{"id":13763,"date":"2022-03-31T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T14:22:33","slug":"sandvik-partners-with-boliden-on-3d-printing-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blog\/sandvik-partners-with-boliden-on-3d-printing-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandvik partners with Boliden on 3D printing trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additive manufacturing of parts looks set to upend the supply of components globally. A small-scale trial of 3D manufactured parts is helping Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and leading mining company Boliden explore the potential.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sweden has a long and noble history of mining, with evidence of human activity dating back to prehistoric times. But old does not mean primitive, as a trial of cutting-edge technology between Sandvik and Swedish mining and metals giant Boliden shows. Additive manufacturing \u2013 or 3D printing as it is more commonly known \u2013 is maturing fast, and has progressed from printing plastic components to now being able to print ceramics and metals. To discover the potential of the technology, Boliden has teamed up with Sandvik to run a trial that will see machine parts printed digitally and installed on underground drill rigs.<\/p>\n

Proof-of-concept
\n<\/strong>The trial with Sandvik involves a set of specially redesigned components printed digitally at a Sandvik-managed facility in Italy, with their performance being monitored on machines in Boliden\u2019s underground mine worksites \u2013 first in Sweden, then in Ireland. At least in theory, the 3D metal parts could perform as well \u2013 or even better \u2013 than traditionally manufactured items. The first components have just been put into operation in the Garpenberg mine, with performance still to be evaluated.<\/p>\n

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Operational test in underground mine. Photo: Sandvik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAdditive manufacturing shows a lot of potential, both in reducing carbon footprint within the supply chain, through reduced or eliminated need for transport and storage of parts and also shorter delivery times. This trial will give us a deeper understanding on how we can move forward and develop our business in a competitive way,\u201d says Ronne Hamerslag, Head of Supply Management at Boliden.<\/p>\n

Local manufacturing is \u2018the future\u2019<\/strong>
\n3D printing is an exciting prospect for OEMs too, as Sandvik\u2019s Erik Lund\u00e9n, President, Parts & Services at Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions explains: \u201cMining equipment can last up to 25 years \u2013 and needs to be supported throughout that time \u2013 even in the most remote of locations. We have many different SKUs (stock keeping units), and from an inventory point of view we can\u2019t tie up the capital that keeping all these parts in stock would entail. 3D printing of parts locally offers us the prospect of not only getting parts to the customer much faster, but doing so far more sustainably.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although in theory any<\/em> part could in future be 3D printed, it is likely to be maintenance and repair operating items that are the first to get the additive manufacturing treatment, such as the bushes, brackets, drill parts, etc. that customers need to change every 3,000-4,000 hours. But printing of the parts is only one part of the puzzle that the trial with Boliden is trying to solve. Another is working out the future business model for 3D printed parts. Who does the printing \u2013 the OEM, the miner, or a third-party printing company? What will the costs be? What about intellectual property rights, warranties and liabilities? All these things \u2013 and more \u2013 need to be resolved in the development of a 3D printed future.<\/p>\n

Game changer for parts business
\n<\/strong>\u201cIf you ask me, it\u2019s the most exciting thing that\u2019s happening in the supply chain,\u201d says Boliden\u2019s Hamerslag. \u201cIts efficiency, speed and climate friendliness mean that we have to investigate additive manufacturing closely. We are only at the proof-of-concept stage with Sandvik right now, but it\u2019s already clear that it could become a game-changer for the spare parts business in mining \u2013 for both miners and<\/em> equipment manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further information:
\nSandvik Mining & Rock Technology
\nwww.rocktechnology.sandvik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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