Application innovation, efficiency empowerment-a wonderful review of the 2019 Marais Conference

On October 23, 2019, the “2019 Marais Conference” hosted by Materialise China was held in Shanghai. This year’s conference was held with the theme of “Application Innovation, Efficiency Empowerment” and gathered with nearly 200 friends from all over the country. , Share the application innovation of 3D Printing in multiple industries and fields such as industry and medical, discuss the development of software, hardware, materials and other factors, and jointly promote efficiency and empower 3D printing.

On the morning of the 23rd, Materialise CTO Bart Van de Schueren gave a welcome speech and gave the guests the first speech. Mr. Bart’s speech continued the point made by Mr. Fried, CEO of Materialise last year, who believed that 3D printing is a “slow revolution”. In his speech, Bart reviewed the development history of 3D printing for more than 30 years, especially compared the current environment with the bubble era of 3D printing in 2012, and proposed six major changes in the industry in the past seven years: continuous innovation has accelerated the maturity of technology; The manufacturing industry has gradually turned to data-driven; the connection with traditional manufacturing has become closer; 3D printing has begun to move toward industrial level and large-scale; 3D printing talent training has gradually become systematic; the industry’s focus has shifted to the application side. It proves that the era of 3D printing truly revolutionizing manufacturing has arrived, and manufacturing companies should act immediately to seize the opportunity in the future competition.

Bart Van de Schueren followed, Mr. Huang Xin, general manager of Materialise Greater China, gave a speech on the theme of “Additive Manufacturing in the Age of Industry 4.0”. He said that in the new industrial era, the natural digital properties of 3D printing determine the relationship between it and the industry. 4.0 has an inseparable companion relationship. In order to play a more important role in the future manufacturing industry, 3D printing needs to evolve from the current isolated prototype manufacturing to a fully interconnected hybrid manufacturing system. In his speech, Mr. Huang Xin introduced to the audience Materialise’s understanding of large-scale 3D printing in the Industry 4.0 era from four perspectives: end-to-end design and process, establishment of global production network, digital factory connection and control, and use of data to optimize production processes. And the solutions provided.

Another important point of the Huang Xin conference is the new research report of Materialise “3D Printing in the Eyes of Chinese Manufacturing Industry” (click to obtain) released by Ms. Kim Francois, General Manager of Global Business Development of Materialise. Materialise conducts in-depth research on practitioners of traditional manufacturing industry. Analyzed and summarized the understanding, acceptance and future expectations of 3D printing technology in traditional manufacturing.

The most attractive part of Kim Francois’ morning session was the final panel discussion session. The session was hosted by Wang Xiaoyan, founder of 3D Science Valley, with Mr. Xue Lei, general manager of Xi’an Bright, and Mr. Hu Jinhong, general manager of Heller China general industry sales. -Works editor-in-chief Mr. Huang Pei discussed “how to promote the application of 3D printing in China’s manufacturing industry”. Discussed the understanding of the industrialization of 3D printing, the advantages of 3D printing in the manufacturing field, the preparations made by companies for the industrialization of 3D printing, the opportunities and challenges of 3D printing in vertical industries, and how companies can improve simulation, process, digital capabilities, and technology. Popular topics such as the importance of integration to the industrialization of 3D printing.

From left to right: Wang Xiaoyan, Hu Jinhong, Xue Lei, Huang Pei Talking about the industrialization of 3D printing, Mr. Xue Lei, general manager of Xi’an Bright said: “I am still very confident in the industrialization of 3D printing. Although 3D printing is still slow in research and development and difficult to develop horizontal applications, it is an omnipotent technology in principle. The increasing capital inflows now prove that this technology has more possibilities. I think the future development of 3D printing is still very optimistic.” The  afternoon session is divided into software and application sub-venues and medical sub-venues. Many experts in different fields are invited to share their knowledge and experience. The software and application sub-venue successively invited Mr. Zhou Hao from the Mechanical System Division of the General Department of the Fifth Aerospace Academy to share the application of additive manufacturing in aerospace, detailing the use of additive manufacturing to create lightweight structures; Wang Chao, deputy general manager of Shanghai Luen Thai Technology He focused on sharing the outstanding achievements and experience of Luen Thai in the application of 3D printing SLA technology; Mao Yi, general manager of Hanbang Technology Shanghai Branch introduced Hanbang Technology’s many experiences in the development and development of metal 3D printing applications.

Top: Zhou Hao, Wang Chao, bottom: Mao Yi, Wang Lei, Mr. Huang Heyuan, vice president of R&D of Guangzhou Haige Technology, talked about the breakthrough contribution of additive manufacturing in dental applications. Xuberance CEO Wang Lei explained the protection of data intellectual property in the business of 3D printing design with the theme of “Deeply cultivating IP, content win-win”. Finally, Mr. Huang Hua, general manager of HP’s Greater China 3D printing and digital manufacturing business, once again emphasized that 3D printing will empower future innovations from the perspective of design/application to intelligent manufacturing.

Huang Hua Huang Heyuan’s unique highly customized features of 3D printing have brought subversive innovations to the dental field. Mr. Huang Heyuan, vice president of research and development of Haig Technology, said: “In a field where dentistry is a huge market and customization is just needed, 3D printing has great value and potential. Products made using 3D printing technology should be more Higher attention. Because only in this way can more limited resources be devoted to application development instead of excessive equipment technology development. It is Haig that has always allowed 3D printing technology to return to the tool itself, deepen the application and let the application dominate the evolution of technology. Digging deeper.” The innovative breakthrough of 3D printing in the medical field attracted a large number of audiences to the medical branch venue. Miranda Noblesse, Director of Global Sales of Materialise Medical, gave the opening speech. She mentioned that the global healthcare system is becoming more and more complex, and more and more solutions require higher accuracy, customization and predictability. New preoperative planning tools can provide More predictability. Materialise has been committed to cooperating with many organizations in the healthcare ecosystem to jointly develop new applications and establish clinical evidence.

Mr. Yang Jian, Deputy Director of Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Miranda Noblesse Xijing Hospital and doctoral supervisor, focused on the application of 3D printing technology in the field of structural heart disease. Director Yang said that 3D printing technology allows more and more structural heart disease cases to be directly Image analysis and simulation in the software environment are great for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), and transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) help.

Yang JianQiu Bin, Deputy Chief Physician of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/Tumor Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Mr. Qiu Bin, used many wonderful cases to share and analyze precise navigation anatomical partial lobectomy under three-dimensional reconstruction. Preoperative 3D reconstruction and planning have a significant help for the treatment of early lung cancer, and provide clinicians with intraoperative navigation. Mr. Yang Liu, Head of 3D Printing R&D Center and Chief Engineer of Trauson Medical Devices (China) Co., Ltd., introduced the application of virtual bone database and 3D printing in the orthopedics industry. Mr. Liu Jinlong, associate researcher of Shanghai Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, shared with you the exploration and application of pediatric cardiovascular simulation technology.

Liu Jinlong’s 2019 Marais Conference ended successfully. Through this conference, everyone saw the development and achievements of this industry, obstacles and opportunities. For the industrialization of 3D printing, there are still many business people who are confident in integrating upstream and downstream and tapping technological potential. Application innovation, efficiency empowerment, Materialise always insists on cooperation and win-win, to help customers’ 3D printing business. Materialise said that it will sort out the highlights of the conference, such as conference videos, etc., and publish them on the WeChat public account one after another. Friends who are not able to attend or are interested in the conference can pay attention to it.