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Supporting military maintenance and repair with additive manufacturing Cover

Supporting military maintenance and repair with additive manufacturing

By: Samu Rautio and  Ilari Valtonen  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Basic model. APC, armored personnel carrier. Modified from (Pejić-Bach and Čerić 2007).

Fig. 2

Maintenance process from spare parts view. APC, armored personnel carrier.

Fig. 3

AM in maintenance model. AM, additive manufacturing; APC, armored personnel carrier. Modified from (Pejić-Bach and Čerić 2007).

Pic. 1

Simulation process.

Pic. 2

Model, Left the model where there is no 3D printer in the maintenance site, Right the model where there are four 3D printers.

Pic. 3

(a) Rear door interior handle (b) 20 printed Fasteners (c) Air Firing Hatch Retainer (d) Fuel valve handle (e) Pulley.

Fig. 4

Number of damaged vehicles.

Fig. 5

Spare parts in case 1. APC, armored personnel carrier.

Fig. 6

Repaired vehicles with one 3D-printing station. APC, armored personnel carrier.

Fig. 7

Repaired vehicles with four 3D-printing stations. APC, armored personnel carrier.

Primary and secondary variables

VariablesPrimarySecondary
PersonnelDoctrine
TimePrice
DemandOrganization
SupplyLogistics
Supplier
Data
Facilities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2022-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 23 - 36
Submitted on: Apr 26, 2021
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Accepted on: Feb 11, 2022
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Published on: Jul 27, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2022 Samu Rautio, Ilari Valtonen, published by National Defense University
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