Renishaw, a provider of metrology and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, and Identify3D, a software provider for the digital supply chain, have announced a collaboration to offer an end-to-end, secure digital manufacturing process.
Identify3D will provide data protection coupled with contractual and manufacturing licensing from design to production on Renishaw AM systems. By choosing to secure all digital data in the engineering phase, the technology enables users of Renishaw systems to protect its digital intellectual property (IP), enforce production rules and provide traceability in the digital supply chain.
"Renishaw understands how important it is to have an efficient and reliable control of data flow all the way to its machines," said Stephan Thomas, Chief Strategy Officer at Identify3D. "We are pleased that Renishaw has selected Identify3D as a strategic partner to provide such a solution to the market place - from design to distribution and production."
Marc Saunders, Director of Global Solutions Centres at Renishaw, commented, "Industrializing AM requires that we manage and control a complex chain of processes to deliver consistent, traceable and qualified parts. Secure transmission and controlled use of digital IP is critical to enable agile Industry 4.0 supply chains. We believe that Identify3D brings a strong and necessary solution that will increase these controls, minimizing variation, to improve and protect AM production quality."
The two companies are currently working together on pilot projects for several manufacturing customers.
The collaboration will enable sectors such as aerospace, automotive, defense and medical devices to accelerate their adoption of AM, enabling secure distributed manufacturing across their supply chains.
For more information contact:
Renishaw, Inc.
1001 Wesemann Dr.
West Dundee, IL 60118
847-286-9953
usa@renishaw.com
www.renishaw.com
Identify3D
4 Joost Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94131
866-479-8045
www.identify3D.com