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Additive manufacturing at bimu (01 10-2014) eng v.7 - an opportunity for metal-working companies (40 slides)
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Additive Manufacturing
An opportunity for metal-working companies
Prof. Marco Taisch,
Eng. Francesco Giovanni Sisca
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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Product variety
Productvolumes
1850
1913
1955
1980
2000
Time
Craft production
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Product variety
Productvolumes
1850
1950
1980
2000
Time
MASS PRODUCTION1908
“You can have any color for your car as long
as it is black!”
(Henry Ford)
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Product variety
Productvolumes
1850
1908
1950
1980
2000
Time
Mass Customization
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Servitisation
Product
Servizio per
supportare il
prodotto
Servizio per
differenziare il
prodotto
Servizio è
prodotto
Service for
product
Service for
customer
K.D. Thoben 2001
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Example
• Car Sharing: You don’t buy no more a
car but you rent it.
Golboo Pourabdollahian
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Example
• Sale of flight hours instead of
engines
Golboo Pourabdollahian
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Product becomes lighter
• Strong special steels
• Aluminium
• Titanium
• Alloys
• Composites
• Bio-composites
• Ceramics
• Hybrid materials
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• Raw-material and energy efficiency improves
Pictures: Audi, UPM
Slide courtesy of
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Product becomes smart’
• Information technology helps to improve energy
efficiency
• Digital steering and control systems enable
improved ergonomics
• Machines can be remotely controlled – humans
are freed from working in uncomfortable and
dangerous surroundings
• Machines can measure processes and output to
optimise performance
• Machines can send data on output, lapsed time,
and their own condition over mobile internet
• Improved conditions for fleet management
• Need for repair and maintenance can be
anticipated to minimise downtime
Pictures: Sandvik, Ponsse, Metos
Slide courtesy of
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What’s AM?
Metal powder spread and fused time to time, on a
working plan, layer by layer, in according with the
sections which the net-shape to be formed consists
of.
Courtesy of Avio Aero
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Applications
Areospace
Fuel injectors , GE AviationBrackets for Airbus 320, Airbus
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Automotive
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com
Dental
Defense
http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/
Asda Supermarket in UK
Consumer goods
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
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Foundry Machining
Assembly
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
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AM
Post Processing
1. Collapse of
foundry activities
and assembling
activities in the
AM Process
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
2. Ready turnkey kits
needed to a final
product in one
batch.
Set ups overcame.
Minimum
production
lots disappear.
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
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3. Consolidation of several
sub-parts in a unique
net-shape.
Part durability improves.
Disappear stocks of
many sub-components.
http://www.rmbproducts.com/aerospace-aircraft-ducting/benefits
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
4. Several iterations visual
model - changes ...
until reaching the
optimum for the end
customer.
Customer more satisfied
Decreases the time to
market.
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What does AM change on the Product LC?
5. Conformal cooling
Cooling channels
conform to the exact
shape of the mould.
Injection molding
40&60 % more
productive.
http://www.mmsonline.com/cdn/cms/Image%206_Combo.jpg
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Manufacturing Trends
Volumidiproduzione
Varietà di prodotto
Tempo1850
1908
1950
1980
2000
CRAFT PRODUCTION
MASS PRODUCTION
MASS CUSTOMIZATION
(Henry Ford)
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Manufacturing Trends
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Varietà di prodotto
Volumidiproduzione
Tempo1850
1908
1950
1980
2000
CRAFT PRODUCTION
(Henry Ford)
MASS PRODUCTION
MASS CUSTOMIZATION
20..
“Se –”
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Game Changing tech.
Value Proposition
Service Servitizzazione (Partnership strategiche)
Cuncurrent Engineering
Product New geometries not «reachable» by the subtractive
MFG
Lightweighting Sustainability
Value Creation
Value Network Creation Mass Customization Personalisation
Value Delivery
Distribution Channels Marketplaces
Target Market Segments Niche Market
One-off products
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Organisational Implications
1a. Market Customization
1b. Client Customization
2. Demand Manufacturing of the f.p.
3. Demand Manufacturing of spare parts
4. Time to market
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AM Industry – SWOT analysis
Strenghts
Opportunities
Reverse Engineering
IP Issues
Weapons
Dangerous processes
Powder Power***
Limited size of the build
Dimensional Accuracy
Post processing* needed
Material Limitation
Cost of the AMT printer
Low production volumes
Superficial roughness
Speed of AMT printer
Net shape «no» tooling
Part consolidation
Lightweighting parts
Complex Geometry
Inner specifics
Elimination/Reduction of tooling
Immediate Customization
Design Optimization and Flexibility
One-off product
Weaknesses
Distributed MFG
MFG on Demand
Multi products batches
Reduction in Inventories of of sub-
components and end-use products
Threats
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Sustainability is a Syllogism
1. Layer by layer manufacturing, hp
2. No tooling needed, hp
http://www.mechanicalengineeringblog.com/wp-
content/uploads/2011/03/01AdditiveManufacturingRapidPrototypinglayerbylayerflow.jpg
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Sustainability is a Syllogism
3. Less use of material processed in the
manufacturing process, (1,2)
4. Less waste in energy used during the
manufacturing process, (1,2,3)
5. On demand manufacturing, (2)
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Sustainability is a Syllogism
Th1. Less pollution emitted during the m.p. (3,4)
Th2. Less pollution released in the environment due to
massive decrease of the transport means in Logistics of
multinationals, (5)
TH3. Saving weight and material leads to saving impact
on the environment of the all AMed products, all
manufacturing process, and all final products using the
Amed parts/components, (3)
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AM in details – ‘‘If…’’
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If… higher build rates
If… broader material range
If… lower Machine costs
If… lower material costs
If… higher build volumes
If… data base of certified materials for AM
If… industrial standards for AM Industry
If… predictive algorithms
If… multi-products batching Rudyard Kipling " If…"
Nobel Prize in Literature 1907
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References & Sources
The Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping
www.additive3d.com/rm_c.htm
EPMA (European Powder Metallurgy Association)
www.epma.com
America Makes - National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII)
www.americamakes.us
3D Printing Industry
www.3dprintingindustry.com
AM Insight
www.additivemanufacturinginsight.com
Berenschot
www.berenschot.com
Wohlers Associate
www.wohlersassociates.com
Forbes
www.forbes.com
BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
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Conferences and events
Euro Mold, 25th to 28th November 2014, Frankfurt
Metal AM 2014, 20th to 21st November 2014, Vien
Inside 3D Printing, 13th to 14th November 2014, Milan
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Additive Manufacturing
An opportunity for metal-working companies
«Thanks for your attention»
Prof. Marco Taisch,
Eng. Francesco Giovanni Sisca
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
marco.taisch@polimi.it
francescogiovanni.sisca@polimi.it
Notas del editor
Mass production processes led to the continuous improvement methods of production. The continuous improvement company is more participative, empowered, cross-functional team-based and focusing on total quality management (TQM) principles. Workers are given more participative and decision-making responsibilities and managers perform the facilitative and coaching function of motivating their employees toward continuous improvement efforts in the production facility. This type of a production system results in the manufacture of low-cost, high quality, standard goods and services.
The time period most typical of continuous improvement was in the 1980s when companies like Motorola began implementing TQM and other continuous improvement programs in their production operations management. The continuous improvement production methods led to the unique concept of mass customization, a process in which all aspects within the organization from people, processes, organizational structures, and technology are geared to provide customers specifically what they need and want. An efficient, well-integrated organizational system of production facilitates this process of mass customization. The result is low cost, high quality, customized goods and services produced on a large scale to a mass market. The time period most typical of mass customization was in the mid-1990s through the present time when companies like Dell began effectively implementing mass customization in their production operations facilities.
-Time to market means from the idea/design of the product to its commercialization into a market. Agile manufacturing means reactivity to change on product mix and product functionality becasue there is no tooling to prepare in other words there is no traditional Innovation process.
No Tooling is better said as potential elimination of tooling in the sense that exeption made for the lattice supports AM does not need tools to be adopted. Therefore direct production is possible without implementation of dedicated tools. This leads companies into niche markets which with traditional manufacturing couldn’t be reched due to the high break even.
No waste for two characteristics occurring in adoption of AM:
by definition additive manufacturing build layer by layer the product needed using the exact material needed while in subtractive manufacturing often happens that from a solid is obtained the final part using 10-40% of the material in input while the remaining is waste.
Through Design Optimization (Topology Optimization) allowed by AM less material is used due to the lack of costraints of traditional manufacturing thus there will result a lighter end-use part.
- The Geometry Complexity is for free in the sense that it is just marginally related to the increase of the related cost of production (Berenschot Report 2014).
These are applications for AM in respect of the aim it is used for. Tooling may be Direct tooling or Undirect.
Borrowing the Technology Adoption Lifecycle curve terminology we may speak about:
Innovators: Consumer goods
Early Adopters: Aereospace, Automotive
Early Majority (1): Industrial/Business Machines, Medical, Dental, Defense
(2): Fashion, Footwear, Jewelery, Toys, Industrial Design, Architecural, Oil &Gas, Food
Laggards (future applications in): Bioprinting, Metal AM in Space.
The term Defense or Military may be interchangeable.
Medical: models, surgical cutting, drill guides, orthopedic plants;
Dental: dental plants, crown and bridges.
While consumer products industry has been the first application for AM, (Innovators), the Aereospace sector has been the engine of AM pushing AM systems manufacturers and AM providers to improve AMTs , broadening the material range available and it is still urging AM Industry to cope with issues as A-Z process monitoring , closed loops controls, Topology Optimization sw, predictive sw which link the characteristics of the material in input to the mechanical specifics obtained in output; Optimal topology, flow needs given.
There are several end-users ion Aereospace, among them Safran Avion, AVIO Aero, Airbus.
“Hinges for the Airbus A320 - conventional (background) and 3D printed (foreground)” BBC article
The Fuel nozzle here shown is the one which will be produced in 50.000 units by 2015 for LEAD engines.
«The Automotive Industry has been using 3D printers since 1980s» Rakesh Sharma
Here in this slide we see the famous case of Urbee, an urban electric vehicle whose body have been completely 3d printed, using CAD sw Autodesk and through a Stratasys machine. It’s an electrical vehicle within the range 0-40 miles/hour and it goes through internatl combustion within the range 40-70 miles/hour. (Information sourced from korecologic.com/media/videos).
Medtech products that ranges from jaw implants to dental implants, from skull to body-fitting implants.
I preferred to use the term Defence rather than Military, because I wanted to make sound the concept that we can find AM applications in Army, Navy, Airforce, or in other words all the military forms of a Defense Department within whichever country.
The respirator above in the current slide have been realised by Design Reality through a 3D printer Objet 260 Connex (Stratasys)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vC8yoj61JY
American AM pioneer Stratasys merged with Israeli-based Objet in December 2012. («The newly formed entity chose to register as a company of Israel» Wohlers Report 2014).
The weapon on the slide it’s from http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133514-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun.
Mass Market product has highly general utility and universal appeal.
Jewels, home accessories, lamps, key-ring, glasses, bikes, mobile phone protection covers (in slide), memes, spore sculptures, etc.
Mini-mes or Avatar are used as synonyms.
* speaking about metal AM parts.
** MFG stands for Manufacturing
*** «Powder Power» is a term used by Mauro Varetti in order to signal the ever growing strategical importance of the know-how above the material production. As in order to obtain certain technical/mechanical specifics it can be used a specific group of AMT thus a decision maker has to move within a certain range of materials. And moreover certain specifics for an end-use product may push towards the investigation of new materials which may give competition advantage.
Another threat to be mentioned it’s what AM constituts for other well known sectors.. AM It’s a threat for Tooling Companies.
*Machines
Susteinability with AMT is an aristotelian syllogism. (La sostenibilità dell’AM, qui inteso come tecnologia, è un sillogismo matematico).
1. Layer by layer manufacturing
2. No tooling needed
3. Less use of material processed in the manufacturing process, (1,2)
4. Less waste in energy used during the manufacturing process, (1,2,3)
5. On demand manufacturing, (2)
Distributed manufacturing, (2)
TH1. Less pollution emitted during the m.p. (3,4) and released in the
environment due to massive decrease of land transport means in
logistics of multinationals, (5,6)
TH2. Less inventory cost, (5)
TH3. Saving weight and material leads to saving impact of the all AMed
products and the all manufacturing process on the environment, (3)
1. And 2. are postulates by definiton of AM.
Other sustainable implications of AM are
7. Retrofit through AM impacts on mainteinance and repair activities in the companes’ value chains.
8. People are eventually more satisfied and happy for hard customized products possible with AM technologies.
This graphic is a continuation of the famous Kondratieff 5 waves. In according to Kondratieff within human history, better saying economic history, there are cicles which are signed by 4 stages Improvement (I), Prosperity (P), Recession (R) and Depression (D). In other words historically economies pass through Rising phases succeded by Decline phases. In Kondratieff opinion each wave’s aplitude is about 50 years and each of them is triggled by a «disruptive» innovation such as have been Steam engines, Railway steel, Electrical, Automobil and Petrolchemistry and Internet (wider term would be IT). Now it is interesting take this model in this contest of analysis of AM because there is pointed out that we are facing a Decline phase of our Economies and a Rising phase is at the dow triggled by several novelties of huge impact. The question in our presentation is whether AM it is just the new definitve disruptive Innovation which will triggle the down of new markets and paradigms.
EuroMold is historically one of the most important event in AM industry; each time the main players of the market have announced their annual innovations within the scope of this fair.