3D Innovation Lab for Applied Manufacturing

圣克莱尔学院的应用研究计划与温莎-埃塞克斯的制造业需求密切相关，温莎-埃塞克斯是温莎-埃塞克斯最大的行业，也是加拿大制造业最密集的地区。随着先进制造业的快速增长，圣克莱尔学院必须通过应用研究和学生培训来支持当地企业的创新和全球竞争力。我们建议在圣克莱尔学院的福特卓越制造中心建立一个先进制造的3D创新实验室，该实验室将包括3D打印和3D扫描功能。3D打印将通过快速原型设计、最终使用部件的直接数字化制造、快速工具以及工具、模具和模具设计和制造，在先进制造产品和工艺设计方面提供新的应用研究项目能力。3D扫描是3D打印的一种补充技术，它将为先进计量学提供新的应用研究项目机会，以测试3D打印应用所获得的优势。3D扫描在零件检测、逆向工程和激光对准方面也具有固有的优势，这些优势是高度准确、高效、可靠和数字集成的，支持当前行业对自动化、预防性维护和单个加工部件的实时自我评估的需求。3D创新实验室所需的设备是一台3D金属打印机和一台复合材料（碳纤维、玻璃纤维和凯夫拉）3D打印机，以及一台带有集成3D扫描仪的7轴机械臂。拟议的设备将为当地企业提供参与低风险资本投资的应用研究项目的机会，以帮助测试和证明进一步采用3D打印和3D扫描技术，发现技术投资回报，并确定独特的客户价值和竞争优势。圣克莱尔学院的应用研究和教育项目是行业创新和商业化的催化剂，拟议的设备对区域乃至国家在先进制造业创新方面的成功至关重要。

The St. Clair College applied research program is strongly aligned with the manufacturing industry needs inWindsor-Essex - the largest sector in Windsor-Essex and Canada's most manufacturing intense region. Withthe growth rate of advanced manufacturing rapidly increasing, it is essential that St. Clair College support localbusinesses with regards to innovation and global competitiveness through applied research and studenttraining. We propose to develop a 3D Innovation Lab for Advanced Manufacturing, housed in the Ford Centerfor Excellence in Manufacturing at St. Clair College, that will include 3D printing and 3D scanningcapabilities. 3D printing will provide new applied research project capabilities in advanced manufacturingproduct and process design through rapid prototyping, direct digital manufacturing of end use parts, rapidtooling, and tool, die, and mold design and manufacturing. 3D scanning is a complementary technology to 3Dprinting that will provide new applied research project opportunities in advanced metrology to test theadvantages gained by 3D printing applications. 3D scanning also has inherent advantages in regards to partinspection, reverse engineering, and laser alignments that are highly accurate, efficient, reliable and digitallyintegrated, supporting current industry needs of automation, preventative maintenance, and real-timeself-evaluation of individual processing components. The requested equipment for the 3D Innovation Lab are a3D metal printer and a composite materials (carbon fiber, fibreglass, and kevlar) 3D printer, and a 7-axisrobotic arm with an integrated 3D scanner. The proposed equipment will provide local businesses with theopportunity to take part in applied research projects with low risk capital investment, to help test and justifyfurther 3D printing and 3D scanning technologies adoption, discover technology return on investments, andidentify unique customer value and competitive advantages. St. Clair College's applied research andeducational programs are catalysts to industry innovation and commercialization, and the proposed equipmentwill be essential to regional, and thus national, success in advanced manufacturing innovation.