• Materials information management system will help boost acceptance, adoption, and standards development in the AM community

Cambridge, UK – January 28, 2018. Granta Design today announced that EWI, a leading engineering and technology innovator for advanced manufacturing in North America, has selected the GRANTA MI™ software to better coordinate its additive manufacturing (AM) work across multiple AM platforms. The software system is currently being deployed.

GRANTA MI is the leading system for enterprise materials information management. A single ‘gold source’ for all of an organization’s materials data, it saves time, cuts costs, and eliminates risk. Apps, tools to capture and re-use knowledge, and support for CAD, CAE, and PLM, all help to drive material innovation, empower design, and solve materials-related business problems.

EWI’s comprehensive engineering services help companies identify, develop, and implement the best options for their specific applications. Defining a strategy to capture and characterize material information across different AM platforms is currently a challenge. Every AM machine monitors different metrics, and exports data differently. EWI is meeting this challenge by defining the most effective way to record the data, and then automating and controlling the input process through GRANTA MI. If further metrics are identified as essential to the qualification of a part, the flexibility of GRANTA MI and EWI’s importing strategy will allow the enterprise to go back and pull-in that information with ease.

“We know AM has the potential to be a great tool to meet today’s industry needs, but we also recognize that hesitation to adopt such technology may be due to lack of understanding of the entire process from start to finish,” commented Brendan Lewis, EWI Project Engineer and Team Lead for GRANTA MI implementation. “GRANTA MI will to allow us to capture large amounts of data from all pieces of the AM puzzle and present it in a way that makes sense to the prospective industry adopters. This data capture will allow us to make valuable correlations that can be used to generate data driven standards across the industry, and streamline the development of AM parts internally.”

Lewis added: “We are very excited to be working with the Granta team on this project. Their intuitive GRANTA MI interface, diverse portfolio of industry impact, along with a clear understanding of additive manufacturing has really allowed us to hit the ground running.”

Through the ASTM AM Center of Excellence (CoE), EWI is also working on a variety of programs that will generate data for standards development. This data will be used to help companies understand the properties of AM parts, and improve process parameter development. GRANTA MI supports this by capturing a wide variety of data from the full AM value chain – from feedstock characterization to final material property data. This tracked data includes build information, post-process information, non-destructive testing (NDT), and mechanical testing.

For an in-depth look at how to digitalize your AM projects, join Granta’s live webinar on Wednesday, February 20. Discussions will focus on best practice for capturing the materials and process data generated during AM development projects. Register here: www.grantadesign.com/webseminars/2019/additive-manufacture.htm

About Granta Design Ltd
Granta are the materials information technology experts. The company develops market-leading software for managing materials and process information in engineering enterprises, and a series of tools for applying that data to key materials and product design decisions. Granta serves sectors as diverse as aerospace, defense, energy, medical devices, automotive, motorsports, manufacture of consumer and industrial equipment, materials production, and publishing. Customers realize multi-million dollar benefits in reduced cost, enhanced product performance, improved quality, and faster design turnaround. Granta was founded in 1994 as a spinout from the University of Cambridge and the work of Professors Mike Ashby and David Cebon. For further information go on line to www.grantadesign.com. Follow @GrantaDesign on Twitter.

Source: Granta Design Ltd