Siemens AM Network Blog

Industrial-Scale Additive Manufacturing: Challenges and Potential

Written by Robert Meshel | Aug 21, 2019 6:00:00 AM

Additive manufacturing (AM) is one of the most promising Industry 4.0 opportunities, the much-discussed fourth generation of manufacturing that will be dominated by intelligent automation, digital twins and threads, and the IoT.

In order for large OEMs to fully utilize industrial-scale AM potential there are several barrier’s they’ll need to overcome.

While some barriers of AM implementation have easier solutions than others, the bottom line is that if OEMs want to start or expand AM, finding reliable partners and answers to questions about organizing, planning and executing is key for a successful AM strategy.

Read the full blog on how your organization  can start taking advantage of industrial-scale additive manufacturing here.