percent-to-over-7-billion\/#5063fc162d1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worth\nan estimated $7 billion<\/a>, with continued growth expected at 25 percent in\nthe next five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the purest manifestation of Industry 4.0 \u2015 fully\ndigital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other topics discussed in the podcast, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How ISAM differs from what manufacturers are\ncurrently doing;<\/li><li>The benefits of additive manufacturing and how\nit will open a new business model, including its multilevel capabilities and possibilities\nto create lightweight products with complex structures<\/li><li>How to partner and collaborate with external\nentities to leverage their expertise.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The full encore podcast series is available on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-295079276\/sets\/is-your-company-ready-for-industrial-scale-additive-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/siemens-plm-software\/is-your-company-ready-for-industrialscale-additive-manufacturing?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/is-your-company-ready-for-industrial-scale-additive\/id1436719982?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, read blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/podcast-series-industrial-scale-additive-manufacturing-part-2-radical-change-risks-and-rewards\/\">podcast02<\/a> from this encore series.<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Digital-Transformations\/bg-p\/Thought-Leadership-Blog\/label-name\/additive manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read more about additive manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is the first podcast in an encore series of four on &#8220;Is Your Company Ready for Industrial-Scale Additive Manufacturing? <\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>About our expert<br><\/strong><em><strong>Robert Meshel <\/strong>is the Director of the Siemens additive manufacturing network, an online collaborative platform designed to accelerate the use of additive manufacturing in the global manufacturing industry. This initiative was born under his previous role, where he re-joined Siemens Digital Industries Software as the director of the strategy for the manufacturing Engineering Software unit. Driven by the passion for innovation in technology and business models, Robert was relentlessly pursuing new strategic opportunities developed within the organization or by partnering with external ambitious startups that are seeking to make a significant impact.&nbsp;Robert originally joined Tecnomatix in 1996, where he served in various technical management capacities, including head of portfolio management, director of product management and business consulting.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for industrial-scale additive manufacturing \u2015 hype or reality?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29361,"featured_media":3234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,1],"tags":[74,5,94],"industry":[145,144],"product":[],"coauthors":[535],"class_list":["post-3227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-3d-printing","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-manufacturing","industry-industrial-machinery","industry-industrial-machinery-heavy-equipment"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/02\/industrial-scale-additive-manufacturing.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6745,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions\/6745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}