The Shipping Industry’s New Plan To 3D Print Spare Parts
The post The Shipping Industry’s New Plan To 3D Print Spare Parts appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen launched a 3D printing joint venture aimed at providing 3D-printed spare … [+] parts to the maritime industry. Wilhelmsen Mechanical parts wear out and break. It happens to cars, plains, and factory equipment. But when it happens to a cargo ship miles from shore with a load of products due halfway around the world, it can quickly become a million-dollar problem. It’s a scenario that marine industry leaders Thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the material distribution and supply chain wing of Thyssenkrupp, and Wilhelmsen Ships Service know well. They’ve invested substantially in 3D printing technology as a solution. They’ve used it to manufacture critical spare parts faster and cheaper than traditional manufacturing and have even dropped 3D-printed parts onto a vessel from a drone. Anything to keep ships moving. Earlier this month, these two billion-dollar, hundred-plus-year-old multinationals teamed up to offer the global maritime industry a cutting-edge, on-demand digital manufacturing platform for 3D-printed spare parts. Wilhelmsen, which aims to further the digital transformation of the maritime industry, especially for spare parts, chose to partner with Thyssenkrupp for its strong engineering expertise in industrial 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing. Three years in the making, the new platform called Pelagus 3D will “deliver maritime spare parts more efficiently in terms of time and cost, allowing customers to ensure their vessels’ seaworthiness and keep their operations moving on schedule,” according to Thyssenkrupp. Both Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen have been 3D printing spare parts for ships and offshore installations for at least five years. They’ve made metal propellers, impellers, gears, and nearly any part that can break, plus less conspicuous parts out of engineering polymers that can also cripple a vessel’s operation. Spare Parts On-Demand Worldwide The new venture opens up this spare part service to more end-users (vessel managers) and vessel part…
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Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen launched a 3D printing joint venture aimed at providing 3D-printed spare … [+] parts to the maritime industry. Wilhelmsen Mechanical parts wear out and break. It happens to cars, plains, and factory equipment. But when it happens to a cargo ship miles from shore with a load of products due halfway around the world, it can quickly become a million-dollar problem. It’s a scenario that marine industry leaders Thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the material distribution and supply chain wing of Thyssenkrupp, and Wilhelmsen Ships Service know well. They’ve invested substantially in 3D printing technology as a solution. They’ve used it to manufacture critical spare parts faster and cheaper than traditional manufacturing and have even dropped 3D-printed parts onto a vessel from a drone. Anything to keep ships moving. Earlier this month, these two billion-dollar, hundred-plus-year-old multinationals teamed up to offer the global maritime industry a cutting-edge, on-demand digital manufacturing platform for 3D-printed spare parts. Wilhelmsen, which aims to further the digital transformation of the maritime industry, especially for spare parts, chose to partner with Thyssenkrupp for its strong engineering expertise in industrial 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing. Three years in the making, the new platform called Pelagus 3D will “deliver maritime spare parts more efficiently in terms of time and cost, allowing customers to ensure their vessels’ seaworthiness and keep their operations moving on schedule,” according to Thyssenkrupp. Both Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen have been 3D printing spare parts for ships and offshore installations for at least five years. They’ve made metal propellers, impellers, gears, and nearly any part that can break, plus less conspicuous parts out of engineering polymers that can also cripple a vessel’s operation. Spare Parts On-Demand Worldwide The new venture opens up this spare part service to more end-users (vessel managers) and vessel part…
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