41 – Data: The Dark (and Light) Side of Additive Manufacturing

As a “born digital” technology, additive manufacturing intrinsically relies on data, more so than any other manufacturing process. That data reliance potentially exposes AM users to data security and cybersecurity issues; efforts are underway to help these users protect designs, print parameters, machines and even 3D printed parts. But beyond the dark side of data, figuring out secure ways of storing and sharing data also opens the door to more freely distributing manufacturing, sharing material and print profiles, and flexible, secure supply chains. Stephanie Hendrixson and Dr. Tim Simpson discuss all things AM data on AM Radio.

This episode of AM Radio is brought to you by Formnext Forum: Austin.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 37 on sustainability
• CyManII and its efforts to protect an additive manufacturing company
• NIST introduces a new “dictionary” for data definitions in AM
• VeriTX’s Fortis platform for data assurance 
• Senvol industrial AM machine and material database
• TRACEam program from Mike Vasquez
• 3DOS decentralized manufacturing marketplace model
• Xometry distributed manufacturing network | episode from sister podcast Made in the USA featuring Randy Altschuler, CEO
• Dr0wned hacked drone video
• Chris Williams and the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Lab at Virginia Tech (VT is now also a managing member of CyManII)
• ANSI manufacturing standards for anticounterfeiting
• Work with InfraTrac and Sharon Flank to embed different materials via DED for authentication
• Shape Matrix system created by Shape Operating Systems
• The Cool Parts Showcase 2021 featuring a 3D printed barcode in the Bespoke category (Meet the 2023 finalists and VOTE)
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