Instead, open data standards should be seen as a growth enabler.” “Just as large manufacturers drove the provision of open factory automation, it’s important we vendors now break down barriers to new manufacturing technologies that offer more flexibility and efficiency. Paolo Guglielmini, president of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, said: “Far from Industry 4.0 creating a ‘connected' end-to-end supply chain, today many 3D printers and protocols are creating ‘walled kingdoms’ of hardware that are incompatible with certain CAE tools, and vendors are introducing machines with proprietary connectivity, standards and protocols designed not to work with machinery from rivals. That includes material suppliers like Solvay and Covestro, 3D printer and machine tool vendors such as Stratasys and Renishaw, software providers like Authentic and Elise, and service bureaus. The software and automation specialist says it will continue to build its open ecosystem “with a shared purpose of high quality” to help users build effective product development and manufacturing workflows. Hexagon made several additions to its ecosystem last week including Directed Energy Deposition (DED) companies Sciaky and MeltioĪmidst the mass of product launches across hardware, software and materials at Formnext last week, Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division unveiled its plans to bring each of those elements together in what it believes will be “the industry’s most flexible and open additive manufacturing ecosystem.”
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