Siyakwamukela ochungechungeni lwethu lwe-'Shop Talk', lapho u-Dan Slaski exoxisana nabantu abasemkhakheni webhizinisi lokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo, abenza umlingo wenzeke futhi baguqule imibono yabo ibe ngokoqobo. Unesiphakamiso senhlolokhono? Thumela it in.
I-Xometry iyimakethe eku-inthanethi yokukhiqiza i-mega elungele ukuthatha noma imaphi amamodeli e-3D ongawajikijela. I-Xometry ayikho a umenzi wenkontileka, kunjalo konke abakhiqizi bezinkontileka. U-Greg Paulson unguMqondisi wabo Wobunjiniyela Bezicelo futhi unesasasa elingaphezu kwelami lokukhiqiza, futhi lokho kusho lukhulu. Ungumthombo wolwazi, umpetha wemboni, kanye nesihlakaniphi.
Sawubona, ngingu-Greg Paulsen futhi ngiwuMqondisi Wohlelo Lobunjiniyela ku-Xometry. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ngisebenza emkhakheni wokukhiqiza okuthuthukile, ngincike kakhulu ekukhiqizeni izithasiselo zezimboni. Ngisiza onjiniyela benze izinqumo ezingcono ngokuthi iyiphi inqubo okufanele bayikhethe nokuthi kungani kuye ngezidingo zabo zephrojekthi. Udinga umuntu ozothatha i-CAD yakho ayokwenza isitolo se-spin and talk? Ngingumfana wakho.
I-Xometry ngisebenza kokubili namakhasimende kanye nethimba lethu langaphakathi ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda kwabo kwakho konke esikunikezayo. Ingxenye enkulu yemisebenzi yami yamanje ukwakha okuqukethwe okungcono ukusiza onjiniyela bazulazule esikunikezayo. Ngenza amavidiyo ajabulisayo enselele yobunjiniyela lapho ngishisisa, ngiphihliza, futhi ngifaka izinto eziphrintiwe ze-3D ukuze ngibonise ukuthi ziqhathaniswa kanjani. Ngakha imihlahlandlela yethu yokukhiqiza yamahhala futhi ngaze ngabhala a 3D printing guide lokho kuhlanganisa izihloko eziningi.

Iyini i-Xometry futhi yini eyenza ihluke esitolo semishini esivamile noma imodeli yehhovisi lesevisi?
Ungaya ku-Xometry.com ukuze uthole yonke into oyidingayo ezitolo zemishini, amahhovisi esevisi, izitolo zamathuluzi nezitolo, nokuningi. Sithathe ukufundwa komshini okuthuthukile kanye ne-AI ukuvumela amaphrojekthi amaningi ukuthi acaphune ngokushesha ngokulayishwa kwemodeli ye-3D. Isayithi lethu likuvumela ukuthi ucacise futhi wenze ngendlela oyifisayo ukucaphuna kwakho, noma ngabe kuphrintiwe kwe-3D noma kwenziwa ngokwesiko, futhi u-ode uma uyidinga. Asigcini nje ngokuhlinzeka ngomuzwa ohlanganisiwe futhi osheshayo wokucaphuna, kodwa futhi sinikeza amandla abakhiqizi abangaphezu kuka-5,000 ngokubaxhumanisa namaphrojekthi alingana kangcono nendawo yabo emnandi. Lokhu kuxazulula izinkinga eziningi okwamanje ezibhekene nokuthengwa kwempahla efana nokuthola umphakeli onenani eliphezulu, ukugwema imingcele yamandla, kanye nokulahlekelwa isikhathi sokulinda izingcaphuno. Ngempela siyisitolo esisodwa sokukhiqiza lapho sidingeka khona.
Injani indlunkulu yeXometry futhi kunjani ukusebenza eXometry?
Ekuqaleni sasungulwa e-Gaithersburg, MD, futhi endaweni eyodwa sasinokukhiqiza, ukuqinisekiswa kwekhwalithi, ubunjiniyela bephrojekthi, ukuthuthukiswa kwesofthiwe, nakho konke okunye! Manje njengoba sesinezisebenzi ezingaphezu kuka-300 sinezindawo ezengeziwe e-Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Los Angeles–futhi ngike ngasho ukuthi sineXometry Europe?
Wonke umuntu engisebenza naye unekhono futhi ngiyathanda ukuba isipontshi ukuze ngimunce futhi ngifunde ebuholini naseqenjini lethu. Inkampani yethu yonke igxile ekusizeni amakhasimende futhi yenza imiphumela emihle kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi. Lona umzamo omkhulu wemikhakha eminingi futhi sinochwepheshe cishe kuyo yonke imikhakha nezimboni. Kungumsebenzi omningi, futhi ekupheleni kosuku senza okuthile okubambekayo nengokoqobo—kuwumvuzo omkhulu.
Utholakala ngaphandle kweWashington DC eMaryland. Ngingaphandle kwe-DC eVirginia. Indawo ye-DC ayiyona indawo yokukhiqiza enzima. Kungani futhi ufinyelele kanjani lapha?
Mfwethu, uyangibuza? Bengisebenza njengochwepheshe bokukhiqiza okungeziwe endaweni ye-DC futhi ngacabanga ukuthi idolobha elithuthukile lokukhiqiza… ngabe sengithola ngeXometry. Lokho kwenzeka eminyakeni engaphezu kweyisithupha edlule. I-CEO yethu nomsunguli, u-Randy Altschuler, ukwazile ukuletha ochwepheshe bokukhiqiza nezinsimbi ezisindayo ezidingekayo kanti okunye kuwumlando. Amandla enethiwekhi yethu yokukhiqiza esabalalisiwe ukuthi asikho isidingo sokuba sibe sendaweni yokukhiqiza enzima futhi sisacabanga kabusha futhi sibonise ukuthi ukukhiqiza kungenziwa kanjani ngemakethe yomhlaba wonke.
Kungani i-Xometry hhayi i-Xalculus noma i-Xalgebra?
Ama-URL athathiwe. Ha! Ngiyadlala.
Unikeza kokubili izinsiza ezingezayo nezikhiphayo. Lezi zinqubo zingaba nemithelela yedizayini ehluke kakhulu. Ungayincoma kanjani i-novice ukuthi ihumushe izidingo zedizayini ibe yinqubo efaneleka kakhulu?
Inqubo ngayinye inamandla ayo kanye nokuhwebelana. Sinemihlahlandlela yokuklama, ibhulogi yethu, namakhasi wamakhono ukuze uqalise. Lokho okushiwo-i-CAD ingakhuluma nathi. Uma ulayisha imodeli yakho ye-3D CAD futhi uxhumane nomphathi we-akhawunti yakho, bangakuthola ukuthintana ngokushesha nomunye wonjiniyela bezinhlelo zethu zokusebenza ukuze bakusize unqume ukuthi yini oyidingayo.
Ngokuvamile, umklamo owodwa ungase usebenzise izinqubo eziningana phakathi nomjikelezo wokuphila kwawo. ngingasebenzisa ukukhetha laser sintering 3D ukuphrinta ngokuphindaphinda kwedizayini esheshayo, mhlawumbe mhlawumbe i-stereolithography ukuphrinta isheke lokugcina lokuklama ngaphambi kokuthi ngithuthele ku-CNC noma umjovo udini services. Umbuzo omuhle engiwubuzayo ngowokuthi ngabe anjani amasonto ayi-6 alandelayo kulo msebenzi? Izinyanga eziyisi-6? 6 iminyaka? Kaningi lezo zimpendulo zizosho indlela yephrojekthi.
Konke okushiwo, kunenqubo eyodwa abantu abavame ukungaklami noma bayidide ngephutha: ishidi lensimbi. Ubona ingxenye yeshidi lensimbi, ingxenye yeshidi lensimbi.
Ngezwa ku Ukuba Unjiniyela podcast, owaya e-James Madison University. Ngaya eVirginia Tech eseduze. Uma bengifuna ukwenza uphawu oluwolintshi nolu-maroon ukuze ngigubhe inyuvesi yaseVirginia ehamba phambili iziphi izinqubo ongazincoma?
Umngane wami omkhulu kwa-VT uklame indiza yasolwandle njengengxenye yetshe eliyinhloko lobunjiniyela be-aerospace (manje usengusosayensi wamarokhethi). Njengoba ngikwazile ukufinyelela iphrinta ye-3D enemibala egcwele (i-Zcorp 450) elebhu yokwengeza ngimenzele ukuphrinta okunetimu ye-VT enowolintshi ne-maroon…. Ngiphinde nginyonyobe Inja kaDuke ku-cockpit! Angicabangi ukuthi nginaso isithombe se-VT-version, kodwa ngiphrinte inguqulo ye-JMU ngomklamo wayo. HAMBA DUKES!

Amazwibela: Ukuphrinta kwe-3D kusukela ezinsukwini zika-Greg kulebhu yokuqaphela umkhiqizo e-JMU ngo-2008.
Manje, ukuphrinta kwemibala ye-3D kuya kufinyeleleka kalula ngezakhiwo ezingcono zokuwenza. Izinqubo ze-polymer jetting ngokusebenzisa i-Stratasys zinemibala ecebile ngempela nemininingwane, kodwa ngijabule kakhulu ngentuthuko yombala we-HP MJF njengoba yakhiwe nge-thermoplastics.
Uke wacabanga ngokujoyina amabutho noMcMaster-Carr ukuze bakhe inkomishi engavimbeki / ye-COTS?
Ngicabanga ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sepulaki eyimpoqo xometry.com/supplies! Njengomlandeli omkhulu weMcMaster nesixhumi esibonakalayo sabo, ngingakuthanda lokho.
Kuningi okukhulunywayo mayelana nemboni 4.0 ekubeni wuguquko olusha lwezimboni olususelwe ku-automation, ukufunda ngomshini, kanye nokuxhumana. Sikuphi kuwo? Uyibona ishonaphi futhi iyini indima yeXometry?
Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi imakethe yokukhiqiza ye-Xometry ehlanganiswe nokufunda komshini kwethu kokubili amaphrojekthi entengo nokumatanisa nabakhiqizi abafanele kwakha isisekelo somkhakha 4.0. Sikuyo manje. Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Xometry izoba enye yezinto ezizenzakalelayo zokwenziwa kokwenziwayo, futhi ibe yingxenye yomklamo omkhulu wokuxhuma we-ecosystem, i-digital twin kanye nokulingiswa, intengo, ukuthengwa kwempahla, ukwenza, NOKUQINISEKISA KWEkhwalithi.
Unohlelo lokudlulisela luka-$50. Singasho yini ukuthi lesi sihloko sibalwa njengokudluliselwa kwe-100 kimi?
Dan! Kufanele ungene ngemvume bese uye ekhasini lakho le-get.xometry.com/earn-credits futhi ufake i-URL yakho ehlukile lapha: Uzobhalela izingxenye zangokwezifiso / U-Dan akanawo amahloni. Kuwo wonke umuntu oyichofozayo futhi abhalise, uzothola u-$50 wamakhredithi e-Xometry futhi uzothola u-$50 kubo bonke obhalisiwe abasha abambekayo. Ngihlale ngithi yindlela enhle yokukhokhela i-prototyping yakho ngokudlulisela phambili. Futhi, isibopho "eminye imikhawulo iyasebenza. "
Incwadi ethi "Good to Great" ikhuluma nge "Hedgehog Concept". Umqondo we-Hedgehog usho ukugxila endaweni eyodwa yobuhle obuyinhloko nokugwema amathuba aphazamisa kulokho kugxilwa okuyinhloko. "Impungushe yazi izinto eziningi, kodwa i-hedgehog yazi into eyodwa enkulu." Ungathini umqondo we-Xometry's Hedgehog?
I-Good to Great kaJim Collins ingenye yezintandokazi zami futhi ngiyifunde izikhathi ezimbalwa. Iseduze ne-The Goal ka-Eliyahu Goldratt njengesidingo sokufunda endaweni yethu. Umqondo we-Xometry's hedgehog usebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukunika amandla abathengi nabahlinzeki ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kunamanye amamodeli amabhizinisi laphaya azikhulisela wona kuphela, futhi ancintisane noma athathe umsebenzi kwabanye abakhiqizi. Enye yezinto engizithanda nge-Xometry ukuthi emnyombweni wethu sinika amandla kokubili onjiniyela/abathengi nabakhiqizi. Sinikeza umsebenzi kubalingani bethu bokukhiqiza ngakho njengoba sikhula kanjalo nawo wonke uhlelo lwendawo yokukhiqiza luyakhula.
Imvelo yesikhulumi sakho ivumela izitolo ezincane ukuthi zisebenzele izinhlangano ezinkulu okungenzeka ukuthi azikwazanga ukuzenzela ngenye indlela. Ngiyakubona lokhu kusebenza ngokuhlehla futhi. Lapho iziqalo nezikhungo zemfundo ezingenabo ubudlelwano bokukhiqiza noma ulwazi zingacwilisa izinzwane zazo futhi zenze izingxenye ezithile. Lokhu kuvula umnyango wamaphrojekthi nemikhiqizo ebingeke ifinyeleleke noma ibe nokwenzeka ngaphambilini. Uyakubona lokhu kwenzeka futhi ungabelana nganoma yiziphi izibonelo?
Impela, sehlise kakhulu umgoqo wokungena ukuze kwenziwe ngokwezifiso—okudinga kuphela ifayela le-CAD ukuze kuqalwe. Sisebenzela wonke umuntu kusukela ezinkampanini ze-Fortune 100 kuya kubasunguli abazimele, abathanda ukuzilibazisa, nakho konke okuphakathi. Nakuba umsebenzi wethu omningi uyimfihlo, sibe nenhlanhla yokuthi amanye amaklayenti abelane nathi ngezindaba zawo ngezifundo eziyisibonelo. Kusuka izibambi zomoya zesiteshi sasemkhathini samazwe ngamazwe ukwakha ushokoledi commercial 3D amaphrinta sinekhono lokusiza.
Ngithanda ukuvakashela izitolo zasendaweni uma ngikwazi. Kuyangisiza ukuthi ngihlale ngixhumene ngokuqinile futhi ngithintana neqiniso. Ngendlela yakwaToyota, babiza le Genchi Genbutsu noma “hamba uyobona”. Mina ngokwami ngikholwa ukuthi izindlela ezisabalalisiwe nezendawo zinesikhathi nendawo futhi zingasebenza ndawonye. Uzibona kanjani lezi zindlela ezimbili zihlangana?
Ngifisa sengathi ngingaya esitolo esisha njalo ngeviki elilodwa futhi ngibe isipontshi ukuze ngimunce ithalente labasebenzi abanamakhono. Ukuya ezitolo kungenye yezinto engizikhonzile ngalo msebenzi. Onyakeni odlule, ngibone umphakathi omangalisayo uvela kubalingani bethu bokukhiqiza kanye nethimba lozakwethu bangaphakathi le-Xometry. Sandisa ukungafihli kwethu nabahlinzeki bethu nge-Digital RFQ Marketplace yethu ukuze sinikeze amakhasimende ukufinyelela okuqondile kozakwethu be-Xometry—kusekuningi okusamele kwenziwe futhi umbono esinawo ujabulisa kakhulu!
Unezinsiza zemfundo eziningi ekhasini lewebhu leXometry. Uhlala kanjani ufundiswe ngezinqubo zokuklama nezokukhiqiza? Ingabe unazo izinsiza ozincomayo?
Sifuna ngempela ukuba nekhasi lezinsiza eziqinile ku-Xometry ngenxa yazo zonke izinqubo nobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene esinazo. Akekho owaziyo ngobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza obungaphezu kweshumi nambili, ingasaphathwa eyonke ama-nuances nezinto ezisetshenziswa yilowo nalowo okunikezwayo. Eyethu amakhasi wokukhiqiza zingamahabhu amahle ezinsizakalweni eziningi esinazo kuXometry njengezethu iziqondiso zokuklama.
Uma ngisebenzela ukwakha okuqukethwe okusha ngivame ukuxhumana nochwepheshe bethu bangaphakathi bese ngibuza ukuthi "yini ofisa ukuthi amakhasimende akho azi kabanzi ngayo?" Ngiphinde ngibheke impendulo yamakhasimende ethu kanye nemibuzo engena ngosesho lwethu lwe-FAQ nengxoxo ebukhoma. Uma ngibona igebe, ngibona ithuba lokwakha okuqukethwe kokufundisa. Futhi, uma uthanda i-edu-tainment ngenze uchungechunge ekhasini le-YouTube le-Xometry izinselele zobunjiniyela okuyizindlela ezijabulisayo zokufunda ukuthi izinqubo zokuphrinta ze-3D ezihlukile nezinto zokwakha ziqhathaniswa kanjani. Eyakamuva engiyenzile kwaba “Ingabe Izokwehlula Ukushisa” lapho ngifaka khona amaphrinti ahlukene endaweni efanayo njenge-autoclave yesitimu.
E-3DEXPERIENCE World 2020 unikeze amahembe e-CADBEAST (ngithole elilodwa). Yini i-CADBEAST? Zingaki izingalo enazo? Buyini ubuthakathaka bayo futhi umehlula kanjani oyedwa?
I-CADBEAST ingumklami noma unjiniyela osebenzisa isofthiwe yakhe ukwenza izingxenye. Kunomqondo oqinile womphakathi kubaklami be-CAD, noma ngabe usebenzisa i-SolidWorks noma enye inkundla futhi sibathanda bonke! Uyinqoba kanjani i-CADBEAST? Bona isithombe esingezansi:

I-paradigm enhle, esheshayo, eshibhile ithi uthola ukukhetha okubili kuphela. Uyibheka kanjani le ndlela yokucabanga yendabuko?
Sekukonke kuyisitatimende esiyiqiniso, nakuba ngivame ukuthi "isikhathi, ububanzi, izindleko." Lapho i-Xometry ingena khona nakuba ibeka obala enanini lengxenye ngokubonisa amanani entengo afundiwe ngomshini, avumelana nemakethe yengxenye uma kubhekwa inqubo yayo, impahla, izici, namanani. Siphinde sinikeze ukukhetha kokuthi uyidinga nini ingxenye yezinsiza zethu eziningi. Ngokusebenzisa imodeli yemakethe, singanikeza amanani ancintisanayo ngokunganaki isidingo somklamo… futhi ngaphandle kokulinda.
Ngokucaphuna okusheshayo kanye nezengezo zephakeji ye-CAD ingabe ukhathazekile ngokuthi usenzela izinto zibe lula kakhulu? Uma uxazulula zonke izinkinga zethu ungancoma izihloko ezintsha esingakhala ngazo?
Haha! Akunakwenzeka! Senza izinto zingakhathali futhi zibe nzima ekuthengeni ngokwezifiso nasekutholeni usizo (kanye nokuthola amakhasimende ekugcineni kozakwethu). Ngifuna ukuthi ugxile ezintweni ezinzima njengemiklamo emisha nemikhiqizo emihle. Masenze isintu sibe ngcono kancane ngokubeka ubuchopho bethu emsebenzini. Senza isiqiniseko sokuthi awuchithi isikhathi ngohlelo lokuthola noma lwe-supply chain!
Uku-oda izingxenye kungangenza ngivuse isifiso sokudla. Ingabe uke wacabanga ukwengeza abakhiqizi be-pizza kunethiwekhi yakho yozakwethu?
Oh yebo, vele uye kuwebhusayithi yethu bese ubeka /i-pizza ekugcineni kwe-URL. Uyadlala…. noma nginguye?
Uyakubona ukungeza izinsiza zokukhiqiza ugesi njengama-PCB namahhanisi ezintambo esikhathini esizayo? Kuthiwani ngokuhlanganisa inkontileka?
Njengoba sazi, imakethe yokukhiqiza idlula kakhulu izingxenye zokukhiqiza ezihlukile. Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Xometry isilungele ukuxhuma zonke izinhlobo zezidingo nabahlinzeki abahloliwe.
Abantu bangafunda kanjani okwengeziwe nge-Xometry futhi bahlale benolwazi lwakamuva ngeminikelo yakho?
Ikhasi lethu eliyisiqalo liyindawo enhle ongaqala ngayo xometry.com futhi kufanele ubhalisele ibhulogi yethu ukuze uthole izibuyekezo mayelana nezinsizakalo zethu nokuqukethwe okusha. Uma une-3D CAD, layisha ifayela lakho ukuze uthole ikhwothi esheshayo. Sine Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Futhi I-LinkedIn amakhasi.
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