{"id":11463,"date":"2022-04-28T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/?p=11463"},"modified":"2022-04-28T11:11:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:11:23","slug":"wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Giant Manages Supply Chain Markforged 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New wind power installations in the U.S.\u00a0decreased in 2021\u00a0as compared to 2020: nevertheless, the U.S. is still aiming\u00a0for 20%\u00a0of its electricity to be wind-powered by 2030. Meanwhile, China set a record for increased wind capacity in 2021. In fact, China\u2019s wind power installations\u00a0grew last year\u00a0by an amount greater than the number of such installations achieved by any other country in the last\u00a0<em>five\u00a0<\/em>years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the\u00a0European\u00a0market, the conflict in Ukraine has strongly reinforced the collective desire to transition away from fossil fuels. Of course, this has done little to curb the E.U.\u2019s short-term demand for oil and gas. However, internationally, the long-term picture still signals an ever-growing need across the continent (and around the globe) for significantly boosting the supply of all components involved in wind-generated electricity. And the world\u2019s largest producer of wind turbines \u2014 the Danish firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.vestas.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vestas<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 is using additive manufacturing (AM) to address the supply shortages that have plagued the wind industry since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h75JYhNxcQ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As it manages operations that span the entire planet (including over fifteen manufacturing plants), Vestas has seen firsthand how the last two years of supply chain disruptions can affect a business. Fortunately, in 2021, Vestas rolled out its direct digital manufacturing (DDM) program, powered by its utilization of a variety of\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/en\/3d-printing-solutions\/markforged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Markforged<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>products: the<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/184188\/markforged-industrial-x-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X7<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/155827\/markforged-onyx-3d-printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Onyx One<\/a><\/span>\u00a03D printers, the\u00a0Eiger\u00a0cloud-based digital repository, and the\u00a0Blacksmith\u00a0software system \u2014 collectively, referred to by Markforged as The Digital Forge platform.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_290353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-290353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas_hero-image-300x129.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas_hero-image-1024x439.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas_hero-image-768x330.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"Markforged 3D Printing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-290353\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-290353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blacksmith digital part inspection verifies printed accuracy of the TC marking tool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vestas provides an ideal example of what it looks like,\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0what it means, to implement a digital supply chain for the renewable energy and additive manufacturing (AM) sectors alike. As Vestas\u2019 principal engineer for AM and advanced concepts, Jeremy Haight, puts it, \u201cOur approach is end-to-end. We provide the physical article in near real-time to a variety of places. It\u2019s the closest thing to teleportation I think you can get.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_290355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-290355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas-markforged-7-3dprinter-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas-markforged-7-3dprinter-1024x647.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vestas-markforged-7-3dprinter-768x485.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"Markforged 3D Printing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-290355\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-290355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vestas TC marking tool used to mark the root end of turbine blades to align pitch during installation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Vestas has already stored over 2000 parts in the Eiger digital repository, two components that the company has highlighted as particular DDM success stories include top center (TC) marking tools, and lightning tip receptors. TC marking tools are used to make sure that turbine blades\u2019 root ends are properly aligned. Using traditional manufacturing methods, these tools were originally made from metal only, and took up to five weeks to produce. Now, since Vestas is able to print the TC marking tools on-site, using Markforged\u2019s nylon-based Onyx material, the production process only takes a few days, there\u2019s no shipping time to take into consideration, and the end-result is 85% lighter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_290354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify; width: 473px;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-290354\" src=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463-2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing-11463-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vestas_prototyping-with-ony-189x300.jpeg 189w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vestas_prototyping-with-ony-647x1024.jpeg 647w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vestas_prototyping-with-ony-768x1216.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/3dprint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vestas_prototyping-with-ony-970x1536.jpeg 970w\" alt=\"Markforged 3D Printing\" width=\"473\" height=\"749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-290354\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-290354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Composite prototype of lightning tip receptor for wind turbine blades to reduce lightning strike damage.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conventional methods for producing lightning tip receptors, which are used to reduce the damage to wind turbines caused by lightning, take at least 12 weeks. Moreover, traditionally manufactured lightning tip receptors are made from aluminum \u2014 the material affected by supply chain issues perhaps more so than any other in the last two years. The same component produced using AM, on the other hand, is made from copper, and can be finished in just two days. And again, as with the TC marking tools, one of the greatest advantages of using AM is the ability to produce the lightning tip receptors exactly where they\u2019re needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To sum up, Vestas is an instructive example for any other company looking to use AM to create a\u00a0digital supply chain\u00a0for two main reasons. For one thing, it\u2019s the leading manufacturer in one of the industries most detrimentally affected in the short-term by pandemic-related supply chain issues. For another, it\u2019s in an industry that, equally, can help\u00a0<em>positively\u00a0<\/em>affect global supply chain issues in the long run, simply by aiding in humanity\u2019s (very) gradual transition away from total dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>AIE is the partner of Markforged in Vietnam. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/aie.com.vn\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> <\/em>if you have any questions!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Cre:\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/290268\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/3dprint.com\/290268\/wind-turbine-giant-manages-supply-chain-markforged-3d-printing\/<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New wind power installations in the U.S.\u00a0decreased in 2021\u00a0as compared to 2020: nevertheless, the U.S. is still aiming\u00a0for 20%\u00a0of its electricity to be wind-powered by 2030. Meanwhile, China set a record for increased wind capacity in 2021. In fact, China\u2019s wind power installations\u00a0grew last year\u00a0by an amount greater than the number of such installations achieved&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-case-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiecomvn500.chiliweb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}