能源服务提供商狩猎Plc宣布购买超过四分之一的3D打印局坎伯兰添加剂馆（CAH）分享。
完成后，该交易将使狩猎将以500万美元的价格获得坎伯兰添加剂的27％，此外还将其领导成员在公司董事会中安装。狩猎的举动还标志着其首次进入3D打印，该公司不仅将该技术视为现有的石油和天然气市场中，而且是进入有利可图的航空航天和国防部门的一种方式。
狩猎首席执行官吉姆·约翰逊（Jim Johnson）解释说：“ Hunting在CAH上的投资是我们访问当前客户正在采用的新制造技术战略的关键部分。”“它还为我们的精确工程核心竞争力以及高质量的保证产品和程序提供了新的市场和客户机会。”
“通过狩猎的投资将有助于CAH实现其增长野心，同时通过其全球运营足迹为新的客户机会。”
Hunting buys into 3D printing
Based in London, Hunting manufactures the high-end downhole metal tooling and parts needed to extract hydrocarbons during oil well construction, completion and intervention jobs. Typically, the company markets these components to those clients which develop and produce oil and gas resources, as well as their suppliers, and it views its ability to create “high-tolerance products” as its offering’s ‘USP.’
At present, Hunting operates 31 sites in 11 countries, with its offices based in or near the world’s main oil and gas producing regions. Given that so much of the firm’s business is reliant on demand from within an energy sector that’s increasingly adopting 3D printing technologies, it’s now therefore seeking to reinforce its manufacturing capabilities, as a means of improving its offering to core customers.
购买坎伯兰式添加剂还应该为解决全新市场的能力提供狩猎，这要归功于它现在可以继承访问权限的3D打印机套件。总部位于德克萨斯州的普弗格维尔，坎伯兰添加剂的总部目前有16个EOS，，，，SLM解决方案和GE添加剂ARCAM 3D打印机，除了CNC加工和金属饰面设备。
在其他地方，该公司现在正在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡建立第二个基地，目的是提高其客户的供应链效率，这要归功于该产品的广泛产品，现在，该产品的销售，精加工，涂料，涂料和机械测试服务，现在包括在航空航天，国防，能源和工业部门运营的公司。
结果，一旦狩猎完成了对坎伯兰添加剂的股票的收购，它也将获得对这些市场的访问权限，这被称为“与当前的客户资料相辅相成”。尽管尚未宣布该交易完成的日期，但据认为这是其结束阶段，双方都达成了有关惯例权利和义务的约定条款。
“The group [Hunting] was attracted by CAH’s materials and process engineering know-how and expertise, which we believe will complement our existing engineering and manufacturing leadership in our chosen sectors of focus,” concluded Johnson. “We look forward to building a strong collaboration with our existing businesses in the coming years.”
A surge in oil & gas interest
在过去的18个月中，在几项与石油和天然气有关的试验中部署了3D打印，这些试验的重点是评估其相关生产和维修应用的潜力。今年早些时候，光学系统制造商卡尔·蔡司，揭示它正在发展PBF和DED 3D打印参数对于巴西石油和天然气行业。
同样，认证公司dnv glrecently released a new3D printing service specification document，旨在支持石油和天然气行业的3D打印。通过定义其资格计划，并详细介绍如何获得和保留与3D打印相关的证书，该公司旨在帮助行业更安全，更有效地采用该技术。
2020年3月，该公司还包装了两个’联合创新项目，，，，’ through which it hoped to establish guidelines for the production and qualification of marine, oil and gas 3D printed parts. Designed specifically to develop a related guide and economic model for PBF and WAAM manufacturing, the programs included the participation ofbp，，，，Shell，，，，全部的，，，，Siemens，，，，Additive Industries和更多。
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