Mimaki’s 3D printer to be installed in MIT’s laboratory to help its additive manufacturing technology in ‘ADAPT’ Consortium research.
President, Kazuaki IKEDA, has announced Mimaki’s participation in the ‘ADAPT (Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies)’ consortium launched by Massachusetts Institute of Technology as one of the founding members.
‘ADAPT’ is a consortium directed by MIT professor John Hart, who leads MIT’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity. With the aim of supporting the advanced additive manufacturing industry, the consortium will promote research and education for next-generation manufacturing technology based on AM processes, including 3D printing.
“We’ve been given an opportunity to install our UV flatbed inkjet printer UJF-7151 plus and 3D printer 3DUJ-553 at MIT to support AM-related classes and research activities. Working towards ADAPT’s vision of amalgamation and evolution of AM technology and digital production sought by MIT professor John Hart, Mimaki will continue to contribute to ADAPT activities through our inkjet technology and mass customization printing solution. And, we will feed back synergy effects gained through the consortium’s activities to future product development. In this sense, it is indeed an honor that Mimaki was selected as one of the founding members of MIT’s ADAPT,” comments Yasuhiro Haba, Executive General Manager of Sales Division, Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
The consortium founding members held a kick-off meeting at the international trade fair for additive manufacturing and industrial production – “formnext” – held in Frankfurt, Germany in November and are scheduled to have their next meeting at MIT in Spring, 2019.
Consortium founding members;
ArcelorMittal; Autodesk; BigRep GmbH; Dentsply-Sirona; Electro-Optical Systems Inc.; Formlabs, Inc.; General Motors; Mimaki Engineering; Proto Labs, Inc.; Robert Bosch GmbH; Volkswagen AG