Harboursandport.com: Germany --- Classification
society DNV GL has released the first approval of manufacturer (AoM) scheme for
additive manufacturing (AM) producers wishing to supply products that comply
with the DNV GL rules and standards. Additive manufacturing is a term that
covers industrial processes that create three dimensional objects by adding
layers of material: It includes such technologies as 3D Printing, Rapid
Prototyping (RP), Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM), layered manufacturing and
additive fabrication.
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Additive manufacturing is a term that covers
industrial processes that create three
dimensional
objects by adding layers of material.
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Head of Media and Public Relations DNV
GL Maritime Communications, Nikos Späth,
In a press statement made available to
harboursandport.com, noted that Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO
of DNV GL – Maritime, said AM is a technology that holds a great deal of
promise for the maritime industry.
“AM is a technology that holds a great deal of promise
for the maritime industry,” says Ørbeck-Nilssen.
“Our responsibility as the world’s leading classification
society is to give manufacturers a clear path they can take to offer their innovative
products, while ensuring that our customers can have the same confidence in an
AM product as they do in any other that has undergone approval by class.”
The AoM programme is designed to verify a manufacturers’
ability to consistently manufacture materials and products to given
specifications and in accordance with the DNV GL rule requirements. As part of
applying for AoM, manufacturers must firstly undertake a proof of concept to
demonstrate that they have feasible technology and products.
“The release of the AoM programme opens up new
opportunities for both producers and users of these products, creating
potential efficiencies in logistics and supplies chains, as well as in on-board
maintenance and repair,” says Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen. “Above all, however, we must
ensure that safety and quality standards are upheld, and this new programme
allows producers to demonstrate their fitness to the shipping industry.”
DNV GL has been investigating the opportunities and
challenges posed by AM since 2014. In 2017, DNV GL published the first
guideline for the use of AM in the maritime and oil & gas industries.
Earlier this year DNV GL opened the Global Additive Manufacturing Centre of
Excellence in Singapore, an incubator and testbed for the research and development
of additive manufacturing technology for the oil & gas, offshore and marine
sector.
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