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Evaluating the Readiness Level of Additively Manufactured Digital Spare Parts: An Industrial Perspective
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2018-10-07
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Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
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Applied Sciences, Volume 8, issue 10
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Additive manufacturing of digital spare parts offers promising new possibilities for companies to drastically shorten lead times and to omit storage costs. However, the concept of digital spare parts has not yet gained much footing in the manufacturing industry. This study aims to identify grounds for its selective rejection. Conducted from a corporate perspective, outlining a holistic supply chain network structure to visualize different digital spare part distribution scenarios, this survey study evaluates technical and economic additive manufacturing capabilities. Results are analyzed and discussed further by applying the Mann-Whitney test to examine the influence of the company size and the presence of 3D-printed end-use components within supply networks on gathered data. Machines’ limited build chamber volumes and the necessity of post-processing are considered as the main technical challenges of current additive manufacturing processes. Furthermore, it can be concluded that company sizes have a significant effect on perceived technological limitations. Overall, the results lead to the conclusion that the readiness level of the digital spare parts concept demands for further development.
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digital spare parts, additive manufacturing, part-on-demand production, technical barriers, powder bed fusion, survey study, mann-whitney
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Kretzschmar, N, Chekurov, S, Salmi, M & Tuomi, J 2018, 'Evaluating the Readiness Level of Additively Manufactured Digital Spare Parts: An Industrial Perspective', Applied Sciences, vol. 8, no. 10, 1837. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101837