Periodic Reporting for period 4 - AMable (AdditiveManufacturABLE)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-11-01 do 2022-11-30
The AMable Community is the way forward for the consortium partners. In this AMable Community, the partners continue to offer technology events, support on ideation, business case assessment and product road-mapping. Moreover, the AMable Community Platform will offer a place for industry level knowledge exchange where all AM enthusiasts can put their questions and discuss with other experts on new solutions. Community members can share resources and join meet-ups so that various offerings suit individual needs.
On the exchange and handling of AM related data, AMable has developed an eco-system for secure data transfer and documentation. An AMable IDS Data Connector has been implemented that allows secure and encrypted transfer of files between dedicated end-nodes. These dedicated end-nodes consist of small computing boxes with trusted digital certificates that are owned by members of the AMable Digital Data Chain. The perspective that this approach offers is the exchage of data between known end-nodes where the transfer is guided by collaboration contracts and a documentation of such transfers in the AMable Blockchain. With this solution, data is kept private between collaborating parties and transfer is documented for later proof of existence.
AMable has created the concept of running a community that will bring together people from entities that want to use or that want to extend their use of additive manufacturing. The aim is to continue with a technology and application agnostic offering that is free for people to join. From this community, companies can decide to go for a fast-track or for a full-service offering which then becomes commercial.
Once the data handling technology based on the Industrial Dataspace (IDS) has been developed and connected to the Blockchain based contract management, data transfer can be handled safely and directly between service partners. This will enhance trust in the collaboration on production for the digital world.