GE Additive Adds Predix Platform to Concept Laser Machines

BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Additive (NYSE: GE) announced today that it will add Predix platform
capabilities to its Concept Laser M2 cusing additive machines, giving
customers the opportunity to remotely monitor their machines, increasing
their productivity and improving their operations.

From September this year, all Concept Laser M2 cusing and M2 cusing
Multilaser additive machines will be delivered to customers equipped
with Predix edge technology. This move allows customers to remotely
monitor and collect data from their machines – helping them analyze
trends and uncover insights to improve asset performance and operations.

“What you’re witnessing is the beauty of the GE Store,” said Mohammad
Ehteshami, vice president and general manager for GE Additive. “We’ve
taken the best technology from GE and applied it to Concept Laser’s
additive machines, improving them and making our customers more
efficient and more productive.”

Developed by GE Digital, the Predix platform connects machines, data and
people to power digital industrial transformation. As a distributed
operating system from the edge to the cloud, Predix helps companies
develop, manage and monetize applications for the Industrial Internet.
For GE Additive customers, Predix enables industrial-scale analytics for
them to:

• Know exactly when their build has finished – regardless of their
  location – optimizing capacity in their factory.
• Know if their machine parameters are running on trend or outside of
  their control limits – augmenting their quality management systems.
• Get early detection notifications to customer’s mobile phones –
  reducing down-time and maximizing capacity.

In the future, GE Additive updates, supported by Predix technology, will
give customers the ability to:

• Predict when preventive maintenance is required – reducing unscheduled
  downtime and improving machine availability.
• Create their own applications to review and analyze the data they
  want, where they want and when they want.
• Control the ability for real-time parameter modifications – allowing
  for faster development cycles.

Predix Edge Manager allows industrial companies to monitor and control
devices at the edge – on a device or machine – as well as make software
updates as soon as they are available. The technology enables operators
to make changes that can improve performance, mitigate security threats
and better manage assets, even from thousands of miles away. This move
reinforces Predix as the only platform that provides computing
capabilities from the edge to the cloud, giving customers visibility,
control and analytic insights to every part of their industrial
operations.

Access to this information and the ability to generate insight can save
a customer time by preventing unplanned downtime on their machines. “We
want customers to fully utilize their capacity and realize the full
potential of their machines,” said Ehteshami. “All of this information
will be available to them from the cloud, accessible from anywhere.”

GE Additive is part of GE (NYSE: GE) – the world’s Digital Industrial
Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and
solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE Additive
includes additive machine providers Concept Laser and ArcamEBM; along
with additive material provider AP&C and additive service provider to
the medical industry, DTI. As a notable user of additive technologies GE
recognize the value and potential it brings to modern design and
manufacturing. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge,
the “GE Store,” through which each business shares and accesses the same
technology, resources and intellect. GE delivers better outcomes for
customers by speaking the language of industry. www.geadditive.com

Contacts

GE Additive
Rick Kennedy, +1 513.607.0609
[email protected]