Centre for Innovation and Research in Additive and Digital Manufacturing

随着我们从工业3.0过渡到工业4.0，增材制造和数字制造以及先进加工（ADA）正在改变加拿大乃至全球的工业世界。行业专家指出，加拿大和阿尔伯塔省在采用ADA和工业4.0方面落后。ADA正在将产品和流程开发转变为数据平台，允许虚拟设计、仿真和测试产品流程和生产系统，快速开发原型，以及生产新的和增强的产品、流程和服务。阿尔伯塔省拥有加拿大第三大制造业，占2017年实际GDP的6.4%，销售额为709亿美元。随着阿尔伯塔省的经济从石油、天然气和采矿产品的生产转向，ADA将在支持航空航天、医疗、机械、人工智能和基于机器学习的软件和应用、食品、加工金属等公司的转型和发展方面发挥关键作用。在长达十年的行业驱动应用研究经验、尖端专业知识和基础设施的基础上，SAIT提议建立增材制造和数字制造创新与研究中心（CIRADM），以促进阿尔伯塔省和加拿大的工业和制造业转型。CIRADM将专注于三个核心领域：拓扑优化、装配整合、增材制造和先进制造，以及利用数据做出良好设计决策的重要性。再加上业界的捐款和CFI， NSERC的资金将用于为CIRADM的建立和运作提供稳定的财务环境。CIRADM开展的研究将补充阿尔伯塔增材制造网络和NGen的平行发展，以及SAIT新的先进制造和数字技术项目。CIRADM将为HQP培训提供一个独特的场所。通过与工业界密切合作，该中心将为学生提供从事创新应用研究的机会，这与阿尔伯塔省乃至整个加拿大迅速扩大采用ADA和工业4.0直接相关。

Additive and digital manufacturing and advanced machining (ADA) is transforming the industrial world in Canada and globally as we move from Industry 3.0 to adopt Industry 4.0. Industry experts indicate that Canada and Alberta are falling behind in the adoption of ADA and Industry 4.0. ADA is turning product and process development into data platforms, allowing for virtual design, simulation, and testing of products processes and production systems and rapid development prototyping, and production of new and enhanced products, processes and services. Alberta has the 3rd largest manufacturing sector in Canada accounting for 6.4% of real GDP in 2017 and $70.9B of sales. As Alberta's economy shifts from the production of oil and gas and mining products, ADA will play a key role in supporting the transition and growth of companies in aerospace, medical, machinery, artificial intelligence and machine learning based software and applications, food products, fabricated metals. Building on the decade long industry-driven applied research experience, cutting-edge expertise and infrastructure, SAIT is proposing the Centre for Innovation and Research in Additive and Digital Manufacturing (CIRADM) to facilitate the industrial and manufacturing transformation in Alberta and Canada. CIRADM will focus on three core areas: topology optimization, assembly consolidation and additive and advanced manufacturing, along with the over-riding importance of using data to make good design decision. Coupled with industry contributions and CFI, NSERC funding will be used to provide a stable financial environment for the establishment and operation of CIRADM. The research carried out by CIRADM will complement the parallel development of the Alberta Additive Manufacturing Network and NGen, and the new Advanced Manufacturing and Digital Technology Programs at SAIT. CIRADM will provide a unique venue for HQP training. By working closely with industry, the centre will provide students with the opportunity to work on innovative applied research, directly related to the rapidly-expanding adoption of ADA and Industry 4.0 both in Alberta, and in Canada as a whole.