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Tech Podcast: What does additive manufacturing need for a breakthrough?

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07.04.2022 5 min

3D printing makes it possible to produce finished parts in a very short time, without a lot of tools and moulds. But why is the process not yet as efficient and suitable for series production as we would like? And what is still missing for the breakthrough? Ulrich Dittmaier provides valuable insights in the Bosch Rexroth Tech Podcast.

Interview partner Ulrich Dittmaier

"Open standards, open platforms" - in the podcast we learn how 3D printers can be brought into small batch manufacturing.

In this episode of our industry podcast, traditional meets innovative technology - in the middle of a foundry, additive manufacturing is discussed here. 3D printing has already been used at the Lohr site for years. For what? Ulrich Dittmaier reports that for several years now, entire moulds for castings have been 3D printed here, which previously had to be classically manufactured and assembled. But what role does Bosch Rexroth play in 3D printing? In this interview, Ulrich Dittmaier shows how the automation experts are driving industrial 3D printing forward with both technology and manufacturing expertise.

Automation is the right keyword here. Because Ulrich Dittmaier is also of the opinion that 3D printing must develop from individual applications such as prototyping towards small series and industrialisation. So far, 3D printing is still a process that requires a lot of manual intervention. In order to bring automation to additive manufacturing, Ulrich Dittmaier looks at the entire workflow from pre-press to printing to post-processing and logistics, from both the hardware and software sides.

The automation of additive manufacturing has begun. Dittmaier therefore also talks about how Bosch Rexroth advises established machine manufacturers who want to help shape 3D printing in the future - here, he says, it is a matter of achieving quality for industrial products as well as reproducibility. And Bosch Rexroth also supports medium-sized companies as an automation supplier in order to meet the standards in mechanical engineering.

Where is the journey heading? In the rest of the interview, Dittmaier also talks about the enthusiasm among young people for 3D printing, materials such as engineering plastics and the closer integration of the entire value chain compared to the machine tool sector.

You can find this and other episodes on the factory of the future in our tech podcast channel "Industry rethought" on all known platforms or you can subscribe directly here via Podigee.

Contact person for the Bosch Rexroth Tech Podcast: Susanne Noll

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