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- 1. © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS. THIS INFORMATION CARRIER CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION WHICH SHALL NOT BE USED, REPRODUCED OR DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION BY THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS, AS APPLICABLE. www.thalesgroup.com OPEN Additive Manufacturing and Thales’ After Sales Service ANTOINE KATGERT 16-06-2015
- 2. 2 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Agenda ▌ Assignment ▌ Why AM for Thales? ▌ Main question ▌ Research approach ▌ Data analysis ▌ Preliminary conclusions ▌ Thoughts and questions Source: http://www.canadianmetalworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/TRUMPF_SISMA_3.jpg.jpg
- 3. 3 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Assignment ▌ Growing 3D printing market ▌ Can it be interesting for Thales’ after-sales service? If yes, what type of parts? Improvement of after sales service?
- 4. 4 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Why AM for Thales? ▌ Low production amounts ▌ Strongly varying demand, spread over long periods of time ▌ Reducing initial and holding costs due to elimination of moulds ▌ Reducing holding costs for spare parts ▌ Usually long lead times, may be shortened by AM ▌ Specific and complex parts ▌ On location manufacturing Source: http://www.shephardmedia.com/media/images/article/Iver_Huitfeldt_02-kl.jpg
- 5. 5 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Main Question ▌ From a logistical point of view, how can additive manufacturing positively influence Thales’ Services? ▌ What part of the service portfolio should be regarded? ▌ What needs to be done to take advantage of additive manufacturing?
- 6. 11 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Research approach ▌ Interviews with employees (general thoughts about the technology, own experiences) ▌ Data gathering ▌ Data analysis using selection and scoring criteria
- 7. 12 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Data analysis ▌ Two data sets: Critical spare parts list of 4 systems General spare parts list ▌ Each criterion a score of 1-5, first weightings determined, still have to be confirmed
- 8. 13 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Data analysis ▌ Critical spare parts list of 4 systems Data difficult to acquire, due to: - Outdated, non hierarchical and inconsistent old system - Incomplete new system - Lack of historical data new system Selected criteria: - MTBF - Lead time - Price Score MTBF (years) Lead time (days) Price (euros) 1 0 <…=< 5 0 – 50 0 <…=< 1000 2 5 <…=< 10 51 – 100 1000 <…=< 5000 3 10 <…=< 15 101 – 200 5000 <…=< 7500 4 15 <…=< 25 201 – 400 7500 <…=< 10000 5 > 25 > 400 > 10000
- 9. 14 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Data analysis ▌ General spare parts list Missing data: - MTBF, lead time and size not available for all parts, filtered on availability of data Selected criteria: - MTBF - Lead time - Size Score MTBF (years) Lead time (days) Size of the part (cm3) 1 0 <…=< 5 0 – 50 > 1,000,000 or < 1 2 5 <…=< 10 51 – 100 500,000 <…=< 1,000,000 3 10 <…=< 15 101 – 200 125,000 <…=< 500,000 4 15 <…=< 25 201 – 400 45,000 <…=< 125,000 5 > 25 > 400 1 <…=< 45,000
- 10. 15 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Preliminary conclusions ▌ Difficult to draw conclusions from the limited selection criteria, but… ▌ Possibilities for normally injection moulded parts, like casings, protection caps,… ▌ Print casing to order, keep (obsolete) electronic components in stock ▌ Interesting for systems with varying demand ▌ Parts with high impact and long lead times ▌ Future possibilities but change in design process required Source: http://www.pmaerotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/17.jpg
- 11. 16 OPEN © THALES NEDERLAND B.V. AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS Subject to restrictive legend on title page Questions and thoughts
Editor's Notes
- Directed energy deposition
- Ever growing 3D printing market, Thales wants to know what’s in it for them. Could it indeed offer the promised advantages. But what needs to be done to take advantage of the AM technology, What type of parts are interesting? Is an improvement in the after sales service possible through the use of AM?
- Initial costs high due to the purchase of moulds, but also not all moulds are kept on stock for the whole life time of radar system, this means they need to be remanufactured every time a part is needed. APAR system, demand 7 years ago, then nothing for a few years and then suddenly demand again, all moulds have to be stocked for a long period of time or have to be remanufactured because they’ve been discarded. For the future, on location manufacturing.
- Small batches important for Thales APAR
- Bottom up (techniek, interviews, ervaringen) and top down (data analyse) daarbij zie je niet alles. Combination of both necessary to get a good overview of the possibilities at Thales. Golfpijpen, RF delen Building blocks die zelf ook structuur hebben, alles geintegreerd in blok visie hermen
- MTBF: 1 relatively high and constant demand, less interesting for 3D printing 2 slightly more interesting, demand slightly less constant 3 same story as for 2 4 still pretty sure it will break down during radar life time 5 for these parts it is not sure if they will break down, the life span of a radar is 25 years. Demand is not constant. Lead time: 1 additive manufacturing is a lot less interesting for parts with an already short lead time, as the difference will not be significant 2 For these lead times it is slightly more interesting 3 same here 4 now it really becomes interesting, lead times are around 1 year, this is where additive manufacturing can make the difference 5 Now it is extremely interesting to look at possibilities for AM as the lead times are becoming extremely long, even more than 2 years in some cases. Price: 1 parts with a relatively low price, which are usually kept on stock as standard spare parts. So less interesting for 3D printing 2 parts slightly more interesting but still under the 5000 euro threshold value, which is usually used as the separation between keeping parts in stock and ordering when needed. 3 slightly more interesting, relatively high price. 4 same here. 5 really expensive parts, interesting for AM.
- When there is no data available it is not possible to conclude anything about the specific part and it will for that reason be relevant to look further those parts more in detail to conclude whether they are interesting or not for 3D printing. Though a lot of parts with lacking data are not Thales specific parts, so quite standard and less interesting for AM or those are parts that are not considered spare parts by Thales. Size: 1 not printable, at least at the moment. 2 printable only using SLA, so restricted material choice 3 printable with FDM, makes more materials compatible. 4 printable with SLS, use of alumide made possible, stronger and more durable parts thanks to aluminum and PA mixture. 5 printable with SLM, full metal components possible, even stronger parts made possible.
- Keeping moulds in stock for ong period of time and new moulds every time you need a part. Smart S as an example for printing to order. Parts with high impact and long lead times are interesting for AM. Those are only available in the detailed analysis about the 4 systems. Example of high impact long lead time are waveguiders. The designers need to think of AM as an extra manufacturing method, then the spare parts production methods will change with that as well.