The client is transforming its shipbuilding processes to meet the demands of modern naval engineering. The key challenge lies in implementing new manufacturing strategies that enhance both current and future product lines, while also supporting the supply chain efficiently.
Engineering transformation with additive manufacturing in shipbuilding
Summary
Challenge
Solution
Complete product lifecycle analysis and improvement using additive manufacturing technologies, 3D scanning & FEM simulations.
Value
- Cost Savings: By using innovative materials reducing final product maintenance and optimizing supply chain.
- Time Savings: Introducing AM center in the production system for quick response to clients in product lifecycle management.
- Functional optimization: To improve the new naval products offered by the company for better market competitiveness.
- Improvement of facilities maintenance.
Products & Services
- AM material selection
- Part design, optimization & simulation
- Reverse Engineering
- Manufacturing technology consulting
AM I Navigator Maturity Model
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Strategy
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Product Design
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Basic redesign with improved material selection
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Material
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Improved material selection and change
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M5
Process Engineering
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Focus on print process, iterative evaluation of influences on part quality
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Production Setup
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The majority of operations is still manual
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Manufacturing Execution
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Manual order creation
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Quality
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Awareness of quality influencing factors and iterative improvements
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Maintenance & Service
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Environmental Sustainability
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People & Organization
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Operator readiness is still on low level
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