Entwicklung einer sicheren, cloudbasierten Plattform für die Echtzeitübertragung von Produktionsdaten in der Additiven Fertigung.
Effiziente Nutzung von 3D-Drucktechnologie zur Realisierung sicherer und schneller Produktionsprozesse.
Erwartete Auswirkungen auf die Branche durch die Möglichkeit der Auslagerung von Fertigungsprozessen und Vereinfachung des Zugangs zur Additiven Fertigung.
Additive Manufacturing Reaches New Heights with Secure Cloud-Based Platform.
In a German-Chinese project consortium, the Chair Digital Additive Production DAP at RWTH Aachen University has developed the architecture for a secure cloud-based platform that enables the encrypted and real-time transmission of production data for Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) Additive Manufacturing. The results from the ProCloud3D project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), are intended to lay a foundation for secure decentralized Additive Manufacturing.
The industrial metaverse, smart services, and digitalization are mega-trends in the manufacturing industry into which Additive Manufacturing is able to integrate, transforming digital models into physical components.
A key function in efficiently implementing these concepts is the cloud. It offers the essential infrastructure needed for processing, storing, and securely sharing data in real-time, irrespective of location. The consortium behind the ProCloud3D project has made this infrastructure securely accessible for Additive Manufacturing.
From the end-user perspective, the Additive Manufacturing of components is increasingly being outsourced. To manufacture these components, the end-user must share their design data with a service provider.
Given that a digital design model is all that is needed to produce a physical copy, securing this process is crucial. The solution involves transferring production data layer by layer directly to the service provider’s PBF machine during the manufacturing process, a method also known as streaming.
