PrintParts, 3D Control Systems Collaborate on End-to-End Part Traceability
The SmartParts integrated solution combines software, hardware and materials to connect manufacturing data to additive parts to make each part scannable and cloud connected.
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Authenticating a SmartPart using handheld scanner with haptic and audio feedback. Photo Credit: SmartParts
PrintParts Inc., a New York City-based additive manufacturing (AM) service and technology provider, and 3D Control Systems, an end-to-end software platform that connects, integrates and automates advanced manufacturing processes, have reached a development partnership agreement.
The partnership will focus on integrating PrintParts’ SmartParts authentication and traceability solution with 3D Control Systems’ advanced manufacturing workflow software to create true end-to-end part traceability, the companies say.
The SmartParts integrated solution combines software, hardware and materials to connect manufacturing data to additive parts to make each part scannable and cloud connected. 3D Control Systems is an end-to-end platform for managing 3D files, machines and users across advanced AM workflows.
By partnering, the companies aim to develop integration pathways between the 3D Control Systems software platform and the SmartParts solution to help end users further enable their traceability efforts and extend the functionality of digital twin data by connecting manufacturing data directly to physical parts.
“We saw the need for traceability within additive as it continues to prove beneficial for production purposes, and additive MES companies such as 3D Control Systems are already providing end-users with the visibility and control they need to scale into production applications,” says Robert Haleluk, PrintParts founder & CEO. “By working together to develop integrations, we hope to introduce a new level of traceability that the industry is craving.”
3D Control Systems’ focus has been on its data-driven, secure automated software solutions. “Our vision is to revolutionize and scale the process of advanced manufacturing deploying one click manufacturing for anyone, anywhere, at anytime," says Michelle Bockman, 3D Control Systems CEO and co-founder. “With this partnership, we expect to deliver more than an integration between companies, we start a new path in AM history with a real solution helping real people.
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