Accelerating the development of secure AM supply chains for producing (spare) parts in specific industries. Our focus for 2023 is:
Development Project
Addressing & solving pain points
First Stage
Second Stage
Development Project
AM parts for inland ports
The goal is to develop Industrial Grade On-Demand Manufacturing, starting in Duisburg Port and using this blueprint to build a global network of certified AM production facilities across inland ports.
Addressing & solving pain points
Supply chains of spare parts can be disrupted in many ways:
- poor performance & long lead times
- part obsolescence
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poor part performance
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increased delivery time
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different global disruptions
First Stage
Pilot in Duisburg Port:
Why Duisburg Port:
Why Duisburg Port:
- world’s largest inland port
- leading logistics hub in Central Europe
- 20,000 ships and 25,000 trains processed per year
- D3AM Knowledge Center to be built in Duisburg Port
Second Stage
Building a global on-demand network for parts
Important inland ports have the same infra characteristics:
Important inland ports have the same infra characteristics:
- 200 in Europe
- 144 in North America
- 16 in South America
- 19 in Africa
- 32 in Asia