3D Printed Spare Parts

Deciding between customer satisfaction and cost efficiency is a thing of the past with 3D printing. Fulfill spare part demands quickly AND economically with decentral additive manufacturing and a digital inventory, where your parts are stored eternally.

CHALLENGE

Every spare parts manager knows the challenge. A growing product population on the market with many different product variations, that leads to a rising number of parts over the years. To provide every spare part throughout the product lifetime becomes complex. Having all parts available in a warehouse comes with huge inventory costs and the risk of obsolescence. If a spare part is not available however, this could lead to even bigger challenges. Spare parts have to be supplied with high minimum order quantities and express shipments. And even worse for critical spare parts: lead times are long. This could result in long downtimes and unsatisfied customers. How can this be solved?

HUGE INVENTORY COSTS

LONG LEAD TIMES AND DOWNTIMES

HIGH MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITIES

SOLUTION

Imagine you could provide spare parts on demand, anytime and anywhere – just with a click on a button. Without a physicial inventory and related costs, without keeping and maintaining tools, no mininum order quantities and huge shipment costs. Replique provides you the solution, combining a 3D printing ecosystem with a digital inventory. Once qualified for 3D printing, spare parts are stored eternally and can be produced everywhere worldwide, with lower costs than using traditional manufacturing.

NO TOOLING REQUIRED

PRODUCTION ON DEMAND

NO MINIMUM LOT SIZE

SPARE PART USE CASE

3D Printed Foot Cap for a Garden Chair by Siena Garden

 

How Siena Garden benefits from our services:

  • Redesign for 3D printing
  • Material and technology selection (requirements for outdoor usage)
  • Qualification for additive serial production with testing
  • 3D printing on demand via our network
  • Webshop integration
  • Order fulfilment and shipment
Original 3D model designed for production in injection molding
Design optimization of the foot cap for additive manufacturing
Production file for the 3D print is generated and tested
Spare parts can be 3D printed cost efficiently and provide the same quality as traditional produced parts
The foot cap is available in the online shop of Siena Garden and produced on demand over the whole product lifetime

HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR 3D PRINTING SERVICES FOR SPARE PARTS

  • 3D-scan services
  • CAD construction and redesign for 3D printing
  • Material and technology consultation
  • Generation of printing parameters
  • Digital warehousing
  • Decentral 3D printing using our worldwide network
  • Purchase quantity starting at lot size 1
  • One-stop-shop, no previous 3D printing experience required

Optimize your spare parts business with 3D printing!