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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

Additiv tilvirkning av maritime reservedeler – En ny digital og bærekraftig forsyningskjede

Alternative title: Disrupting and Adding Value to maritime supply chains by using Additively Manufactured Spare parts

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

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Project Number:

332374

Project Period:

2022 - 2025

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With the largest maritime network in the world Wilhelmsen Ships Service is active in 2,000 ports, in 125 countries worldwide. Supplying marine solutions, along with a complete portfolio of ships agency services and maritime logistics, last year we made product deliveries to 27,500 vessels and handled 75,000 port calls. With our experience and heritage, we know that spare parts availability is a major pain point in the maritime industry. The DAVAMS project will support the development of a new digital supply chain model for spare parts to the maritime sector, made by Additive Manufacturing (AM). The ambition is to reduce lead times, improve part performance and/or resolve part obsolescence by manufacturing parts on demand close to the point of need. Repair and maintenance are key activities in a circular economy. The project will contribute to increase the lifespan of expensive equipment by making spare parts more accessible. Additive manufacturing (AM, also known as industrial 3D-printing) of parts is often more costly compared to mass production, but the calculations change if you are able to repair the part or when the alternative cost of not obtaining a part in time is included, e.g. operational issues, downtime, etc. The challenge is that the economic and environmental benefits have been hard to measure and quantify. In this project, Wilhelmsen Ships Service and Ivaldi will develop methods and tools to provide both customers and suppliers more precise information about the benefits of AM. The project builds on earlier experience with setting up an AM supply chain in Singapore – an important shipping hub. Kongsberg Maritime, Valland and Kawasaki Heavy Industries represent the supply side in the project and will choose parts to demonstrate the value proposition. The consortium includes several companies from the end user side, public authorities and SINTEF as the R&D provider.

DAVAMS prosjektet vil fremme realiseringen av merverdier fra nye forsyningskjeder for reservedeler ved bruk av industriell 3D-printing (Additive Manufacturing). Ved bruk av 3D-printing vil digitale design-filer kunne sendes elektronisk for produksjon nær bruksstedet, i stedet for at man sender fysiske deler. I en global forsyningskjede, som reservedeler til internasjonal skipsfart, vil det være store klimafordeler å hente. Utfordringen er at klimafordeler i liten grad kvantifiseres, så kundene og leverandørene vet ikke hvor store gevinstene er. DAVAMS prosjektet skal utvikle ny programvare for innkjøp av reservedeler som lar kunden se hvilken klimabesparelse, transporttid og kostnad det medfører å bestille en 3D-printet del fremfor en tradisjonelt tilvirket del. Videre skal prosjektet følge noen få utvalgte deler gjennom forsyningskjeden for å avdekke utilsiktede effekter og muligheter for forbedring. Prosjektet bygger på Wilhelmsen Ships Service og Ivaldi sin erfaring fra med å utvikle en slik forsyningskjede for maritim sektor i Singapore.

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MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2