Protolabs Joins MIT's Additive Manufacturing Consortium to Advance Next-Gen Manufacturing Technology
December 06 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Digital manufacturing company Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) announced
today that it has become a founding member of MIT’s newly formed
Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies
(ADAPT) — a consortium focused on scaling new manufacturing
technology through research, education, actionable insights, and an
MIT-based ecosystem that pairs industry and academia.
“We’ve experienced firsthand the tremendous progress that
additive manufacturing has made over the past decade, and we’re
quickly approaching another important milestone in 3D printing’s
rapid ascent into industrial manufacturing space. My hope is that
ADAPT will not only evolve additive manufacturing as a viable
digital manufacturing solution for prototyping, but also end-use
production. We are thrilled to be a founding member of ADAPT to
help make that a reality,” said Vicki Holt, President and CEO at
Protolabs, which provides industrial 3D printing along with
injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, and CNC machining
services.
Joining Protolabs as founding members of ADAPT are Autodesk,
General Motors, and Volkswagen, to name a few. Helming the ADAPT
consortium is MIT professor John Hart, who also leads the
university’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity and
oversees the design and manufacturing facilities in the Department
of Mechanical Engineering.
“AM [additive manufacturing] — and the path toward a responsive,
digital manufacturing infrastructure both within and between
organizations — requires multidisciplinary expertise at the cutting
edge of mechanical engineering, computer science, materials, and
other fields,” explained Hart. “I am thrilled to launch ADAPT to
accelerate MIT’s efforts toward enabling a next generation of
production technologies, wherein AM is a cornerstone.”
Among the initial efforts of ADAPT are seeding exploratory
research projects with faculty and graduate students, and
accelerating the establishment of a new, advanced additive
manufacturing laboratory at MIT. ADAPT activities also complement
MIT’s leading AM education programs like Additive Manufacturing for
Innovative Design and Production, an online certificate program
offered by MITxPRO with manufacturing and engineering support from
Protolabs.
For more information on ADAPT, visit adapt.mit.edu or contact
the initiative’s program manager Haden Quinlan at hquinlan@mit.edu
or 910-690-9074.
About ProtolabsProtolabs is the world’s fastest digital
manufacturing source for rapid prototyping and on-demand
production. The technology-enabled company produces custom parts
and assemblies in as fast as 1 day with automated 3D printing, CNC
machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding
processes. Its digital approach to manufacturing enables
accelerated time to market, reduces development and production
costs, and minimizes risk throughout the product life cycle. Visit
protolabs.com for more information.
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