Apresentação Karel Brans - Software Materialise

1. Software Solutions for
Additive Manufacturing
Karel Brans
Research Projects Manager - Materialise
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Seminário de Tecnologias

2. Short Intro to Materialise
• Started in 1990
• Grown to over 800 employees worldwide
• HQ in Belgium, offices all around the world
• Active in diverse domains...
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3. What do they have in common?
Dr. Louis Keppler, MD – Cleveland – United States of
America
Courtesy of Hester Studios
Source: Objet press release 2002 ©
Courtesy of Jaga

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Materialise
Mission Statement
To innovate product development
resulting in a better and healthier world,
through its software and hardware infrastructure
and in-depth knowledge of Additive Manufacturing.

5. The Materialise Group
A unique solution provider in product design and
development, based on 3 core competences:
• Additive Manufacturing
• Digital CAD (STL) for Design Automation
• Medical and Dental Image Based Manufacturing
Leadership through innovation resulting in 5 activities:
• Industrial Services
• Industrial Software products & services
• Clinical Software products & services
• Dental applications
• .MGX Design products
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6. The Materialise Group:
4 entities
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DentalSoftwareIndustrial Services .MGX
Each division has its own focus,
but their unique combination provides Materialise its strength

7. Industrial Services: state-of-the-art
Additive Manufacturing technologies
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NextDay
Polyjet
Stereoli-
thography
R.I.M.
Z Corp Laser
sintering
FDM Mammoth
stereoli-
thography
Vacuum
casting
24h 2-4 days 2-5 days 3 days 4-5 days 4-5 days 4-8 days 10 days 3 weeks

8. Industrial Services
Staggering Capacity
Installed machine base 2010:
• 14 Stereolithography machines
• 10 Mammoth Stereolithography machines
• 20 Fused Deposition Modelling machines
• 8 Sinter stations
• 1 Objet
• 1 Envisiontec
• 2 Z Corp
• 6 Vacuum Casting machines

9. From Prototyping to Manufacturing
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Rapid
Prototyping
Additive
Manufacturing
Technical
evolutions
Better materials
Better machines
Better software
New technical
challenges

10. Software Division Production Facitilities
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Diversity means strength

11. Challenges for Additive Manufacturing
• Efficiency:
 cost & resource
• Lead Time:
 length & reliability
• Quality:
 traceability & repeatability

12. Solutions
To tackle the AM challenges we need
solutions for:
• Machines
• Materials
• Software

13. Software Solutions:
Digital design and manufacturing process
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Data
Conditioning
Design Engineering Work
preparation
ProductionDeliveryProduction
Customization & Integration

14. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Data
Conditioning

15. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Design

16. .MGX: Design for AM

17. .MGX: Design for AM

18. Digital design and manufacturing
process
Design

19. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Design
Automation

20. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Engineering
Image courtesy of TotalSim Ltd.

21. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Work
preparation

22. Digital design and manufacturing
process
Work
preparation
Automation example:
e-tools
• Automated operations
• Server based
• Modular
• Framework
e-Tools
e-Q Client 2
e-Stage e-Slice e-Label
e-Tools
e-Q Client 1
User 1
e-Q Server
User 2

23. Digital design and manufacturing
process
Work
preparation
Automation: e-tools
Automatic supports
for platforms
Textures and
structures on slice
level

24. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Production
CRM
White board Excel
FTP e-mail
Phone
Windows Explorer
folder system

25. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Production
CRM Order Follow-up
File
Management
Machine
Planning
Machine Monitoring
Physical Parts Magics
e-RP
Magics
e-RP
Reporting
Build Information

26. Preview
Planning System Details View
Part Management
Digital design and manufacturing
process

27. • Case: .MGX Lamp Shades Manufacturing:
• Control manufacturing process by tracking the production
• Challenges:
• Unique label: part position and buildID
• Manufacturing: Rebuilding same job
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Digital design and manufacturing
process

28. • e-Tools Solution
• Preparation:
• Assign surface in Magics
• Applied on all copies
• Store in .magics project
• Apply label
• e-RP database
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Digital design and manufacturing
process

29. Digital design and manufacturing
process
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Delivery

30. Materialise Software:
Digital design and manufacturing process
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Data
Conditioning
Design Engineering Work
preparation
ProductionDeliveryProduction
Customization & Integration

31. Conclusion
• Software solutions at the core of the breakthrough
of Additive Manufacturing technologies
• With the transition from prototyping to
manufacturing, sofware solutions become even
more important:
• Efficiency: cost and resources
• Lead Time: length and reliability
• Quality: traceability and repeatability
• Automation and data management tools play a key
role
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32. Try MiniMagics²!
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Here's what MiniMagics offers:
• Import and save .STL, .magics or .mgx files
• Compress STL files up to factor 20
• View parts and rotate, pan or zoom
• Detect bad edges and flipped triangles
• Make a section
• Request part information, such as XYZ
measurements, volume, surface area or
number of bad edges
• Measure parts
• Add text annotations
• Create a print-out of parts
• See all information included in the .magics
file (like pictures, annotations, etc.)

33. Try MiniMagics²!
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What's new in MiniMagics2?
Extended measurement options - precise measurements every time
MiniMagics2 enables you to take accurate measurements from your STL files.
Minimagics2 has been enhanced to enable you to take accurate measurements, using
points, circles and planes.
Enhanced visualization capabilities - quickly grasp complex projects
The increased view options in MiniMagics2 enable instant geometry appreciation. View
options available now include shade, wireframe, shade & wire, triangle and transparent.
Easy silent server installation option - install on multiple computers with ease
Minimagics2 includes a silent server installation option, specifically designed to ensure
that organizations which do not allow individual employees to install their own software,
can install MiniMagics2 with ease.

34. Thank you!
Karel.Brans@materialise.be
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