Cloud oriented Additive Technology use for Fast Prototype Development

Abstract

Digitalization has already affected every segment of the industry and especially manufacturing. Based on market demands that are more specific and faster than ever, there is a need to use some of the online platform packages called Cloud Manufacturing (CM). CM works only with CAD models in general or STL models that is the official format of Additive Technologies (AT). On the other hand, there is a rapid increase in the measurement aspects via non-contact forms (3D scanners) where their data are stored in various digital formats: IGES, OBJ, PLY, etc. Those formats can be processed step by step and follow the full path to Reverse Engineering (RE). In this paper there will be discussed the possibility of implementing Cloud Additive Technology (CAT) for Fast Prototype Development (FPD) by analyzing the current situation, barriers during incorporation RE and AT, security and technicaleconomical aspects.