With the 'Darwin' project, the Fraunhofer Spinn-off Plus 10 and SKZ want to develop new AI solutions for injection moulding and put them through practical tests. The models will be tested on different machines in order to design a manufacturer-independent solution.

Innovative anomaly detection extends the deep learning product range of MV Tec Software: The company will release the new version (22.05) of its Halcon machine vision software on May 25, 2022. The highlight is the new technology “Global Context Anomaly Detection”, which is available in Halcon 22.05 in this form as a world`s first.

Polymer printing specialist Stratasys announced the continued expansion of the Grab CAD Software Partner Program with new partners Oqton and Riven. Oqton is a cloud-based manufacturing operating system company based in Ghent, Belgium; and Riven provides 3D reality intelligence for digital manufacturing, based in Berkeley, USA.

Germany — Production and sustainability — what was previously believed to be a conflict is being addressed with the project for demand-oriented control of peripheral systems in production (Bestperi) and the integration of data-driven methods in production technology.

Germany — Software developer MV Tec will celebrate its 25th anniversary throughout 2022. The company was founded in 1996 as a spinoff of the Munich Technical University and the Bavarian Institute for Knowledge-based System (Forwiss).

A research project conducted by the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University investigates the use of sensors and artificial intelligence for model-based control in 3D printing. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of 3D printed series production.

In the production of variants, complete quality inspection of all parts is a necessity. To reduce inspection efforts, the research project “Approve” was launched to develop a practicable procedure.

Germany — At the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen University, a new research project for process optimisation and quality enhancement in massive forming has been launched. The project examines whether machine learning algorithms can be used to automatically adapt to instabilities and thus reduced rejects in the forming process.

Italian machinery company Breton, announced the development of the first 3D printer that integrates Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The “Genesis” 3D printer is designed the large-scale production of thermoplastic materials and can combine additive and subtractive methods.

Switzerland — In a series of webinars, the Swiss Oerlikon Group’s Manmade Fibers Solutions business unit will be focusing on services for manmade fibre systems.