MX3D | Oil & Gas

WAAM FOR ENERGY

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is the most promising 3D metal printing technology for manufacturing medium (>25kg) to large custom metal components (>25ton). WAAM has a high material efficiency (-80%) and strongly reduced lead times.

Energy

INDUSTRY VALUE

Oil and gas operators hold large stock to cut downtime and reduce costs for the ‘last-minute’ manufacturing of critical parts. WAAM technology allows you to slash lead times and expenses. MX3D’s WAAM helps to reduce inventories and disruptions, speed up spare part manufacturing and enables on-site production.

KEY BENEFITS

INCREASE SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY

Reduce dependency on 1 supplier and purchase costs. Boost on site production capability.

LOWERING INVENTORY COSTS

Reduce part count and volume. Lower minimum order quantity. Digital inventory.

LOWERING INVENTORY COSTS

Shorter lead time. Extend equipment life cycle by increased quality or repair of legacy parts

Industry Application

IMPELLER

MX3D is an expert in printing #NiBrAl (CuAl8Ni2) and SS316 impellers and propellers with WAAM.

The ability to print parts locally, fast and fully automated helps to solve critical supply chain problems. End customers, in this case ENGIE, regain control over urgently needed parts and can reduce their stock volume.

We succeeded in reducing a year+ conventional casting/milling route to a <60-day fully finished delivery. We also increased the quality of the part: The difference between the cast (<95% density) and WAAM printed (99,9% density) says it all.

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Industry Application

WAAM CLAMP

Hybrid Wire Arc AM for the Oil & Gas Industry
Clamps like these are used in the Chemical and Oil & Gas industries to prevent incidents and to increase the run time of an installation before maintenance is required.

The WAAM Clamp is made and tested in collaboration with Team Industries and TiaT, two companies with extensive experience in the maintenance, testing and (emergency) repair of complex industrial pipe systems. The BWI (Belgium Welding Institute) handled the material testing and Lloyd’s Register supported MX3D with the certification process.

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Industry Application

HEAT SINK

Transferring heat is key to the oil and gas industry, as heat exchangers and sinks are customized to the specific location. With MX3D’s WAAM, the customer has design freedom to design a part with optimal heat transfer within the design space. Also internal cooling channels can be introduced, which would formally not be possible to make with traditional methods. .

This heat sink has been printed in 4mm stainless steel 316L. As a wide selection of materials is available, the part can be made in most of the more exotic alloys, which would not always be available as a block for milling.

Industry Application

FLANGES

With MX3D’s M1 24/7 manufacturing makes it possible to efficiently manufacture parts that before needed to be outsourced to a casting our forging company with significant leads time consequences.

Valves and Flanges are already made using WAAM, thanks to the excellent material properties that can be achieved. With 3+ KG per hour, flanges of 100Kg can be manufactured and finished in two days.

CERTIFICATION & QUALIFICATION

Optimisation Of Piping Components

USE CASE

JGC Corporation has announced that it will optimise construction methods through the introduction of 3D printers and construction automation. Under these circumstances, they have designed and printed a product using a 3D printer using carbon steel and achieved results in application verification for full-scale introduction of metal 3D printers with the same level of quality as conventional manufacturing methods.

In addition, they have pursued the shapes unique to 3D printers, and have achieved results such as successfully printing lightweight and strong piping-related parts.

Qualification

QUALIFIED SYSTEM

MX3D produces parts with constant mechanical properties comparable to those of cast or wrought material. MX3D follows the available standards, like API20S, that apply to Metal 3D printing for the Energy Sector. We work closely with Lloyd’s Register, The Welding Institute, DNV GL, and Bureau Veritas to qualify our parts and machines. The services we provide are:

Set up and qualify DPS (Deposition Parameter Sets)3.1 / 3.2 certificate weld wires
Material characterisation and qualification (external certified supplier)

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