Additive Computer Aided Design (ADD-CAD)

在全球主要行业中，增材制造（AM）组件的使用正在迅速增加。增材制造的许多工业应用在过去五年左右的时间里得到了发展。航空航天、汽车和医疗等行业正在接受增材制造的优势，并成功实施该技术。包括产品和服务在内的AM预计价值在2015年为50亿英镑，预计到2021年将达到130亿英镑。尽管增材制造提供了巨大的潜力，但由于零件制造的不准确性、形状的变化和不同的材料，它目前受到限制。缓慢的加工时间和后处理成本阻碍了增材制造在包括航空在内的各个工业部门的广泛采用。ADD-CAD将为激光吹积增材制造提供软件/附加解决方案，最终将提高90%的设计精度，减少后加工和加工时间，并有助于防止材料浪费，节省高达8%的材料成本，能源使用和碳排放，防止制造商的产品召回，促进市场增长，并产生新的增材制造部门就业机会。ADD-CAD将通过一个由1个关键增材制造系统和服务提供商、2个创新产品制造商和2个研究机构组成的强大供应链创建。

The use of additive manufactured (AM) components is increasing rapidly throughout key globalindustries. Many industrial applications for Additive Manufacturing have been developed overthe last five years or so. Industries such as aerospace, automotive and medical are embracingthe advantages of AM and implementing the technology successfully. AM projected value,including products and services, is valued at £5 billion in 2015 are forecasted to be £13 billionby 2021. Despite the huge potential that additive manufacturing offers, it is currently limiteddue to inaccuracy in manufacturing of parts,varying shape and different materials. Slowprocessing time and cost of post processing hinders the wider adoption of AdditiveManufacturing for various industrial sectors including aviation. ADD-CAD will offer asoftware/Add-on solution for laser blown deposition additive manufacturing that will ultimatelyimprove the design accuracy by 90% and will reduce the post machining and processing timeand will help to prevent material waste, save up to 8% on materials costs, energy use andcarbon emissions, preventing product recalls for manufacturers, facilitating market growth andgenerate new AM manufacturing sector jobs. ADD-CAD will be created through a powerfulsupply chain of 1 key AM systems and service provider SME, 2 innovative product manufacturerSMEs and 2 research organisations.