As we all know,3D printingTechnology has demonstrated excellent on-demand manufacturing capabilities in the field of spare parts production, and has an absolute advantage in manufacturing efficiency, so it has been dubbed the title of “spare parts production champion” by users. Recently, the French National Railway Company and the French Chemical Society (SNCF) have joined forces to adopt 3YOURMIND’s Agile PLMsoftwareManufacture parts to achieve the goal of reducing train maintenance costs.
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SNCF was established in 1938 and operates more than 12,000 trains every day, covering 32,000 kilometers of railways. The company has more than 272,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of more than 33.5 billion euros. As a result, it is an important part of France’s transportation infrastructure, and it cannot afford part identification or production delays. When a rolling stock component needs to be replaced, it must be done quickly and cost-effectively.
Unfortunately, due to the complexity of trains, companies like SNCF often find it difficult to purchase certain spare parts, especially if the spare parts involved are particularly old or outdated. Part data usually lacks important technical information, its 3D drawings are of poor quality and ERP data is complex. Most importantly, there is the problem of storage costs for parts storage, which makes traditional spare parts production even more problematic. This is the source of 3YOURMIND’s digital qualified inventory.
SNCF will use the software for routine parts monitoring and enable the company to provide its qualified inventory with designs for3D printingParts. The platform’s part identifier function will also enable SNCF engineers to identify and identify additive manufacturing components based on their materials and processes.
From the results, 3YOURMIND’s software has been able to identify relevant3D printing10.3% of parts. This helped reduce parts delivery time from 2.5 months to 10 days, a reduction of 85%, while also saving the company considerable operating costs.The railway company intends to convert the references of 100 parts per year from traditional procurement to3D printing.
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