Siemens and Materialise Technology Integration Streamlines Product Design Through 3D Printing
April 11 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Materialise additive manufacturing
technology now fully integrated with NX
- Seamlessly closes the loop between
product design and 3D printers
- Strengthens Siemens’ comprehensive
additive manufacturing solution
Siemens and Materialise have integrated additive manufacturing
(AM) technology from Materialise into Siemens’ NX™ software,
streamlining the design to manufacturing process for the rapidly
growing universe of products being produced using AM (a.k.a. 3D
printing). The new solution leverages proven Materialise technology
to enable NX computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering
(CAD/CAM/CAE) software to accurately and completely prepare CAD
models for powder bed fusion and material jetting 3D printing
processes. As a result, the time necessary to go from a completed
product design to a fully 3D-printed part could be reduced by 30
percent or more. A partnership agreement between the two companies,
announced by Materialise on January 6, 2017, enables Siemens’
product lifecycle management (PLM) software business to sell the
integrated solution through its global sales channels.
“Today’s announcement represents a huge leap forward in making
additive manufacturing a mainstream production practice for our
customers,” said Zvi Feuer, senior vice president of Manufacturing
Engineering Software for Siemens PLM Software. “Until now, the
additive manufacturing process required manufacturers to work with
two separate systems – one for product design, and another to
prepare that design for 3D printing. The data translation issues
and lack of associativity between these two systems created a
process that was time consuming and subject to errors. By
eliminating these issues, we are helping to expand the adoption of
additive manufacturing as a universally accepted production
tool.”
As one of the world’s most widely used digital product
development applications, NX is used throughout multiple industries
to design some of the world’s most sophisticated products, from
automobiles, aircraft and marine vessels, to consumer products,
medical devices and machinery. Likewise, technology from the
Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite enables all commonly-adopted AM
processes for end-part manufacturing, including powder bed fusion,
as well as material jetting, which promises to further accelerate
AM‘s evolution from a prototyping to a full-scale manufacturing
technology.
The solution being announced today seamlessly and associatively
links NX with Materialise lattice technology, support structures
design, 3D nesting, build tray preparation, and build processors
framework technology for additive manufacturing. This eliminates
data translation, conversions and ensures that changes to digital
product design models, are automatically and associatively
reflected in the 3D print jobs. The result is greater model
accuracy, higher quality and a much faster design to production
process.
“Additive manufacturing is a reality now, even in highly
regulated markets like aerospace and healthcare,” says Johan
Pauwels, Executive Vice President at Materialise. “By bringing
together solutions from Siemens and Materialise, we are optimizing
and simplifying the workflow for design, engineering and
manufacturing of components. For the past 25 years, our neutral
backbone of solutions has pushed the boundaries of additive
manufacturing technologies. We’re pleased to partner with Siemens,
who truly understands large-scale industrial manufacturing
environments and shares our belief that designers and engineers can
create better products if additive manufacturing is embedded into
their mainstream business processes.”
An initial set of technology is available in the most current
version of NX (NX 11.0.1) via new modules targeted for additive
manufacturing.
Learn more about today’s announcement and how AM is impacting
the manufacturing industry during the keynote talk by Andreas Saar,
VP Manufacturing Engineering Solutions at Siemens, at the
Materialise World Summit in Brussels: April 20, 2017. For more
information visit: worldsummit.materialise.com
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology
powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation,
quality, reliability and internationality for more than
165 years. The company is active in more than
200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification,
automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers
of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a
leading supplier of efficient power generation and power
transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as
well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. The
company is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment –
such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems
– and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In
fiscal 2016, which ended on September 30, 2016, Siemens
generated revenue of €79.6 billion and net income of
€5.6 billion. At the end of September 2016, the company had
around 351,000 employees worldwide. Further information is
available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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Materialise incorporates more than 25 years of 3D
printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D
printing services, which together form a backbone for the 3D
printing industry. Materialise’s open and flexible solutions enable
players in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare,
automotive, aerospace, art and design, and consumer goods, to build
innovative 3D printing applications that aim to make the world a
better and healthier place. Headquartered in Belgium, with branches
worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software
developers in the industry with one of the largest 3D printing
facilities in the world.
Note: Siemens and the Siemens logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Siemens AG. NX is a trademark or registered trademark
of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other
trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their
respective holders.
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