Daimler groups up with 3D Methods & Oqton to develop distant spare components answer

Daimler Truck | Daimler Buses has partnered with 3D Methods to develop a distant spare half answer that depends on 3D printing know-how. 

The options is alleged to mix Daimler’s manufacturing and upkeep experience with 3D Methods’ experience in 3D printing know-how, supplies, and purposes. Oqton’s software program capabilities have additionally been leveraged, as has digital rights and IP administration know-how of Wibu-Methods. 

By pooling these sources, Daimler says it is ready to ship enhanced service capabilities to licensed additive manufacturing companions whereas defending mental property and its aggressive place. Spare components will now have the ability to be manufactured domestically for varied underhood and cabin inside purposes, comparable to pins, covers and inserts, leading to elevated flexibility and effectivity. Daimler suggests it would cut back turnaround instances by as much as 75%, with oblique prices financial savings coming from a discount in car downtime. 

Daimler sought to develop an answer to its spare components companies due to limitations to native provide chain infrastructures and inventories. Not with the ability to supply spare components can lead to delays of a number of weeks, negatively impacting operational effectivity and buyer satisfaction, and bringing about vital prices. Now, service suppliers will have the ability to work with close by service bureaus to rapidly additively manufacture the required components on-demand, decreasing wait instances and rising general productiveness. 

Bus and motorcoach corporations, in addition to service bureaus, will likely be inspired to affix Daimler’s community of licensed companions by buying a license for 3DXpert by means of its Omniplus 3D-Printing License eShop. The put together and print license permits the shopper or service companion to decrypt the design recordsdata for the components wanted for a particular restore job and solely produce the precise amount wanted. At the moment, the answer is designed to 3D print components on 3D Methods’ SLS 380, although Daimler anticipates service bureaus will have the ability to join any 3D Methods’ polymer or metallic 3D printer to the answer sooner or later. 

“We’re more than happy that we’re increasing the revolutionary answer with 3D Methods, one of many world’s main 3D printer producers, and realising our imaginative and prescient for decentralised spare components manufacturing,” stated Ralf Anderhofstadt, Head of Centre of Competence Additive Manufacturing at Daimler Truck and Buses. “The Digital Rights Administration permits us to shorten service instances by means of decentralised manufacturing so as to additional maximise productiveness and income for business car corporations. As well as, the wise use of commercial 3D printing leads to decreasing the complexity within the provide chains. By our collaboration with 3D Methods, Oqton and Wibu-Methods, we’re setting one other essential milestone within the growth of decentralised 3D printing manufacturing.”

“By commercialising this digital service answer, Daimler Buses is just not solely adopting a brand new know-how; they’re basically reshaping the provision chain for larger resilience and effectivity,” added Jaime Garcia, Additive Options Supervisor – Automotive and Business Transportation at 3D Methods. “Our SLS 380 is a excessive throughput additive manufacturing answer with unprecedented ranges of throughput, consistency, efficiency, and yield. I’m happy that that is the primary 3D Methods know-how to be built-in into Daimler Buses’ workflow. I stay up for seeing how the capabilities develop as we add different polymer in addition to metallic 3D printers sooner or later.”

Roy Sterenthal, Vice President, Industrial Additive at Oqton supplied: “Our 3DXpert software program is famend as an all-in-one answer to streamline the additive manufacturing manufacturing workflow. By combining this functionality with Wibu-Methods’ strong digital rights administration answer, we’re serving to Daimler Buses safeguard its mental property whereas accelerating its provide chain. I’m happy that we may be a part of this revolutionary answer to provide on-demand crucial parts, cut back reliance on world logistics, and finally return autos to service sooner than ever.”