重式, a venture born out of chemical company巴斯夫的业务孵化器Chemovator, has partnered with German home appliance manufacturerMieleto produce and ship 3D printed accessories via its decentralized production network.
Through the partnership, Replique’s 3D printing platform will be integrated into Miele’s online shop to enable the company to provide its customers with new 3D printed accessories and spare parts both quickly and cost-effectively.
据说，合作伙伴是第一个实施良好的制造实践（GMP），用于3D打印聚合物零件，以用于食品接触应用，从最初的三个配件开始 - 咖啡夹，钻孔清洁剂和真空清洁剂附件的有价值的分离器。
“So far, competing companies have only offered fragmented solutions,” said David Buhl, Manager Innovation Management Miele Room Care. “Replique is the only partner who has in-depth knowledge of the entire process and the right network to offer a turnkey solution.
“Their business model is scalable and we expect to expand our business in Germany, Europe or even worldwide in a short period of time.”
3D printing spare parts and accessories
The partnership announcement between Replique and Miele is a timely one, in light of new EU legislation giving consumers the‘Right to Repair’on the goods they buy which is set to come into effect later this summer. Under the new laws, companies that sell consumer electronic goods in the EU will be obliged to ensure they can be repaired for up to a decade in order to avoid issues ofplanned obsolescence和高水平的电废物。
根据增材制造业的一些人说3D printed spare parts could help consumer appliance manufacturersadhere to the legislation, while avoiding large physical stocks of replacement parts and subsequent incurring costs. On-demand 3D printed parts and their digital inventories could also help tobolster supply chain resiliencyin the future, while distributed digital manufacturing networks couldplay a key role in future crises, as seen with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The adoption of 3D printed spare parts has already begun in a number of other industries. For instance, multinational automotive corporation戴姆勒AGhas created amobile 3D printing center对于备件的分散生产，荷兰海军最近有了投资3D打印技术增强其按需备件制造能力。
Elsewhere,索伯工程已经宣布了建立生产3D打印业务的计划按需经典汽车备件, and the French national railwaySNCFhas集成了敏捷PLM添加剂制造平台from 3D printing software developer3年for spare part production.
Miele’s 3D printing adoption
德国美诺公司是一家主要生产高端domestic appliances ranging from cooking appliances and refrigerators to dishwashers and tumbledryers, among other products. In May last year, the company launched its 3D4U project aimed at providing customers with free designs of 3D printable accessories for its appliances.
由于对服务的需求不断增长，该公司决定扩大项目，以向没有自己的3D打印机的客户提供此类3D印刷产品。因此，Miele现已与BASF内部化学培养箱孵化器出生的一家合作型公司合作，并由员工在其数字化小组内的BASF Data2Value团队中构想。
重式offers an industrial 3D printing platform that enables OEMs to provide 3D printed parts on-demand to their customers via its global decentralized 3D printing network. By integrating the Replique platform into its online shop, the idea is that Miele will no longer need to store large quantities of spare parts in a warehouse, but can instead store the design of these parts in a digital inventory and produce them on-demand using additive manufacturing.
重式’s platform will provide 3D printing processes, material knowledge and quality assurance to Miele, and will offer digitally supported order fulfilment and simple integration into the company’s existing ERP and e-commerce processes.
该合作伙伴关系将从Miele的在线商店，咖啡夹，钻孔清洁剂和真空附件的有价值的分离器开始。Replique将能够按照每个应用程序的要求规格来限定打印过程。咖啡夹还通过根据GMP提供制造工艺获得了食品接触认证的过程。
“Certifying processes in 3D printing is a complex topic that has yet to be really considered in the field of food approval,” said Dr. Max Siebert, Co-founder of Replique. “Working together with our partner Forward AM we are the first 3D printing solutions provider to implement a 3D printing process according to GMP and can therefore guarantee high process reliability.”
In addition to the three initial 3D printed accessories, the companies are planning to expand the product range available on the platform later this year.
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特色图片显示3D printed coffee clip in two sizes, valuable separator, and borehole cleaner Material: Polyethylene terephthalate, Glycol modified (PETG). Photo via Replique.
