Materialise announces expansion to CO-AM platform with seven new technology partners at Formnext 2022
On the second day Formnext 2022, Materialise It was announced that seven more technology partners joined the COAM platform.
The solutions include traceability, printing, post-processing, 3D printing, and design and preprinting automation. CO-AM now includes Materialise Magics, a new workflow automation feature.
“With these new partnerships, the CO-AM community continues to grow, creating the first end-to-end software platform that offers an open ecosystem for the additive manufacturing industry,” said Bart van der Schueren, CTO of Materialise. “Collaboration is key to realise the potential of additive manufacturing and to give our customers seamless access to a full range of software tools to plan manage, and optimise every step of their 3D printing process.”
Since May this year’s launch, the CO-AM platform has attracted more than 10 technology partners.
These are the new partners TrinckleDesign automation is now possible for fixtures and jigs. Twikit, offering a “mass customisation” solution including design automation and automated order creation. Additive Marking Another new member allows digital traceability via automated labelling and authentication technology.
Another new partner is SLM SolutionsIt offers printer connectivity and 3D printers for monitoring and documenting machine data. AMT, DyeMansion?, and PostProcess These are now part the CO-AM platform to automate and track post-processing steps.
The Materialise COAM platform, according to the company, offers space for innovation and codevelopment to both the AM industry as well as manufacturing companies. The platform presents an “open software architecture” that provides manufacturing companies access to multiple hardware technologies and their preferred tools from Materialise and other software developers.
Materialise’s goal is to bring together the CO-AM community in order to develop end-to-end manufacturing solutions to create competitive advantages for individual businesses and to empower whole industries.
“End-to-end connectivity in CO-AM offers significant advantages for our partners and our customers,” said Vishal Singh, Senior Director of CO-AM. “For our partners, connecting their applications to the CO-AM platform provides them with opportunities to reach new customers more efficiently. Our customers benefit from a unified user experience throughout materialise and partners solutions.”
The integration of Magics 26, the company’s flagship data and build preparation software, into CO-AM has also been extended by Materialise. Materialise says the integration will increase traceability, which allows users to monitor and optimize AM processes through the entire workflow, from data preparation, design iterations, to the final printed part.
“The deep integration and workflow automation feature of Magics in CO-AM creates a digital thread between data and build preparation and the overall AM workflow,” said Egwin Bovyn, Product Line Manager of Magics 3D Print Suite at Materialise. “This is an important step to enable data management across all technologies within CO-AM. It will allow users to reduce production costs and scale AM operations more efficiently.”
Demonstrations for both the COAM platform and Magics 26 are taking place at the Materialise stand, Hall 12.1, Hall C139, during Formnext in Frankfurt.
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