Spare Parts 3D partners with PDO

Spare Parts 3D partners with PDO

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the national oil company for Oman, partnered with the French startup “Spare Parts 3D” (SP3D), to assess the 3D printability of 150,000 unique spare parts.

In six months, the team processed 150,000 coded spare parts to define a 3D printing adoption matrix based on technical feasibility and economical attractiveness.

This was made possible thanks to SP3D data-driven funnel approach methodology, its unique machine-learning based software DigiPART, the availability of material coding information records and the commitment of a multidisciplinary PDO team.

PDO now has an agile decision-making tool to enable its 3D printing deployment roadmap, speeding up Additive Manufacturing (AM) deployment by an estimated two years, and helping the company to remain at the forefront of innovation in the Middle East.

Partial Data: Not a blocking point just a starting point

Despite having extensive master data records, PDO did not have the ideal set of data available containing all technical and economic data points, technical drawings, 3D files in one place and readily accessible. For example, it was a challenge to scope the AM journey given that circa 80% of the parts lacked dimension and weight information.

The information provided was extracted from PDO ERP (Inventory management; Purchase Orders and Material Coding)