Challenge DIAMOnD opens new Digital Transformation Middle

Challenge DIAMOnD, a 3D printing initiative in partnership with Automation Alley and Oakland County, has opened a Digital Transformation Middle in Auburn Hills, Michigan, that gives firms entry to industrial 3D printing gear, coaching, and help.

The brand new Digital Transformation Middle (DTC) is supported by Geofabrica, an Auburn Hills, Michigan enterprise that makes a speciality of the event of customized 3D printing programs and processes for industrial purposes. By the DTC, Challenge DIAMOnD firms could have entry to additive manufacturing programs, a group of consultants, and entry to extra 3D printers to check and make merchandise.

“On the Digital Transformation Middle, Challenge DIAMOnD individuals will learn to rework their companies from a capital and process-based mindset to a design and mental property mindset facilitated by 3D printing. This encompasses having a chance to launch and validate merchandise earlier than investing in industrial additive manufacturing gear,” mentioned Pavan Muzumdar, CEO of Challenge DIAMOnD and COO of Automation Alley. “They may also retain entry to 3D print and post-process merchandise, with out the burden of proudly owning and working advanced gear.”

Past 3D printing gear, the DTC will present entry to industrial 3D scanners and superior modeling and measurement software program. Firms may also be capable of add and order elements by means of the DTC.

”Challenge DIAMOnD has already supplied greater than 300 firms with the 3D printers which have allowed them to grow to be extra aggressive in a worldwide market,” mentioned Dave Coulter, Govt at Oakland County. “And the Digital Transformation Middle builds on the success that’s serving to rework the area and state right into a magnet for superior manufacturing and coaching.”

Challenge DIAMOnD has been capturing the eye and help of companies and authorities because it was established in 2020 by Oakland and Macomb counties. This system’s objective was to speed up digital transformation amongst Michigan producers by offering firms with 3D printers and establishing a related community for manufacturing. In 2023, Oakland County supplied a further $15 million in funding, and, in Could, Governor Gretchen Whitmer known as for this system to be expanded statewide.