AMFG secures Innovate UK funding to boost additive manufacturing automation software

A uk-based automation software company, AMFG, has today announced it has received funding from Innovate UK to further the development of its AI and machine learning technology for additive manufacturing (AM).
The funding from the UK’s Research and Innovation agency will build on AMFG’s workflow management/MES software, which launched last year following a rebrand and includes request submission, production and post-processing management.
Though the exact amount was undisclosed, the funding will be leveraged to improve quality assurance and optimize scheduling for AM production parts, two areas which AMFG believes are key to scaling AM for production. AMFG will be developing methods to improve the analysis of parts during quality assurance, including the use of wide-ranging data sets, and will further develop its machine learning technology to optimize production scheduling, allowing users to predict failures before they occur.