Business View Magazine | March 2020

38 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 exponential growth and transform how manufacturers operate. As a result, we are on the cusp of a productivity breakthrough not seen in more than a generation,” says Peter R. Eelman, Vice President & CXO at AMT– The Association For Manufacturing Technology. AMT represents and promotes U.S.-based manufacturing technology and its members — those who design, build, sell, and service the continuously evolving technology that lies at the heart of manufacturing. Recently, Business View Magazine connected with representatives at AMT to learn how digitization is good for business. Ahead, you’ll meet some of the pioneers of digital manufacturing and learn about the tools and technology they are employing— from 3D printing to IIoT. 3D Printing Additive manufacturing (AM, or 3D printing) is perhaps the most quintessential digital process, as it involves producing three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. While originally known as a technology for rapid prototyping with polymers, AM solutions increasingly focus on metal parts made in larger sizes and lot volumes. The best established metal AM process, Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), builds a part one layer at a time by directing a laser at a bed AT A GLANCE THE ASSOCIATION FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY WHAT: An association that represents and promotes U.S.-based manufacturing technology and its members--those who design, build, sell, and service the continuously evolving technology that lies at the heart of manufacturing WHERE: McLean, Virginia WEBSITE: www.amtonline.org