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“Monitoring each machine without the ability to con- nect all machines for a unified view of plant productivity won’t allow companies to survive and thrive in a globally competitive market,” said McPhail. “To get that overall ef- ficiency, their machines must be connected together and consistently report a variety of machine performance data from across the plant floor to the top floor where the plant manager sits. Or, better yet, from multiple plant floors to the corner office in the tower where the CEO sits.”


Democratizing smart manufacturing GE’s Biller said the DMDII plans to


roll out an affordable solution for small- and medium-size shops that want to keep up with the digital manufacturing leaders of the world. GE is leading the institute’s ef-


fort to create a Digital Manufacturing Commons, or Digital Marketplace, which forms the “digital thread” that will connect and drive manufactur- ing supply chains in the future. The open source platform GE scientists are developing will build on the platform they demonstrated with DARPA and MIT: Manufacturing leaders see it as an outstanding innovation. “We’re developing digital tools, and


of course we are helping our suppliers to gain access to those tools, to get educated in those tools,” Biller said. “We’re creating a digital manufactur- ing commons that eventually will allow people to communicate, exchange ideas, and use new tools if they are small and medium enterprises.” George Barnych, director of R&D


programs at DMDII, said he’s encour- aged by the positive response from some manufacturing software OEMs to the concept of providing digital tools on a pay-per-use or sliding-scale basis to small companies. The software could use strategies like templates, graphic dashboards and online consulting to make it easy to use, he said.


Cimatron is now part of 3D Systems


THINGS ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER


As one of the early pioneers developing CAD/CAM software for manufacturing, Cimatron will continue its 33 year legacy going forward as part of 3D Systems.


Look forward to new opportunities for


MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE!


For more information go to: www.3dsystems.com | www.cimatrontech.com


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“It’s a different type of model, and it’s cloud-based,”


he said. The DMDII is helping to address cybersecurity, too, and has solicited white papers and cost proposals for developing security tools for manufacturers’ data, soft- ware and hardware.


Spring 2016


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