2026/06/08
Industrializing Additive Manufacturing for Critical Parts
Bassetti Group (2025-2026)
OBJECTIVES
To structure, trace, and industrialize additive manufacturing at the organizational level.
BACKGROUND
As pressure continues to grow regarding the availability of equipment and the management of spare parts, one major energy infrastructure operator has undertaken a strategic shift toward additive manufacturing. The objective: To produce complex parts on demand, reduce supply lead times, and secure operations. The move from one-off initiatives to structured industrial production creates significant challenges, however, particularly in terms of data management, reproducibility, and traceability. Here, the ability to qualify parts while ensuring compliance and capitalizing on knowledge becomes a key factor for success.
THE CHALLENGES
Several operational barriers hindered the industrialization of additive manufacturing:
1. No structured flows for manufacturing requests
2. Dispersed technical data (materials, parameters, histories)
3. Lack of continuity between design, production, and quality control
4. Difficulty capitalizing on skills and feedback