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The Digital Factory

The future of manufacturing is digital. We explore the technologies that are transforming fabrication, from advanced 3D printing to AI-assisted design, and get to know the leaders who are bringing them to the factory floor. The Digital Factory is hosted by Jon Bruner and presented by Formlabs.

Latest Episodes:

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 16: Live from Formnext with Joris Peels, Nora Toure, and John Hart Nov 21, 2018
Show notes

Last week a large part of the 3D printing industry gathered in Frankfurt to visit Formnext, an immense additive manufacturing trade show. In this episode, recorded in the hallway outside the Formnext show floor, we bring you interviews with three authorities on 3D printing: Joris Peels, editor-in-chief of 3DPrint.com; Nora Toure, founder of Women in 3D Printing, and A. John Hart, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and co-founder of Desktop Metal.

Visit http://bit.ly/2A4XIri to see links and background for this episode.

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 15: Stephen Hooper on the integration of design and manufacturing Oct 25, 2018
Show notes

Computer aided design software is becoming more sophisticated: it’s moving to the cloud, it’s beginning to offer generative capabilities, and, broadly speaking, it’s bringing manufacturing closer to design. In this episode of the Digital Factory Podcast, Jon Bruner talks with Stephen Hooper, Vice President and General Manager of Autodesk’s Fusion 360, about how those developments in CAD software are driving major changes in the practices, roles, and capabilities of product development.

Visit http://bit.ly/2CBs6fQ to see links and background for this episode.

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 14: Elizabeth Koprucki reflects on IMTS Sep 27, 2018
Show notes

This week we present three conversations from IMTS, the giant manufacturing technology trade show that comes to Chicago every other year. In this episode Jon Bruner speaks with Elizabeth Koprucki, Assistant Director of Fab Lab and Design at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, about the importance of giving creators direct access to tools.

Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in this series, #12 featuring Spencer Wright of The Prepared, and #13 with Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan.

Visit http://bit.ly/2ImRLKo to see links and background for this episode.

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 13: Zach Kaplan reflects on IMTS Sep 27, 2018
Show notes

This week we present three conversations from IMTS, the giant manufacturing technology trade show that comes to Chicago every other year. In this episode we speak with Zach Kaplan, founder and CEO of Inventables, about why pure performance is played out, and the importance of accessibility in next-generation manufacturing tools.

Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in this series, #12 featuring Spencer Wright of The Prepared, and #14 with Elizabeth Koprucki from the University of Chicago's fab lab.

Visit http://bit.ly/2ImRLKo to see links and background for this episode.

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 12: Spencer Wright on IMTS Sep 27, 2018
Show notes

This week we present three conversations from IMTS, the giant manufacturing technology trade show that comes to Chicago every other year. In this episode we speak with Spencer Wright, author of The Prepared and head of partnerships at nTopology. He's an authority on 3D printing, so he's able to make sense of the enormous range of 3D printing processes and machines that appeared at IMTS this year.

Be sure to listen to the other two episodes in this series, #13 featuring Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan, and #14 with Elizabeth Koprucki from the University of Chicago's fab lab.

Visit http://bit.ly/2ImRLKo to see links and background for this episode.

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 11: How Jabil Circuit Adopts New Manufacturing Technologies with John Dulchinos Sep 20, 2018
Show notes

Jabil Circuit is a $20 billion contract manufacturer that produces everything from specialized medical devices to mobile phone accessories. Since Jabil doesn’t own any of the brands that roll off its lines, the company’s entire value is in its ability to spin up multitudes of new manufacturing processes that meet new requirements from its clients.

In this episode of the Digital Factory Podcast, Jon Bruner speaks with John Dulchinos, Jabil’s Vice President of Digital Manufacturing. He’s responsible for evaluating new manufacturing technologies and finding ways to apply them in Jabil’s supply chain, and he’s got hard numbers and real experience with many technologies that are still in their infancies.

Dulchinos is featured in The Digital Factory Report, an overview of recent advances in artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and advanced automation, and a look at how those technologies are transforming the business of making things. Download the report for free and watch Dulchinos’ presentation from the Digital Factory Conference at https://digitalfactory.xyz/.

In this episode:
– The importance of ‘thinking big, starting small, failing fast’
– Strategy for scaling a new technology from prototyping into production
– The surprising cost-effectiveness of 3D printing: it used to be cheaper than injection molding for runs under 500-1,000 units, but the field has advanced so much that it’s now cheaper than injection molding for some runs up to 30,000 or 40,000 units
– Dulchinos’ current focus areas: additive manufacturing, new forms of robotics and automation, and interconnection between tools and factories
– Dulchinos’ favorite tools: Henckels kitchen knives

Read more on the Formlabs blog:
http://bit.ly/2NkxMSa

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 10: CAD in the cloud with Jon Hirschtick Aug 09, 2018
Show notes

Computer aided design, or CAD, has followed the arc of computing over the last 50 years: the first CAD programs were command-line applications that ran on mainframes, which gave way to graphical software that ran on desktop PCs. The next generation of CAD software can run almost anywhere, including in a Web browser or on a phone. As CAD becomes available on every platform, it’s changing the way that engineers and designers work by bringing more people into contact with CAD and by making handoffs between teams more fluid.

In this episode of the Digital Factory Podcast, Jon Bruner talks with Jon Hirschtick, the co-founder and CEO of Onshape, a six-year-old company developing a CAD platform that’s entirely cloud-based. (You might also know Hirschtick as the co-founder of SolidWorks, a pioneer in bringing CAD from mainframes to desktop computers.)

Links from this episode:
– Onshape
– The Uni-ball Pure Malt 4-color pen, Jon Hirschtick’s favorite tool, which he uses to write in his Shinola journal notebook.

Read more on the Formlabs blog:
http://bit.ly/2OTACKR

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 9: 3D Printing for Railroads with Stefanie Brickwede Apr 23, 2018
Show notes

It’s hard to imagine an application for 3D printing that’s more complex or heavier-duty than keeping a railroad running, but Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s railroad operator and a global logistics player, is doing just that.

In episode 9 of the Digital Factory Podcast, we speak with Stefanie Brickwede, who runs the additive manufacturing program at Deutsche Bahn and founded Mobility Goes Additive. We discuss the company’s applications for 3D printing, how she’s approached cultural change around additive manufacturing within the organization, and what’s next for 3D printing in the rail, automotive, and air transport industries.

(Stefanie Brickwede is a keynote speaker at The Digital Factory Conference in Munich on May 14. Join executives and technical experts from companies like GE, BMW, Henkel, Carl Zeiss, Deloitte, EOS, HP, and SAP to learn strategies for digital transformation in manufacturing. Visit https://digitalfactory.xyz/ to see the program and register, and use the code PODCAST for a discount. Advance price ends on April 26!)

In this episode:

– How Deutsche Bahn uses 3D printing to produce spare parts that meet strict safety regulations
– Why the company mostly outsources its 3D printing needs
– How the team introduced 3D printing, from getting stakeholder buy-in to training colleagues

Read more and find episode links on the Formlabs blog:
http://bit.ly/2HOw8Cj

See the full Digital Factory Munich conference program, and register using the code PODCAST for a discount:
https://digitalfactory.xyz/

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 8: 4D Printing with Kristina Shea Apr 05, 2018
Show notes

Most people who design 3D printed objects want them to keep their shape as closely as possible after printing, but an emerging field known as 4D printing aims to make objects that can reconfigure themselves after fabrication.

In episode 8 of the Digital Factory Podcast, we speak with Kristina Shea, professor of Engineering Design and Computing at ETH Zürich, on why self-assembly and 4D printing could be foundational design technologies in the very near future, with applications from aerospace to medical devices.

(Kristina Shea is a keynote speaker at The Digital Factory Conference in Munich on May 14. Join executives and technical experts from companies like GE, BMW, Henkel, Carl Zeiss, Deloitte, EOS, HP, and SAP to learn strategies for digital transformation in manufacturing. Visit https://digitalfactory.xyz/ to see the program, and use the code PODCAST for a 10% discount.)

In this episode:
– What goes into 4D printing, which is able to produce reconfigurable 3D-printed objects
– How computational design contributes to 4D printing, and how it’s changing the role of human designers
– Potential practical applications of 4D printing

Read more on the Formlabs blog:
http://bit.ly/2GYCNM4

See Kristina Shea's work at ETH Zurich's Engineering Design and Computing Laboratory:
http://bit.ly/2HcoHEO

See the full Digital Factory Munich conference program, and register using the code PODCAST for a discount:
https://digitalfactory.xyz/

The Digital Factory Podcast — Episode 7: Digital Assembly with Michael Todd Mar 21, 2018
Show notes

Product assembly is a big factor in production time, labor cost, and complexity. 3D printing can be used to consolidate multiple parts into a single part that couldn’t be produced conventionally, but most products still need at least some assembly. Fasteners are fiddly and snap-fits are fragile. An emerging solution: advanced adhesives, applied with automated machinery—a step toward fully digital assembly.

In episode 7 of the Digital Factory Podcast, we sit down with Michael Todd, vice president for innovation and new business development in the Henkel Adhesives group, to discuss how adhesives can be used to create entire assemblies out of 3D printed parts, and how different adhesives can address different applications.

(The Digital Factory Conference is coming to Munich on May 14. Join executives from companies like Henkel, GE, BMW, and SAP to learn strategies for digital transformation in manufacturing. Visit https://digitalfactory.xyz/ to see the program, and register before April 5 for a €50 discount.)

Listen to hear about:

- The limitations of off-the-shelf adhesive solutions for advanced problems
- Some of the strangest chemistries and conditions Henkel has had to solve for
- What an adhesives expert would choose from the adhesives shelf at the hardware store in a pinch

Read more on the Formlabs blog:
http://bit.ly/2FY5MMk

Videos from The Digital Factory conference:
http://bit.ly/2q3lFdd

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