.STLX – A secure system to transmit confidential Additive Manufacturing design and production data in an encrypted manner, directly to Additive Manufacturing machines - enabling full remote control over the distributed manufacturing process.

.STLX – 一种安全系统，以加密方式将机密增材制造设计和生产数据直接传输到增材制造机器 - 实现对分布式制造过程的完全远程控制。

• 批准号: 720802
• 金额: $ 18.05万
• 依托单位: GROW SOFTWARE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Development of Prototype
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=720802
• 关键词: .STLX; secure; system; transmit; confidential

The market for automotive and aviation spare parts is collectively worth 787bn USD pa,making it one of the largest industries in the world. Traditionally, these parts aremanufactured subtractively, in very high volumes at a single location before being stored andthen shipped globally when required. The economies of scale have always outweighed thelogistic and inventory costs associated with this model. However, the advent of AdditiveManufacturing (AM) technology, it will soon be both technically and commercially feasibleto manufacture physical products closer to the point and time of demand using a network ofdistributed manufacturers – significantly reducing downtime, logistic costs and inventorysizes.So far the adoption of distributed AM by industry has been hampered by a number ofconcerns regarding the transmission and sharing of valuable AM designs and data:- loss of control over confidentiality;- loss of control over manufacturing process and therefore product integrity; and- lack of secure and reliable audit mechanisms.- legal protection is costly, ineffective & easy to circumvent.As a result only 1% of all parts are manufactured using distributed AM, despite its growingadvantages and reduced cost.To address this, with the support of the three largest AM machine manufacturers, we willdevelop the first system to transmit confidential AM designs and manufacturing instructionsDIRECTLY to AM machines in a secure, encrypted manner, enabling full remote control overthe distributed AM process.The project is the result of innovative, patented POC work we have completed on theencryption of STL files and the communication of manufacturing process metadata direct toAM machines. By removing the confidentiality, integrity and audit concerns regardingdistributed manufacturing, we hope to remove the barriers to it’s, and AM's, adoption withclear cost, efficiency and environmental benefits.

汽车和航空零部件市场的总价值为每年7870亿美元，使其成为世界上最大的行业之一。传统上，这些部件是以减法制造的，在单个地点以非常大的数量制造，然后储存起来，然后在需要时运往全球。规模经济总是超过与这种模式相关的物流和库存成本。然而，随着附加制造(AM)技术的出现，使用分布式制造商网络来制造接近需求点和时间的物理产品在技术上和商业上都将是可行的--显著减少停机时间、物流成本和库存大小。到目前为止，工业采用分布式AM一直受到一些关于有价值的AM设计和数据的传输和共享的担忧的阻碍：-失去对机密性的控制；-失去对制造过程的控制，从而失去对产品完整性的控制；-缺乏安全可靠的审计机制。-法律保护成本高、效率低且易于规避。因此，尽管分布式AM具有增长优势并降低了成本，但只有1%的部件是使用分布式AM制造的。为了解决这一问题，在三大AM机器制造商的支持下，我们将开发第一个系统，以安全、加密的方式将机密AM设计和制造指令直接传输到AM机器，实现对分布式AM过程的完全远程控制。该项目是我们在STL文件加密和制造过程元数据直接传输到AM机器上完成的创新专利POC工作的结果。通过消除与分布式制造有关的机密性、完整性和审计问题，我们希望以明确的成本、效率和环境效益消除采用分布式制造和AM的障碍。