The National Network for
Manufacturing Innovation
Dean Bartles, Ph. D.
9 April 2015
Executive Director
dean.bartles@uilabs.org
http://dmdii.org
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Challenge: US losing leadership in manufacturing
ISSUE: Economy, Jobs, and future competitiveness
o When U.S. loses manufacturing base in advanced technology products, we lose
ability to innovate on next generation of those products
U.S. Trade Balance for Advanced Technology Products
+ 40
+ 20
US Trade Balance
Advanced Technology
Products
($ Billion)
0
-20
-40
-60
-80
-100
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President’s
Council
Advisors on Science
and of
PCAST:
Theofindependent
basis
Technology
PCAST 2011
Recommends
Advanced
Manufacturing
Initiative as national
innovation policy
PCAST 2012
Recommends
Manufacturing
Innovation Institutes
to address key market
failure
PCAST 2013
Recommends
Preliminary Design
for a National
Network of
Manufacturing
Innovation
NNMI
PCAST 2014
Recommends strong,
collaborative
network of
Manufacturing
Innovation Institutes
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Extensive Public Engagement on NNMI
Request for Information and five public workshops 1,200 voices on NNMI compiled
Economic
Development 6%
Research &
non-profits 8%
Federal State &
Local Gov’t 14%
All Other
10%
Industry
31%
Academia
31%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy New York
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland Ohio
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
National Academies Beckman Center
Irvine California
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Huntsville, Alabama
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Manufacturing Innovation Institute Design
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Initial “Network” Proposed
“Sparking this network of
innovation across the
country will create jobs and
will keep America leading in
manufacturing…"
President Obama, March 9, 2012
• President asks Congress to authorize initial network of up to 15
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
• President directs Agencies to work together on Pilot Institute,
while designing Institutes with input from Industry and Academia
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Revitalize American Manufacturing &
Innovation Act
Rep. Tom Reed
R NY-23
Rep. Joe Kennedy
D MA-4
September 15, 2014 –
Passed House
100 Cosponsors (51D, 49R)
Sen. Sherrod Brown Sen. Roy Blunt
R Missouri
D Ohio
December 11, 2014 –
Passed Senate
18 Cosponsors (10D, 7R, 1I)
December 16, 2014 –
Signed By President Obama
Bipartisan Momentum Supporting NNMI Passage
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Progress as of March 2015
LIFT
Light/Modern Metals
Detroit, MI
Five Institutes Established
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$335M public funding has catalyzed
over $480M from consortia
At launch, 349 companies and
universities active partners from all
across the country
DMDII
Digital Mfg.
Chicago, IL
America Makes
Additive Mfg.
Youngstown, OH
IACMI
Adv. Composites
Knoxville, TN
Smart Power
Electronics
Raleigh, NC
Four more under competition
Topic
TBA
Integrated
Photonics
Smart
Mfg.
Flex. Hybrid
Electronics
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February 2014: Digital Manufacturing
and Design Innovation Institute (“DMDII”)
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A public-private partnership created to foster the development and
implementation of digital manufacturing and design technology
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Focus on problems which neither industry, academia or government can
solve on their own
•
Established through a 5-year cooperative agreement with $70M in federal
government funding and over $100M in matching funding from industry,
academia, local government and community partners
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What is “digital manufacturing”?
Digital Manufacturing is an integrated suite of tools that
work with product definition data to support tool
design, manufacturing process design, visualization,
modeling and simulation, data analytics, and other
analyses necessary to optimize the manufacturing
process” – CIMData (modified)
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Digital Manufacturing Vision
• Digital link between design and fabrication
• Connected machines, factories, and supply chains
• Transparency into supplier factories
• Data aggregation, analysis, and action across the
product lifecycle
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DMDII: Not just R&D, but skills,
access and workforce
Applied Research & Demo
projects for
• Reducing cost and risk of
commercializing new
technology
• Solving pre-competitive
industrial problems
Technology Integration
Small/Medium Enterprises
• Development of innovative methods
and practices for supply chain
integration
• Engagement with small and
medium-sized manufacturing
enterprises (SMEs).
Education, technical skills and workforce development
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DMDII - A consortium of industry,
academia and government
A partnership of world-class
companies including:
Top universities including:
Proven talent from numerous
state, educational, and vocational
institutions:
Hundreds of Small and Medium
Sized Manufacturing
Enterprises (SMEs) seeking to
improve competitiveness:
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What is the value proposition for
members?
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Applied R&D: Leverage significant
government, industry, and academic
investments to implement innovative solutions
to member challenges
•
Digital Manufacturing Commons: Exchange
product information and transmit detailed
design information on a secure, neutral and IPsafe digital environment
•
Workforce Training: Access specialized
training to prepare current and future
workforces for the latest manufacturing
methods and technologies
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TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREAS
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE
(AME)
Information systems integration
throughout the product lifecycle.
Digital links between design and
fabrication.
Smart factory and supply chain
management.
Integration of smart sensors and
controls to enable equipment to
automatically sense and
understand current production
environment in order to conduct
“self-aware manufacturing.”
OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM
DIGITAL
MANUFACTURING
COMMONS
ADVANCED ANALYSIS
(AA)
INTELLIGENT MACHINING
(IM)
An open source software
platform that enables data
aggregation, analysis, and
action.
Utilization of high performance
computing to model materials,
products and processes to enable
“design with manufacturing in
mind.”
CYBER PHYSICAL SECURITY
CYBER
PHYSICAL
SECURITY
Meet industry and national needs
for security, trust, and IP
protection within the
manufacturing environment.
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Collaboration & Training Center
•
Focus on inspiring, educating and advancing
digital manufacturing and design
•
Digital manufacturing lab, instructional and
meeting space as well as traditional office
•
94k sq ft buildout:
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22k sq ft collaboration space
24k sq ft manufacturing lab
20k sq ft office space
28k sq ft future expansion
10-year lease signed on 2 Jun 2014
Ground breaking on 30 Oct 2014
Renovations started in mid-Nov
Target Move In Date: April 2015
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2014/2015 Timeline
• 21 Feb: Cooperative Agreement signed
• 25 Feb: Pres. Obama announcement
• 1 Apr: First UI LABS employees hired
• 14 Apr: Partner kickoff meeting
• 20 May: TAC Meeting #1
• 1 Jun: Technology Roadmap complete
• 2 Jun: Facility lease signed
UI LABS/DMDII Facility, Chicago IL
Opening April 2015
94,000 square feet - digital manufacturing
manufacturing lab, instructional and
collaboration space
• 2 Jul: First round of project calls released
• 25 Aug: TAC Meeting #2
• 23 Sep: Second round of project calls
released
• 30 Oct: Facility ground breaking
• 15 Nov: Initiate facility renovations
• April 2015: Move into Goose Island
Facility
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DMDII Goals
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Foster and enable collaborative investment in pre-competitive research and
development for digital manufacturing technology and create a virtual
collaboration space where OEM’s and multiple suppliers/partners can
simultaneously explore optimization of product design as well as the entire
manufacturing and supply chain process for a given product.
•
Facilitate the transition and insertion of digital manufacturing technology
into US industrial manufacturing base (large and small).
•
Create a national repository of machining data obtained from tens of
thousands of machine tools from thousands of manufacturers that can be
studied, trended, and analyzed with the goal of developing open source
applications that manufacturers can use to optimize machining processes.
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DMDII Goals (continued)
• Develop a system that will allow product designers to explore various “trades” when
selecting materials and design features when new products are being designed and
simultaneously be able to see the impact each decision has on the cost of producing the
product, impact on time to market, energy consumption in making the product, etc., etc.
• Assemble and integrate workforce development initiatives to prepare the future
manufacturing work force for digital manufacturing technology and become the nationally
recognized center where companies can send employees to receive the skills training
necessary to be successful in the digital manufacturing workforce of tomorrow.
• Establish a digital online commons for manufacturers to use as a marketplace, learn about
digital manufacturing, exchange detailed product design information, access the latest
innovative digital capabilities and collaborate on design development – all on a secure,
neutral and IP-safe environment.
• Develop 100 “App’s” in the first five years that can be offered to manufacturers of all sizes for
a nominal price of $10 or less that will allow them to improve the efficiency of their
manufacturing and/or supply chain operations.
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Questions?
Dean Bartles, Ph. D.
Executive Director
dbartles@uilabs.org
727.251.7671
http://dmdii.org
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