Materialise Mindware
We help companies both big and small to carve their competitive advantage using additive manufacturing. Speak with our advisors to find out how we can assist your team.
Unmatched, unbiased, unique expertise
When you’re looking to accelerate your business potential while keeping your investment risk low, you need a guide who is both knowledgeable and impartial. Materialise is home to some of the 3D printing industry’s most experienced veterans, who have worked with countless materials, machines, and technologies since 1990. Mindware brings you in direct contact with our experts and their insights, building a substantial foundation of knowledge to build your strategy upon.
We have spent the past three decades working out how to make AM efficient, reliable, meaningful, and scalable. Now, we’re sharing our know-how and capabilities to assist you. Let’s shape your success with the powerful advantages of 3D printing.
The Triple E Journey
By your side during each step of your AM journey
AM adoption doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a complex journey for businesses to discover how to best harness its capabilities. At Materialise, we’ve been there. We’ve experienced the ins and outs of AM for over 30 years, honing the skills required for success along the way.
And with Mindware, we leverage this expertise to help others navigate their journeys and achieve their AM goals together. Do you identify with the questions asked along the path? No matter what stage you’re at, we’re there to help.
First Milestone
AM awareness achieved
1.1 Understand AM
Educate and inspire internal teams to innovate or cut costs with AM
Understand the possibilities and limitations of AM technologies
1.2 Identify strategic AM drivers
Identify for which business challenges AM is relevant and ready
Define a corporate AM strategy and AM Business case
1.3 Prioritize AM applications
Prioritize applications that can unlock strategic business value with AM
Optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) with AM
Second Milestone
Strategic AM roadmap defined
2.1 Conduct AM feasibility research
Identify the optimal material/technology/finishing for application requirements
Save time and money via expert assessments and smart experiment design
2.2 Design and engineer for AM
Redesign and optimize an application for AM
Get trained in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)
2.3 Develop (digital) proof of concepts
Test different designs/versions of the parts via rapid prototyping
Conceptualize end-to-end process with digital demonstrations
Third Milestone
Pilot product and process established
3.1 Optimize AM printing processes
Move from validated prototype to repeat production reliably
Define and optimize build strategies that guarantee quality and efficiency
3.2 Design and automate end-to-end process flow
Design and set up end-to-end digital workflows
Automate workflows with algorithms and digital tools
3.3 Establish a lean serial AM production
Identify and solve process inefficiencies that prevent from scaling
Improve production facility to scale with reliability and traceability
Fourth Milestone
Serial certified AM process finalized
Translate your business challenges into AM opportunities and identify the right AM application(s).
Bring your additive application(s) to life and validate your business case through collaborative research and development with our experts.
Ensure repeatability and efficiency in your operations to unlock business value through serial AM production.
1. Explore
1.1 Understand AM
Can you educate and inspire our internal teams to innovate or cut costs with AM?
Can you help us understand the possibilities and limitations of AM technologies?
1.2 Identify strategic AM drivers
For which of our business challenges is AM relevant and ready?
Can you help us define a corporate AM strategy and AM Business case?
1.3 Prioritize AM applications
Which applications can unlock strategic business value with AM?
How can we optimize our total cost of ownership (TCO) with AM?
2. Experiment
2.1 Conduct AM feasibility research
What is the optimal material/technology/finishing combination for our application requirements?
Can you help us save time and money via expert assessments and smart experiment design?
2.2 Design and engineer for AM
How should we redesign and optimize our application for AM?
Can we get trained in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)?
2.3 Develop (digital) proof of concepts
Can you test different designs/versions of the parts via rapid prototyping?
Can you conceptualize our end-to-end process with digital demonstrations?
3. Enable
3.1 Optimize AM printing processes
How do we move from validated prototype to repeat production reliably and consistently?
How do we define and optimize build strategies that guarantee quality and efficiency?
3.2 Design and automate end-to-end process flow
Can you help us design and set up our end-to-end digital workflow?
Can you help us automate our workflow with algorithms and digital tools?
3.3 Establish a lean serial AM production
Can you help us identify and solve process inefficiencies that prevent us from scaling (e.g., scrap rates)?
How can we improve our production facility to scale with reliability and traceability?
The Triple E Journey
By your side during each step of your AM journey
AM adoption doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a complex journey for businesses to discover how to best harness its capabilities. At Materialise, we’ve been there. We’ve experienced the ins and outs of AM for over 30 years, honing the skills required for success along the way.
And with Mindware, we leverage this expertise to help others navigate their journeys and achieve their AM goals together. Do you identify with the questions asked along the path? No matter what stage you’re at, we’re there to help.
1. Explore
1.1 Understand AM
Can you educate and inspire our internal teams to innovate or cut costs with AM?
Can you help us understand the possibilities and limitations of AM technologies?
1.2 Identify strategic AM drivers
For which of our business challenges is AM relevant and ready?
Can you help us define a corporate AM strategy and AM Business case?
1.3 Prioritize AM applications
Which applications can unlock strategic business value with AM?
How can we optimize our total cost of ownership (TCO) with AM?
2. Experiment
2.1 Conduct AM feasibility research
What is the optimal material/technology/finishing combination for our application requirements?
Can you help us save time and money via expert assessments and smart experiment design?
2.2 Design and engineer for AM
How should we redesign and optimize our application for AM?
Can we get trained in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)?
2.3 Develop (digital) proof of concepts
Can you test different designs/versions of the parts via rapid prototyping?
Can you conceptualize our end-to-end process with digital demonstrations?
3. Enable
3.1 Optimize AM printing processes
How do we move from validated prototype to repeat production reliably and consistently?
How do we define and optimize build strategies that guarantee quality and efficiency?
3.2 Design and automate end-to-end process flow
Can you help us design and set up our end-to-end digital workflow?
Can you help us automate our workflow with algorithms and digital tools?
3.3 Establish a lean serial AM production
Can you help us identify and solve process inefficiencies that prevent us from scaling (e.g., scrap rates)?
How can we improve our production facility to scale with reliability and traceability?
The Triple E Journey on video
1. Explore
Materialise Mindware consultants worked with Hyundai Lifeboats to explore the value of AM and create their first 3D-printed production tools.
2. Experiment
Partnering with Materialise, QualiCal has innovated their production process, which offers the potential for increased revenue of up to €1,400,000.
3. Enable
Mindware experts used their extensive knowledge of AM to optimize workflows and quadruple machine productivity for phits insole production.
1. Explore
Materialise Mindware consultants worked with Hyundai Lifeboats to explore the value of AM and create their first 3D-printed production tools.
2. Experiment
Partnering with Materialise, QualiCal has innovated their production process, which offers the potential for increased revenue of up to €1,400,000.
3. Enable
Mindware experts used their extensive knowledge of AM to optimize workflows and quadruple machine productivity for phits insole production.
Supercharge your production line with AM
Here’s a not-so-surprising fact:
Additive manufacturing is not just for end products.
The thousands of parts and hand-off points that make up a traditional production line can be made better, cheaper, safer, more accurate, or more flexible using AM, all while reducing supply chain risk and lead times.
Mindware can help you evolve and enhance your production line and see results fast — one part at a time.
"Mindware allows business leaders to tap directly into our 30 years of vast and technology-neutral knowledge, but beyond that, it offers these leaders a direct line of access to the greatest minds in AM."
— Bart van der Schueren, CTO
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News and inspiration
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We help companies both big and small to carve their competitive advantage using additive manufacturing. Speak with our advisors to find out how we can assist your team.