J. Beyle, V. Sheehan
SC Tech Holdings, Inc., Colorado, United States
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Augmented Reality
Our technology will use Artificial Intelligence tools to automate the process of converting 2D engineering schematics to formats for use in additive manufacturing (AM) and augmented reality (AR). Our technology will make this conversion process significantly faster and cheaper than the current process of hiring engineers to perform this work. The result will be that AM and AR will be far more accessible to Warfighters and other parties, such as manufacturers that supply the DoD branches (particularly small and mid-market manufacturers). AM and AR provide significant benefits in both the military and commercial worlds. These include (1) allowing low volume production runs to be produced more economically with significantly reduced minimum order quantities, (2) reducing the logistical demands of supplying forward and dispersed warfighter units, (3) allowing prototypes of parts to be produced more quickly with less expense, (4) producing parts with fewer components, (5) allowing equipment to be customized more readily, and (6) reducing the required stocks of parts that must be kept on hand. AM also can address some of the recent supply chain challenges and strengthen U.S. manufacturing capabilities.