Companies Collaborate on Secure Digital Manufacturing

Renishaw, specializing in metrology and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, and Identify3D, specializing in software for the digital supply chain, are collaborating to offer an end-to-end, secure digital manufacturing process. Identify3D will provide data protection coupled with contractual and manufacturing licensing from design to production on Renishaw AM systems. By choosing to secure all digital data in the engineering phase, the technology enables users of Renishaw systems to protect their digital intellectual property (IP), enforce production rules and provide traceability in the digital supply chain at the industry’s highest standard.

"Renishaw understands how important it is to have an efficient and reliable control of data flow all the way to its machines,” says Stephan Thomas, chief strategy officer at Identify3D. “We are pleased that Renishaw, one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, has selected Identify3D as a strategic partner to provide such a solution to the market place – from design to distribution and production.”

Marc Saunders, director of global solutions centres at Renishaw, comments, “Industrializing additive manufacturing requires that we manage and control a complex chain of processes to deliver consistent, traceable and qualified parts. Secure transmission and controlled use of digital IP is critical to enable agile Industry 4.0 supply chains. We believe that Identify3D brings a strong and necessary solution that will increase these controls, minimizing variation, to improve and protect AM production quality.”

The two companies are currently working together on pilot projects for several manufacturing customers. The collaboration will enable sectors such as aerospace, automotive, defense and medical devices to accelerate their adoption of AM, enabling secure distributed manufacturing across their supply chains.