How Deutsche Bahn Uses 3D Printed Manufacturing Aids to Streamline Vehicle Maintenance

In this video, you learn how Deutsche Bahn uses Formlabs SLS 3D printers to streamline workflows, cut costs, and expedite repairs. Learn more: bit.ly/47vlVoF
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As one of the largest railway companies in the world, Deutsche Bahn is responsible for the mobility of more than 10 million passengers per day. Maintaining the massive infrastructure required to transport millions of people is no small feat - the company operates 50 plants throughout Germany to service its fleet of passenger and freight trains.
The northernmost plant of DB’s vehicle maintenance subsidiary is located in Neumünster, which employs close to 750 people who maintain, repair, or at times, completely overhaul or modernize passenger coaches for intercity and commuter trains. It is also one of the locations with an on-site 3D printing workshop to make operations more efficient.
Deutsche Bahn’s team has worked in a close partnership with Formlabs Platinum Partner IGO3D on the strategic development of additive manufacturing and to identify the right solutions for their business and various applications.
The 3D printing workshop in Neumünster has ten different 3D printers on the site using a wide range of technologies. Two of them are Fuse Series SLS printers, one running versatile and strong Nylon 12 Powder, while the other prints with the flexible TPU 90A Powder. There are also two resin printers in the workshop, the large-format Form 3L and a Form 3.
Depending on the inquiry and the requirements for the component, Wolfgramm and his team can simply choose which printing process and material is the right fit for the job.
Having the 3D printing workshop in Neumünster empowers the team to stay agile and respond to requests quickly on demand. “We are not dependent on supply chains and long delivery times, unlike when we would be sending out the orders,” says Carsten Wolfgramm, Manufacturing Engineer and Additive Manufacturing Specialist at DB Vehicle Maintenance.
“With 3D printing here on the site, we are in the position to be able to respond very, very quickly to the day-to-day needs in the plant. We can create designs for different applications in advance, produce them directly on-site, and then implement them in the plant. No other manufacturing option offers us that”, adds Susanne Tost, Marketing Officer at DB Group Project 3D Printing.
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[@pladmitry]

Oh, so THAT'S why the trains are always late 😂😂😂

[@typxxilps]

I guess you have screwed this cause Deutsche Bahn or german rail is in terrible shape and not anything a german is proud of. Now they are on strike again , the train drivers want from the bonus the bosses had taken into their pockets last year so they are striking again. All trains will be delayed and this is not the key customer you think I bet - at least by the domestic reputation in its home market.

[@korkenz1eher]

i dont think you'r not the target of that video/ad . it feels like their aim is to show a big railways company ist trusting formlabs with their 3d printing needs. we are enabling big players to save money/ mordernize... the target audience doesnt care about strikes at the db.