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Advanced Manufacturing Trends to Watch

Three trends promise improvements in accuracy, speed, and design flexibility

Gordon Styles
Mon, 02/12/2018 - 12:03
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Within the advanced manufacturing industry there will always be a race to reduce speed and cost while maintaining quality. To this end, the industry’s landscape continues to quickly change as new technologies enter the market, new strategies are adopted, and consumer preferences evolve. Below are a few of the current trends to watch in the advanced manufacturing space.

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Embracing 3D scanning for quality control

Global Market Insights predicts that the 3D scanning market will be worth more than $10 billion by 2024 and will continue to transform the design-to-manufacturing process. It will become a vital piece of technology for manufacturing companies looking for accurate and precise ways to inspect and measure products and parts for quality control purposes. 3D scanning is an extremely quick process compared to manual measurement with calipers and gauges which can be prone to user error. In a manufacturing setting, 3D scanning a finished part allows the factory to digitally capture its topology. This digital profile can then be compared against the original CAD file to easily reveal if specs are being met.

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Submitted by Alan Metzel on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 06:32

The Future Shoe Store

In the 1950's (I know, I am dating myself!) many shoe stores had fluoroscopes to check the fit of children's shoes. Might we see in the future a shoe store where the customer's feet are 3D scanned, an AI system designs a custom fit shoe for each foot, perhaps further stylized by the buyer, and delivered by an additive manufacturing device.

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Submitted by Quality Digest on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 07:23

In reply to The Future Shoe Store by Alan Metzel

Not even a clerk

Add to that, an Amazon Store-type system that automatically deducts the cost of the shoes as you leave the store and you don't even need a clerk. This does not bode well for retail workers of the future.
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Submitted by Alan Metzel on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 07:28

In reply to Not even a clerk by Quality Digest

Opportunity

Enter the "Customer Experience  Interface Engineer"...

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Submitted by Quality Digest on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 07:35

In reply to Opportunity by Alan Metzel

And the consultants

.... don't forget the CX consultants.
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