Replique is increasing its collaboration with Alstom worldwide.
The corporate will now function a world provider for quite a few tasks and subsidiaries in areas reminiscent of Singapore, Brazil, Australia, France, Italy, Germany, Thailand, and Spain.
Initially, Alstom tapped Replique’s digital manufacturing community to offer additively manufactured door stoppers and tank caps, with the success of those elements resulting in a deep collaboration between the 2 entities. Over time, Replique’s manufacturing capability has been leveraged to provide elements in volumes within the decrease five-digit vary. These elements – comprised of supplies starting from stainless-steel to flame-retardant plastics – are mentioned to be in every day use throughout railway operations, with all of them assembly Alstom’s particular testing and qualification necessities.
Among the many profitable functions to be enabled by Replique embody a alternative impeller elements for a metro answer cooling unit in Asia and 3D printed casting moulds to safe long-term availability in Italy.
Moreover, for a brand new sequence of Alstom trains, Replique is supplying branding plates worldwide.
“Replique doesn’t simply ship the elements; it ensures persistently prime quality throughout the globe, which is particularly essential for sequence manufacturing,” mentioned Lorenzo Gasparoni, Alstom 3D Printing Program Supervisor. “Replique additionally accomplished your entire sequence approval course of, together with First Article Inspection and First Article Mount – with wonderful outcomes.”
“We’re proud to offer Alstom with international options that make their elements provide extra environment friendly and versatile. Our elements are utilized in sequence manufacturing, and every challenge highlights the varied challenges of elements procurement whereas motivating us in our imaginative and prescient of a globally linked, sustainable, and environment friendly provide chain,” added Dr. Max Siebert, CEO and Co-Founding father of Replique.