3D Printing in RD, Manufacturing and

Maintenance

Dansk Automationsselskab at

Johnson Controls 10 June 2015

Why and how

3D Printing in RD

About the presenter

• Torben B. Lange

• CTO - Blueprinter – since 2011

• Previously CEO of two high tech technology

startups

• 7 years at Coloplast, 2 Years at Colgate

Palmolive, 4 years at Superfos

• Akademiingeniør - production, HD

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With 3D printing complexity is free

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Medical applications Advanced Industrial applications

Complexity in design

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Printed models

by Blueprinter

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Example of a Typical Customer - Oticon

Video

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By Blueprinter

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The value of 3D Printing

Concept Development

Build/Test Detail DesignManufacture

Ship

In – house 3D Printing Production

Cost of product changes through product stages

Concept Development

Build/Test Detail DesignManufacture

Ship

X 10 X 10 X 10€ ?

€100 €100,000

Concept Development

Build/Test Detail DesignManufacture

Ship

3D Printing

Time

More innovation at the concept stage leads to better

products, developed at lower cost, that can be delivered

more quickly.

Positioning Blueprinter SHS™ technology

Presentation content, proprietary ideas, and drawings are the sole property of Blueprinter ApS. Any reproduction in part or as a whole without the written permission of Blueprinter ApS is prohibited.

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AM/3DP

Technologies

(non metal)

Light sensitive

resins

Phase change

Plastic melting

Adhesives/other

SLA (sterolithography)

JP (jettet polymers)

DLP (digital light processing)

LS (Laser sintering) of powder

SHS® (Selective heat sintering) of

powder

FDM (extrusion)

Multi jet fusion

LOM (laminated object man.)

Binder jetting

HSS (High Speed Sintering)

Wax printingBlueprinter

Opportunities and status

3D Printing in Manufacturing

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The future of 3D printing in Manufacturing

• No tooling cost

• Short lead times

• Localized production

• Mass customization / point of service manufacturing

• Small to compete with large companies

• Are these prospects of any interest for Denmark ?15

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• 3D Prints take forever

• Printed parts are Mechanically weak

• Material choices are far too limited

• Material choices are expensive

• Will this change ?

3D printing in manufacturing - 2015

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High Speed Sintering

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Source: Sheffield university

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Source Neil Hopkinsson, Sheffield university

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Quality with layer by layer 3D printing

technologies (thermoplastics)

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Hybrids (Sub. + add. Manu.)

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• Traditional subtractive

manufacturing

• Combined with additive

manufacturing process

(3D)

• In the same machine

• Current selling in small

qty’s

Opportunities and challenges

3D Printing in Maintenance

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3D Printing spareparts locally

• The US Military does it in the battlefield

• Service bureaus have started to print

parts for Aerospace

• Mærsk tankers are performing feasibility

studies

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Printing spareparts

• OEM’s will take ownership;

– Print and control quality of parts in house

– Sign dedicated production agreements with 3D service bureaus

– In these cases warranty obligations for the customer will be honered

• Third party companies that scans, prints and sell spareparts

without permission from the OEM will be present !

• IP rights will be challenged as reverse engineering is now easier !

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M3 The Next Generation

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Blueprinter M3Lidt reklame

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