Renishaw Spider bracket
A spider bracket manufactured with Renishaw's metal 3D printing technology.
Renishaw has announced a strategic partnership with engineering and IT services company, Infosys which will see them harness metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology.
Together, the partners will aim to offer an end-to-end product development service to assist companies in their adoption of AM for volume production of end-use parts.
Infosys will bring its efficient engineering processes and design for AM knowledge to the table, while Renishaw will complement this with its global network of Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centers which boast Renishaw metal AM technology. These facilities are present in a variety of locations across Europe, North America and Asia, and provide intimate environments for partners to develop products with Renishaw’s metal AM technology.
With the partnership now in the public domain, the two companies will now commence a number of projects from the various AM Solutions Centers. The results of these projects, much like Infosys other services, will cater for clients in multiple industry segments. The components will all be manufactured with 3D printing technology, a major focus of Infosys’ Industry 4.0 efforts, and will also benefit from the application of Renishaw engineering expertise, post-processing capability, and metrology.
“Additive manufacturing enables us to design and make innovative products with spectacular gains in performance and efficiency,” said Sudip Singh, Global Head, Engineering Service at Infosys Ltd. “Infosys has developed a rich knowledge base of AM design best practices, coupled with powerful design tools to analyse and optimise product designs, so that we can take full advantage of the flexibility that AM offers.”
Marc Saunders, Director, Global Solutions Centres at Renishaw added: “Whilst additive manufacturing can create complex geometries in a single process step, some level of finishing is generally required to produce functional parts. Renishaw’s knowledge of metrology, machining and finishing processes can help customers to develop an integrated manufacturing solution for their innovative new product.”
