The Additive

Manufacturing

Ecosystem

Presented by:

Chris Cosgrove

Metrology Group Manager

SURVICE Engineering Company

12 January 2017

RAMP MD Additive Manufacturing Symposium

Open Works - Baltimore, MD

A network of

organizations, including

suppliers, distributors,

customers, competitors

involved in the delivery of

specific products or

services through both

competition and

cooperation.

Small

Business

Small

Business

Small

Business

Small

Business

Small

Business

So… Where do service

providers fit into this

Additive Manufacturing

Ecosystem?

•Product Design

•Computer Aided Drafting

•Reverse Engineering

•Industrial Engineering

•Manufacturing Engineering

•Materials Science

•Modeling and Simulation

•Contract Manufacturing

•Prototyping

•AM / Print Bureau

•Finishing/machining

•Jig/Fixture Design and Production

•Material Inspection

•Dimensional Inspection

•Acceptance Testing

•Curriculum Development

•Workforce Technical Training

•Technology Transition

•AM Technology Development

•Software Development

•Production Process Development

•Distributed Manufacturing

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NVIDIA

CUDA Research Center

SmartCEO Magazine

Voltage Award for Technology Innovation

Since 1981, SURVICE has supported

the DoD community, as well as the

homeland security, advanced

technologies, environmental, and

commercial markets. We have also

worked hard to retain the original

vision upon which the company was

founded—to provide the warfighter

with the safest, most survivable, and most effective equipment possible.

• Recognized leader in DoD Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability studies; Test & Evaluation; and Modeling & Simulation

• Recognized leader in metrology and reverse engineering services (metrology.survice.com)

• Recognized expert in visualization and high-performance computing

• Only SB with NVIDIA CRC accreditation

• Dozens of highly-competitive DoD research grant awards

Applied Technology

Operation

Belcamp, MD

Dayton Area Operation

Dayton, OH

Gulf Coast Operation

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Huntsville Area Operation

Huntsville, AL

Michigan Area Operation

Warren, MI

Patuxent Area Operation

Lexington Park, MD

PMC Operation

Socorro, NM

Ridgecrest Area Operation

Ridgecrest, CA

SEMATS Operation

Eglin AFB, FL

Washington Area Operation

Quantico Center

Dumfries, VA

Corporate Offices Belcamp, MD

Aberdeen

Area OperationBelcamp, MD

SURVICE MetrologyBelcamp, MD

Our customer-acclaimed support primarily falls into five core business areas:

Test & Evaluation

Providing experience

in the test and

evaluation roles that

are vital to the design,

acquisition, and

fielding of all new and

modified combat

systems.

Modeling &

Simulation/

Software

Engineering

Delivering a broad

range of modeling and

simulation, software

engineering, and

systems engineering

capabilities.

Dimensional

Metrology and

Reverse

Engineering

Offering customers

precision dimensional

metrology, modeling,

and related services.

Studies &

Analysis

Conducting a wide

variety of safety,

survivability,

effectiveness, and

systems engineering

studies.

Information

Technologies &

Management

Collecting, maintaining,

distributing, storing,

verifying, and

protecting the nation’s

critical defense

information.

What is Metrology?

Metrology is not what a weather man does –that’s *METEOROLOGY*

Metrology is the science of measurementMetrology is defined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

(BIPM) as "the science of measurement, embracing both experimental and theoretical determinations at any level of uncertainty in any field of science and technology.“

SURVICE Metrology is focused on “Coordinate/Dimensional Metrology”, reverse engineering, and dimensional inspection.

We use inspection software, coordinate measurement devices, theodolites, GPS, laser projection systems, laser trackers, laser radar, photgrammetry, videogrammetry, scanning devices, and articulating arms to provide Metrology services to our customers.

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What do we do?

We “digitize” physical objects so that they can be used in computing environments – 3-D documentation, 3-D modeling, reverse engineering

We help ensure that products are made correctly, that they are built to match the design –inspection, alignment

We develop new and novel ways to visualize and utilize 3-dimensional models and data

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Standard, Commonplace

Measurement Devices

Great – these tools work, but not for everything

What if you need to measure or model

objects at a much higher accuracy –

microns not millimeters or centimeters

What if you need to perform these

measurements much faster?

What if you need to take human error largely

out of the picture?

You’re going to need better toolsCMM Arms, Laser Scanners, Structured Light Scanners, Laser Trackers, etc.

Characteristics

Measurement

type

Individual points

or scan

Measure

components of

0.5 to 3 meters

Accuracy From 25 microns

Accuracy drops off rapidly for parts

larger than 3 meters.

Medium accuracy, fast,

robust, well proven technology

for smaller parts, easily

portable!

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Faro Portable Measuring Arm

PORTABLE CMM / LASER SCANNER - FARO

Characteristics

Measurement type Noncontact.

Structured (White)

Light Scan

Measure

components of

1 cm to 5+ meters

Accuracy From 10 microns

Rapid, high accuracy point cloud

measurements.

Multiple fields of view.

Can integrate with

photogrammetry

BRUECKMANN STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNERS

Knight’s Helmet Scan Data

STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNERS - BRUCKMANN

And these tools give you great data

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Cinmar Discovery – Earliest

man made tool found in

America (22,000 years old)

SURVICE scan and 3D print

of ancient artifact

Equipment used: Brueckmann OptoCAT-HE | Software used: OptoCAT and PolyWorks

3D printed replica produced

by Applied Rapid

Technologies

3D SCANNING + 3D MODELING + 3D PRINTING

STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING + ARTIFACT = HISTORICAL FINDINGS