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Transcript
00:03
In addition to the advantages of speeding up design to
00:07
production and allowing for more design complexity and customization,
00:11
photocentric are also leveraging a flat cost per component,
00:15
another benefit from opting for additive manufacturing methods.
00:19
In contrast,
00:20
processes like injection molding require significant
00:23
upfront investment for each new design.
00:26
This is to cover costs of designing and manufacturing mold tools,
00:30
producing samples for acceptance and to tune manufacturing parameters.
00:35
As a result,
00:36
the cost benefits for injection molding are
00:39
only realized over large production quantities.
00:42
Changing or adding new designs is costly in the short term,
00:46
resulting in less agile teams.
00:49
In a case study of an LCD 3D printer farm put forward by Photocentric,
00:54
using additive manufacturing involves many printers working in parallel,
00:59
a flat cost with quantity.
01:02
In the example shown,
01:03
a cost of 45 cents per component means that LCD 3D printing has
01:08
a lower manufacturing cost until a break even point above 250,000 components.
01:15
Therefore,
01:15
utilizing LCD 3D printing provides instant value up
01:19
to approximately 250,000 components in this scenario.
01:25
Consider that benefit in combination with the flexibility,
01:28
agility,
01:29
and reduced lead time and LCD 3D printing becomes a highly advantageous option.
01:35
The flat cost curve can be further reduced for additive manufacturing,
01:40
for instance,
01:40
by lowering material costs or tuning printing parameters.
01:45
However,
01:46
this is also where industry 4.0 comes into play with the
01:49
introduction of digital and smart
01:51
technologies connected through digital threads.
01:55
For example,
01:56
with generative design,
01:57
components can be designed to use less material
02:01
while also reducing the time taken to reach a suitable design solution.
02:05
Additionally,
02:06
innovative solutions to automate end to end processes such as
02:10
JENI will also shift this curve by streamlining production cycles.
02:16
And finally,
02:17
connecting all stages of bringing a product
02:19
to market through a digital thread allows the
02:22
flexibility of these processes to be fully leveraged
02:25
to achieve highly customized solutions at scale.
02:29
So the next time you are designing or making something,
02:33
consider how each process connects to the previous and next steps.
02:38
Does each step have visibility throughout the chain?
02:42
Where is there a break in the data flow?
02:45
And can you identify where low value manual intervention
02:48
is happening and thereby eliminate it through automation,
02:52
creating time for more important tasks?
02:55
These are the challenges that Industry 4.0 aims to solve.
Video transcript
00:03
In addition to the advantages of speeding up design to
00:07
production and allowing for more design complexity and customization,
00:11
photocentric are also leveraging a flat cost per component,
00:15
another benefit from opting for additive manufacturing methods.
00:19
In contrast,
00:20
processes like injection molding require significant
00:23
upfront investment for each new design.
00:26
This is to cover costs of designing and manufacturing mold tools,
00:30
producing samples for acceptance and to tune manufacturing parameters.
00:35
As a result,
00:36
the cost benefits for injection molding are
00:39
only realized over large production quantities.
00:42
Changing or adding new designs is costly in the short term,
00:46
resulting in less agile teams.
00:49
In a case study of an LCD 3D printer farm put forward by Photocentric,
00:54
using additive manufacturing involves many printers working in parallel,
00:59
a flat cost with quantity.
01:02
In the example shown,
01:03
a cost of 45 cents per component means that LCD 3D printing has
01:08
a lower manufacturing cost until a break even point above 250,000 components.
01:15
Therefore,
01:15
utilizing LCD 3D printing provides instant value up
01:19
to approximately 250,000 components in this scenario.
01:25
Consider that benefit in combination with the flexibility,
01:28
agility,
01:29
and reduced lead time and LCD 3D printing becomes a highly advantageous option.
01:35
The flat cost curve can be further reduced for additive manufacturing,
01:40
for instance,
01:40
by lowering material costs or tuning printing parameters.
01:45
However,
01:46
this is also where industry 4.0 comes into play with the
01:49
introduction of digital and smart
01:51
technologies connected through digital threads.
01:55
For example,
01:56
with generative design,
01:57
components can be designed to use less material
02:01
while also reducing the time taken to reach a suitable design solution.
02:05
Additionally,
02:06
innovative solutions to automate end to end processes such as
02:10
JENI will also shift this curve by streamlining production cycles.
02:16
And finally,
02:17
connecting all stages of bringing a product
02:19
to market through a digital thread allows the
02:22
flexibility of these processes to be fully leveraged
02:25
to achieve highly customized solutions at scale.
02:29
So the next time you are designing or making something,
02:33
consider how each process connects to the previous and next steps.
02:38
Does each step have visibility throughout the chain?
02:42
Where is there a break in the data flow?
02:45
And can you identify where low value manual intervention
02:48
is happening and thereby eliminate it through automation,
02:52
creating time for more important tasks?
02:55
These are the challenges that Industry 4.0 aims to solve.
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