3MF Consortium Announces New Founding Member, GE Global Research
January 27 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The 3MF Consortium, an industry association created to develop
and promote a new full-fidelity file format for 3D printing, today
announced that GE Global Research, the central technology
development hub of GE (NYSE: GE), which is pioneering uses for
additive manufacturing, has joined at the Founding membership
level.
Scientists and engineers in GE's Additive Manufacturing Lab have
been pioneers in developing new additive produced components with
metals and ceramics. In fact, with 3D printed parts being used in
two different jet engine platforms, GE built the first mass
production additive facility in the U.S. in Auburn, Alabama, which
is building parts and getting more machines on line every month.
Today GE is the world's largest user of additive technologies with
metals.
"With the successful integration of 3D printed metal parts in
two different jet engine platforms and the construction of GE
Aviation's $50 million state-of-the-art high-volume additive
production plant in Auburn, Alabama, we achieved major milestones
with our additive program in 2015," said Prabhjot Singh, Manager of
the Additive Manufacturing Lab at GE Global Research. "But we have
only scratched the surface on additive's potential. With even
better design tools, machines and new materials, we can
dramatically expand the additive industry's footprint in
manufacturing. That future will arrive faster through the strong
ecosystem that 3MF is building to bring the right stakeholders
together to accelerate new innovations and breakthroughs in this
space."
"GE Global Research is a recognized leader with real-world
experience using 3D printing and additive manufacturing to drive
innovation," said Adrian Lannin, 3MF Consortium executive director.
"We look forward to working with GE Global Research to enrich the
3MF standard and create new opportunities for both 3D printing and
the additive manufacturing ecosystem."
The 3MF Consortium was formed to close the gap between the
capabilities of modern 3D printers and outdated file formats. The
3MF specification eliminates the problems associated with currently
available file formats, resolving interoperability and
functionality issues, and enabling companies to focus more on
innovation. The first version of the 3MF specification is available
now for download at no charge.
Two levels of 3MF Consortium membership are available: Founding
and Associate. Members work collaboratively to develop, enhance and
promote the 3MF specification.
About GE Global ResearchGE Global Research is the hub of
technology development for all of GE's businesses. Our scientists
and engineers redefine what's possible, drive growth for our
businesses, and find answers to some of the world's toughest
problems. We innovate 24 hours a day, with sites in Niskayuna, New
York; San Ramon, California; Detroit, Michigan; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; Bangalore, India; Shanghai, China; Munich, Germany; Tirat
Carmel, Israel; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Visit GE Global Research on the web at www.geglobalresearch.com.
Connect with our technologists at www.geglobalresearch.com/blog and
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About the 3MF ConsortiumLaunched in 2015, the 3MF
Consortium is a Joint Development Foundation project with the goal
to define a 3D printing format that will allow design applications
to send full-fidelity 3D models to a mix of other applications,
platforms, services and printers. The 3MF (for 3D Manufacturing
Format) specification eliminates the widespread issues with
currently available file formats.
Founding members of the 3MF Consortium are: 3D Systems;
Autodesk, Inc; Dassault Systèmes, SA.; FIT AG; GE Global Research;
HP, Inc.; Materialise; Microsoft Corporation; Shapeways, Inc.;
Siemens PLM Software; SLM Solutions Group AG; Stratasys, and
Ultimaker. The starting point for the Consortium's development of
the 3MF specification was Microsoft's donation of its 3D file
format work-in-progress. More information about the 3MF Consortium
and the 3MF specification is available at http://www.3mf.io.
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Twitter: @GEResearch
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