White Paper - Additive Manufacturing

Best practices for management, organization and implementation of additive manufacturing processes from R&D to B2P

Optimize your additive manufacturing value chain to drive industrial productivity and innovation.

The Rise of a Strategic and Complex Market

The Additive Manufacturing (AM) market is experiencing rapid growth, reaching 13 billion USD in 2019 with a projected continued expansion.

This technology opens new industrial dimensions by enabling the production of highly complex parts while significantly reducing material waste.

Today, over 20% of companies in sectors like Aerospace, Automotive, and Engineering already use AM to print their own specialized tooling.

The Two Pillars of the AM Process

  • R&D and Prototyping: A critical phase of research and iterative testing aimed at validating designs and materials at a lower cost. Internalizing this process shortens supply chains and accelerates product development.
  • Build to Print (B2P) and Mass Production: Moving from validated R&D models to series production. Having a digital library of ready-to-print models ensures rapid part replacement, reducing downtime and drastically minimizing non-conformities.

Mastering the Process and Actor Synergy

An Interconnected Ecosystem

Success in AM projects relies on the seamless collaboration of multiple stakeholders, including Design Offices, Laboratories, Production, HSE, and Maintenance. The primary challenge is de-compartmentalizing information to ensure that data produced by one actor effectively serves the others throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Stages of a Digitalized AM Workflow

  1. Design and Simulation: Defining specifications, selecting high-performance materials (metals, polymers), and simulating real-world behavior to generate optimized 3D files (STL, 3MF).
  2. Planning and Procurement: Coordinating manufacturing sequences, managing raw material stocks, and conducting laboratory tests upon material receipt.
  3. Production and Monitoring: Calibrating equipment and supervising the printing process via IoT and MES systems to collect real-time performance data and prevent defects.
  4. Testing and Validation: Performing final inspections and comparing real-world results to virtual simulations to ensure complete compliance.

FAQ: Optimizing AM Productivity and Performance

How does digitalization improve AM performance?

By moving away from paper and siloed spreadsheets, digitalization provides a continuous “Digital Thread” that ensures data integrity and accessibility for all stakeholders.

Traceability allows you to know exactly who manufactured a part, with which batch of materials, and under what specific machine parameters. This is essential for meeting regulatory requirements in high-stakes sectors like Aerospace or Medical.

Up to 80% of a company’s knowledge is tacit. Capturing this expertise and feedback in a “defect library” prevents the repetition of past mistakes and ensures the continuity of know-how during expert departures.

TEEXMA for Additive Manufacturing: Your Industry 4.0 Partner

Developed by BASSETTI GROUP, the TEEXMA solution is specifically designed to digitalize and manage the entire AM value chain.

One Technology for Total AM Mastery:

  • Materials Database: Centralize technical properties and return on experience (REX) to standardize material selection.
  • Operational Execution (MES): Automate planning, guide operators through digital instructions, and monitor equipment in real-time.
  • Intangible Heritage Management: Build your “Knowledge Network” by structuring expert reasoning and making valuable know-how accessible to the whole organization.

By choosing TEEXMA for Additive Manufacturing, you invest in a modular and configurable platform that adapts to your organization’s specific needs, ensuring superior quality and long-term competitiveness. 

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