To accelerate the transformation of the additive manufacturing industry, Siemens expands its additive manufacturing program in the United States

Siemens, a global leader in additive manufacturing (AM) technology, is expanding its focus on additive manufacturing initiatives in the United States to help accelerate the transformation of the additive manufacturing industry in the United States through serial additive manufacturing.

"We stand on the threshold of a new frontier in American industry, where the implementation of additive manufacturing will bring fundamental changes to the end-to-end landscape from product to machine to manufacturing. Siemens is excited to be at the forefront of this process, "said Steve Vosmik, head of additive Manufacturing at Siemens USA.

Siemens is focused on supporting the domestic AM machine manufacturer community and is therefore leveraging its world-class motion control, automation hardware, digital software and technical capabilities to help machine manufacturers. Through the Charlotte Collaboration Center for Advanced Technology (CATCH) in Charlotte, North Carolina, Siemens will act as an ecosystem platform for machine manufacturers, machine users and additive design engineers, among others.

"More than 100 machine manufacturers from around the world are implementing Siemens Automation solutions to industrialize machines," said Rajas Sukthankar, Vice President of Motion Control at Siemens Industry Group. He continued, "Now is the time to support more customers and accelerate their transition from single-machine to series additive manufacturing plants. North America is moving in that direction."

Siemens can assist additive manufacturing workshops and tier 1 production facilities with end-to-end solutions that include product design software, digital twin machine simulations and virtual execution of manufacturing methods, and feed complete data back into design protocols to make necessary adjustments prior to any machine manufacturing. "This comprehensive suite of software and motion control hardware products makes Siemens a reliable partner in every step of the additive manufacturing process," Vosmik said.

Siemens is adding technology to CATCH by integrating metal adhesive injection technology through the purchase and installation of ExOne/ Desktop metal production systems and Meltio robotic systems with Siemens SINUMERIK RunMyRobot applications. SINUMERIK RunMyRobot controls the motion path of industrial robots when integrated with CNC machine tools.

Siemens has also established the Additive Manufacturing Advisory Board, made up of renowned industry leaders from various industries and technical disciplines, to provide guidance to the company to support the rapidly growing demands of the additive manufacturing market. Vosmik concluded, "We look forward to engaging and collaborating with this talented group of industry experts as we move forward into this exciting new world of manufacturing in the United States.

Source: Laser Net