France’s national railway company, theSociété nationale des chemins de fer français(SNCF), has announced the adoption of 3D printing software developer 3YOURMIND’s敏捷PLM软件。
SNCF will use the Digital Qualified Inventory platform to identify, evaluate, and store its additive manufacturing part data in a bid to cut costs and streamline on-demand spare part production. The enterprise software takes into account several parameters of 3D files, including part weight, tolerances, part costs, recurrence of use, and order constraints to better enable customers to manage their digital inventories.
莱提纱柯式,一个加法制造领先雷电竞充值er at SNCF, said, “This improved ability for inventory analysis and use case screening will help enhance our cost saving and shorten our lead times dramatically. We are thrilled to partner with 3YOURMIND and reap the full benefits of Additive Manufacturing.”
14,000列火车的维护
SNCF was founded in 1938, and runs over 14,000 trains over 32,000km of railway every single day. With over 272,000 employees worldwide, the company boasts annual revenues of more than €33.5 billion. As such, it is an essential part of France’s transport infrastructure, and simply cannot afford to have delays in spare part identification or production. When a rolling stock component needs to be replaced, it must be done quickly and cost efficiently.
Unfortunately, due to the complexity of trains, companies like SNCF often have a difficult time with sourcing certain spare parts, especially if the parts in question areparticularly old or obsolete。零件数据通常缺乏重要的技术信息，而3D图和复杂的ERP数据则缺乏重要的技术信息。最重要的是，零件存储的仓储成本存在问题，这使传统的备件生产更加有问题。这就是3 Yourmind的数字合格库存所处的位置。
数字合格库存
SNCF将使用该软件用于常规零件监视，它将使公司能够为其合格的库存提供用于3D打印的零件。该平台的一部分标识符功能还将使SNCF的工程师能够根据其材料和流程来识别和鉴定添加剂制造组件。雷电竞充值
从结果来看，3 Yourmind的软件已经能够在30,000多个备件文件的池中识别出10.3％的相关3D打印零件。这有助于将零件交付时间从2.5个月减少到仅10天，同时节省了公司的运营成本。这家铁路公司打算在未来三年内将100个零件参考从常规采购转换为每年的3D打印。
“We at 3YOURMIND believe that in order to scale up and industrialize Additive Manufacturing, we need to find massive use cases,” added Stephan Kühr, CEO of 3YOURMIND. “Our digital qualified inventory allows SNCF to employ AM in such a use case, and will help revolutionize one of the cornerstone transportation industries in France.”
Spare part production with 3D printing
Beyond just the railway sector, additive manufacturing technology has earned its place as a champion of spare part production. In defense, the Dutch Navy has invested in a set ofINTAMSYS3D打印机s to improve its on-demand spare part manufacturing capabilities. To house the systems, the Armed Forces have developed what they call the雷电竞充值加法制造容器的防御（AMCOD），以运输容器形式的移动维修中心。
在航空航天的其他地方Airbus子公司Satair最近为美国航空公司客户提供了所谓的‘first certified metal printed flying spare part’。The company developed the 3D printed A320ceo wingtip fence after the part became impossible to source from the original supplier, who had difficulties providing the cast version of the component.
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