Artificial Intelligence
1000 Kelvin’s AMAIZE AI Co-Pilot for Additive Manufacturing Now Available for Autodesk Fusion
The AMAIZE software is an “AI co-pilot” for engineers, predicting print issues upfront, performing corrections and generating industrial-grade, ready-to-use print files specific to a machine.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
MPI Launches AI Project to Create Material Reuse Management Tool for Metal 3D Printing
MPI is working with Additive Manufacturing Solutions and AMFG to create a versatile, commercial predictive material reuse management tool that will enable additive manufacturing to expand by introducing greater cost efficiencies.
Read MoreSiemens’ Engineering HEEDS AI Simulation Predictor Optimizes Additive Manufacturing
The HEEDS AI Simulation Predictor empowers organizations to take full advantage of the digital twin to optimize products through advanced state-of-the-art artificial intelligence with built-in accuracy awareness.
Read MoreInspection Method to Increase Confidence in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Researchers developed a machine learning framework for identifying flaws in 3D printed products using sensor data gathered simultaneously with production, saving time and money while maintaining comparable accuracy to traditional post-inspection. The approach, developed in partnership with aerospace and defense company RTX, utilizes a machine learning algorithm trained on CT scans to identify flaws in printed products.
Read MoreSmart Layer Software Automates Visual Monitoring for Additive Manufacturing
Smart Layer software conducts a layer-by-layer analysis using computer vision algorithms and convolutional neural networks, then provides anomaly detection in real-time.
Read More3D Printed "Evolved Structures" for NASA Exoplanet Balloon Mission: The Cool Parts Show #61
Generative design creates stiff, lightweight brackets for EXCITE mission monitoring planets orbiting other stars. The Cool Parts Show visits Goddard Space Flight Center.
Read MorePhysicsX, Velo3D Partner to Provide Engineers with AI Simulation Tooling
The collaboration gives Velo3D customers access to AI-enabled physics simulation and optimization capabilities, and gives PhysicsX customers increased manufacturing flexibility to produce their most advanced concepts.
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EOS Integrates 1000 Kelvin’s AMAIZE AI Co-Pilot Into Software Suite to Accelerate Productivity and Engineering Speed for Additive Manufacturing
The AMAIZE AI “co-pilot” platform is designed to harness cutting-edge AI to streamline design processes, slash engineering costs and accelerate the introduction of new additive manufacturing products.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Hexagon Invests in Divergent’s Autonomous, Sustainable Manufacturing
The Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) is a fully integrated software and hardware solution, creating a complete modular digital factory that combines AI-optimized generative design software, additive manufacturing and automated assembly to build lightweight automotive parts and frames.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and Additive Manufacturing Are Connected: AM Radio #36
Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how AI and AM go together. There are already plenty of uses of AI in 3D printing for design, process planning and process monitoring, and the link will grow stronger as the “frictionlessness” of AI blends with that of AM.
Read MoreActivArmor Casts and Splints Are Shifting to Point-of-Care 3D Printing
ActivArmor offers individualized, 3D printed casts and splints for various diagnoses. The company is in the process of shifting to point-of-care printing and aims to promote positive healing outcomes and improved hygienics with customized support devices.
Read MoreAI-Assisted 3D Slicing Software Simplifies Dental 3D Printing Process
The software simplifies the 3D printing process so users don’t need special design training.
Read MoreDivergent Technologies Eyes High-Volume, Optimized Automotive Production Through Additive
While some automotive OEMs are using additive here and there, Divergent Technologies is basing its vehicles on 3D printed structures.
Read MoreEOS, Hyperganic Partnership to Elevate Space Components
Integration of Hyperganic Core, an AI-powered engineering software platform, with EOS’ digital additive manufacturing solutions aims to advance the space propulsion field.
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Voxel Developing AI Alternative to Generative Design
Newly opened Ohio facility is where geometric cells are made and tested to inform the machine learning system that will “know,” without computation, what 3D printed form satisfies a given set of needs.
Peter Zelinski
Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing
Senvol ML Enables New Approach for Material Allowables Development
Senvol demonstrates use of machine learning software to enable path for rapid development of material property allowables for additive manufacturing.
Read MoreIn Manufacturing, AI Is Clumsy Until It Is Invisible
Artificial intelligence is finding wide use in advancing additive manufacturing. We have seen a hint at how far this might go.
Read MoreExpanding Materials, Applications for Inkjet 3D Printing
Traditionally, the materials available for inkjet 3D printing have prevented the process from being used in production of end-use parts. But machine vision systems and AI are broadening the materials and applications for inkjet 3D printing.
Read MoreGenetic Engineering for Metal: The Promise of Microstructure Control via Additive Manufacturing
“To design the alloy, design the microstructure,” says this Ohio materials science startup. Artificial intelligence is helping to realize a design tool for determining the properties of 3D printed metals.
Read MoreAI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.
Read MoreWhy Self-Supervised Deep Learning May Be Additive Manufacturing's AI Solution
In collaboration with equipment supplier EOS, artificial intelligence experts at NNAISENSE have created a self-taught “deep digital twin” to advance additive manufacturing, starting with direct metal laser sintering of titanium.
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5 Observations From Dr. Tim Simpson About the State of Additive Manufacturing So Far
The outgoing co-director of Penn State’s CIMP-3D takes stock of how far AM has come, aided in no small part through the work of the organization he helped to lead.
Peter Zelinski
Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing
Hexagon, Authentise Partner to Improve AM Quality, Repeatability
Collaborative solution integrates shopfloor data with data intelligence to orchestrate consistent quality from concept to part.
Read MorePrintSyst Automates AM Decision Making with AI (Includes Video)
The startup’s cloud-based artificial intelligence tool is designed to help companies adopting additive manufacturing make fast, easy decisions about what and how to 3D print.
Read MoreAI-Driven Adaptive Manufacturing Software Aims to Self-Correct 3D Printing (Includes Video)
The AI software platform Blacksmith from Markforged shares feedback from its cloud-connected fleet of printers to identify and correct distortions in a 3D-printed part.
Read MoreBlacksmith Promises Adaptive Manufacturing for 3D Printing and Beyond
Blacksmith, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution from Markforged, promises to adjust part designs and processes based on real results. The implication is better, easier 3D printing — but also adaptive manufacturing more broadly.
Read MoreMarkforged Unveils AI-Powered Blacksmith
Markforged has announced its AI-powered platform, Blacksmith, designed to enable manufacturing equipment to reprogram itself to make perfect parts.
Read MoreCool Stuff We Discovered at Rapid + TCT 2019 (See Our Video Collection)
AI for process improvement, 3D printing with metal paste, droids for build change—here are six innovations we wanted to share with you straight from the show floor.
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