LONDON, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE:
SAP) announced the signing of a co-innovation agreement with
APWorks, a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, which aims
to accelerate the adoption and standardization of industrial 3D
printing initiatives for the aerospace and defense industry. This
announcement was made at the Farnborough International Airshow
being held July 11–17 in Hampshire,
England.
APWorks plans to use the 3D printing services recently announced
by SAP to operate a bionics network that connects 3D printing
experts and end users. These services will allow APWorks to
manufacture 3D printed components such as armrests and brackets,
improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions.
APWorks can also better manage spare part orders in real time to
deliver qualified products for safety-critical applications in
aerospace and other industries.
The co-innovation agreement between SAP and APWorks plans to
address the following areas:
- Digitalization and simplification of the production part
approval process
- Screening and validating parts for using the 3D printing
process
- Designing and redesigning of a part or system to optimize for
on-demand manufacturing and 3D printing
- Accelerating and standardizing the processes for certifying the
manufacturing of parts by 3D printing firms
- Securing an on-demand budgetary price for manufacturing firms
to evaluate 3D printing parts versus traditional manufacturing,
including cost components such as tax and warehousing, using the
SAP® Product Lifecycle Costing solution
- Covering each stage from production floor to customer door —
for seamless routing of the order
3D printing is now moving beyond industrial prototyping and into
manufacturing industries using multiple materials including metals,
plastics and ceramics, which is helping to reinvent the
manufacturing supply chain. To address this, SAP announced at the
SAPPHIRE® NOW conference that it will extend its supply chain
solutions to include collaboration and certification cloud service
for industrial 3D printing, based on SAP HANA® Cloud Platform, as
well as an on-demand 3D printing manufacturing network. These
services intend to deliver manufacturing and logistical cost
savings, reduce CO2 emissions and eliminate complex
supply chain issues.
"Innovation in on-demand 3D printing is now revolutionizing
traditional manufacturing," said Torsten
Welte, global head of Aerospace and Defense Industry, SAP.
"In the next few years 3D printing will be widely adopted across
manufacturing industries. The aerospace and defense market will
transform digitally to strive to achieve near-zero unplanned
downtime on commercial flights as well as support high production
turnaround at a lower cost. What makes 3D printing most attractive
in aerospace is the removal of many costs associated with
traditional manufacturing like stocking inventory. Users are
enabled to print the parts they need, as needed."
"The ability to 3D print all the possible components of an A350
aircraft could reduce the weight of it by nearly a ton," said
Joachim Zettler, CEO of APWorks.
"On-demand 3D printing cloud service from SAP can help us to
develop our vision for distributed, on-demand production of
aerospace components and still meet the high quality standards
necessary to make the aircraft fly."
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