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Additive Manufacturing Strategy To accelerate the industrialisation of additive manufacturing and 3D printing in the UK

Additive Manufacturing for the UK

Additive Manufacturing &

Foresight Fellowship

Phill Dickens

University of Nottingham

Research

Basic Research

Research Council projects

PhD students

(approx. 100 staff and PhD

students)

Research & Development

Added Scientific Ltd

Development

Work for companies

Additive Manufacturing (AM)-

specific design expertise and

bespoke software (topology

optimisation, latticing, slice files) Material development solutions (for

laser sintering, laser melting, ink-

jetting, etc.) Additive Manufacturing process

enhancement and control Characterisation services for final

product materials

General AM consultancy

Building parts by adding

material (usually in layers)

The concept

Nano to buildings

Range of scales

http://www.isi.edu/efab/ http://www.d-shape.com/index.htm

Builds parts by selectively solidifying resin with a laser

Based on the phase change of photocurable resins

Analogous to Photo-reactive chemicals used in Photography &

Photoetching

Oldest example -

Stereolithography

Metals (increasingly useful)

Metal Laser Sintering

Courtesy of

Renishaw

General 3DPRG AM Equipment

Metallic Powder Polymer Powder Polymer Jetting

Nano-scale

Polymer Filament

JetX Multi-Material (6)

Printer, 250x250x200mm

envelope

Nanoscribe Professional

GT, <200nm feature

resolution, up to

100x100mm envelope

MetalJet Multimaterial High

Temperature 4-Head

System

New Equipment

AM Terms

1. Enabler for LOW VOLUME production

2. Maximising DESIGN COMPLEXITY Key enabler

3. Additional FUNCTIONALITY Single and multi-material

4. Customisation and PERSONALISTION

5. BUSINESS REORIENTATION new business models, SUPPLY CHAINS, LOGISTICS

6. Potential ENVIRONMENTAL benefit Very application dependent

Why all the interest in AM?

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Courtesy of Gartner

Started 1st October

Two main areas

UK AM Strategy

Volumetric Processing

EPSRC Foresight Fellowship

Aiming for Volume Processing rather than Point Processing

x100 speed

Multiple materials

e.g. Could be based on Stereo-thermal lithography (STLG) or

Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED)

Probably new processes we have not considered yet!

Research Vision

Need more physicists, chemists, materials engineers etc.

involved in AM (currently mostly engineers)

Encourage UK academics to rise to challenge

Develop community of academics in AM

Benchmark UK against USA

Produce Research Roadmap

Promote exploitation

Ultimate Goal – AM for Multiple materials x100 speed

Research Vision


AM Strategy - The need • Recommendation in 2013 Foresight report

for UK Strategy on AM

• “in Additive Manufacturing…... There needs to be a thorough review ….. resulting in an action plan with clear deliverables, timing and responsibilities for implementation”

• Other countries do not yet have national strategy (they are planning for one)


What are others doing?


Don’t we have a strategy already?


Existing Reports

AM-SIG report;

• Dated (2012)

• Not sufficiently granular

• Did not present a strategy

European AM SRA report

• Useful but not focused on UK

• Only focused on research


Why have a UK Strategy for AM?

• Maximize benefits of AM for UK

• Coordinate /join up activity; − Involving all parties (industry, academia, government, finance etc.)

− Covering research, innovation, exploitation and training

− Considers the entire supply chain

• Reduce the risk of duplication and critical gaps

• Focus effort for the most effective outcome

• Raise awareness of the potential impact of AM

• Accelerate learning /knowledge transfer

• Ensure immediate opportunities are addressed

• Capability building for long-term sustainability


Progress so far

• Support from Government - BIS

• Held two workshops to gain input from industry – extended to cover sector specific applications

• Positioning paper produced

• Website launched to share information amnationalstrategy.uk

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www.amnationalstrategy.uk


Steering and Workgroup Structure

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Sector/ Thematic workgroups

Strategy Delivery Task activities

Strategy admin and

Communications

• Economic analysis • “Pipeline” Design

for: • Research • Innovation • Skills

• The Strategy

Technical Enabler Groups

Strategy Task Groups Business Office

Task and finish mind-set, completion May 2016

Problem-solving mind-set, with life well beyond 2016

Budget, External Profile, Secretariat, Publication

Steering Group Chair, Deputy Chair

Steering Group to comprise Core Group plus Workgroup Leaders


Horizontal (cross-sector) workgroups

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Flexible approach to cross-sector working

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A B C D E


Economic impact of AM by 2021

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We estimate a potential £1.1 billion of additional GVA and 17000 new jobs can be created in the UK

economy by 2021.

Figures based on Annual Business Survey (Nov 2015) for selected SIC codes and RW/PD estimates of how much AM will penetrate each activity area by 2021 as a proportion of the current figure, e.g: 0.01%.

business services

machinery & equipment

general industrial

aerospace & space

health & pharma

automotive

construction

education

consumer goods

transport

defence

food & drink

Chart shows GVA split by Sector Families

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