…world's leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies, including BASF, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, and Wacker, launched the challenge. Its intent was to promote the development of new ideas and practical applications. Six teams with five different autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) competed to solve recurring tasks, such as safety tours in manufacturing plants. The tasks were to navigate autonomously through a chemical facility, handle typical floor types in that environment, and overcome obstacles. The competing robots also had to find and monitor…
…production and processing companies such as Shell, BASF, and Bunge. In Southeast Asia, Terra Drone offers survey, inspection, and surveillance services through group company Terra Drone Indonesia. Its clients include Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and AECOM. Japanese investors in Series B round Mitsui & Co., SBI Investment Co., Tokyu Land Corp., Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corp. participated in Terra Drone's Series B round. Existing investor Venture Lab Investment also participated. The Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban…
…led by institutional and strategic investors including BASF, Atalaya Capital Management LP, and Apeiron Investment Group. Atlantic Coastal’s management team is also contributing $20 million to the PIPE. Existing Essentium shareholders will roll over 100% of their equity into the combined company. Following the closing of the transaction, these shareholders are expected to hold approximately 64% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Atlantic Coastal and ACM ARRT VII C LLC, an affiliate of Atalaya, have agreed to…
MakerBot, a Stratasys company, reports that the BASF Ultrafuse 316L Stainless Steel material by Forward AM has been qualified for the MakerBot LABS Experimental Extruder for the MakerBot METHOD 3D printers. With an open materials platform and a portfolio of advanced engineering-grade materials, METHOD is an industrial desktop 3D printer with a heated chamber that can print polymer, composite and metal materials. Ultrafuse 316L Stainless Steel material combines strength, rigidity and durability needed for applications including functional prototypes and manufacturing…
…Firat Hizal, head of Metal Systems Group, BASF 3D Printing Solutions. “We have already established a distribution network that collaborates closely with our debinding and sintering service partners in different regions, and can thus deliver an integrated end-to-end solution,” explains Hizal. Ultrafuse metal filaments are specifically developed to work on all common open-source FFF printers from beginner to industrial level, making it one of the easiest and most cost-effective technologies in metal Additive Manufacturing. FFF enables the production of hollow…
…the way back to design.” Materialise and BASF jointly conducted a lifecycle analysis of insole manufacturing, comparing traditional and contemporary additive manufacturing processes. The results showed AM lags behind traditional methods for sustainability. Image courtesy of Materialise. Materialise and BASF conducted a Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) recently to get a closer look at sustainability in additive manufacturing. They studied the production of one million pairs of midsoles, assessing the environmental impact in all stages of the product life. They compared the…
…the expanded vision for Autodesk. Chemicals giant BASF uses Autodesk Fusion for plant maintenance and Inventor for plant design. Jonnalagadda explains the process using the hypothetical example of a failed bolt. “The bolt is made in Germany. A guy with a tablet can view the Inventor data,” take that data and visualize in Microsoft HoloLens, and see how the data compares to the original data. “Data is hopping from place to place.” “This is not traditional interoperability,” Jonnalagadda says. “For…
…Inventor, AutoCAD, Navisworks and other Autodesk titles. BASF found an efficient way to inspect its facilities using AR/VR. “They recently came to us and asked for a way to combine our technology with HoloLens, so that they can use the digital model of the factory and plant in situ onsite, so the maintenance workers can do inspections in HoloLens, compare it to the design model to identify problems and suggest repairs,” says Jonnalagadda. On the use of AR/VR, Fraser cautions,…
…supply chain, contended Volker Hammes, managing director BASF New Business GmbH and another participant on the panel. As manufacturers infuse AM into their production processes, materials should fit the purpose and be evaluated not just in the context of production, but throughout the lifecycle for a circular economy, he said. While the global pandemic is certainly serving as an accelerator for getting companies to evaluate AM and its potential impact on the supply chain, there is still plenty of work…
…design. Today, they have strategic partnerships with large materials science companies in the world including BASF, Henkel and DSMs. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
HP announced new alliances with both BASF and Oechsler to expand the advancement of industrial 3D printing and digital manufacturing. The expanded alliance with BASF centers around HP’s newly announced polypropylene material for additive manufacturing. The HP 3D High Reusability PP enabled by BASF was developed and qualified for HP’s Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D printing solution to enable companies to design and produce 3D printed parts faster, more cost-effectively, more sustainably, and at higher volumes, the company says.http://www.hp.com/go/3Dprinting. “The…
…HP 3D High Reusability PP, enabled by BASF, is a durable and chemically resistant material that has been qualified for HP’s production-grade 3D printing systems, and is ideal for customers in the automotive, consumer, industrial and medical sectors. HP also unveiled a new partnership with Oechsler, a global design and manufacturing player, to develop applications for both the new PP and HP’s broader materials portfolio, as well as new customer Cobra Golf for its Metal Jet 3D printing technology. Door…
