The potential role of 3D printing for manufacturing in the oil and gas industry will be the focus of an event next month.
The seminar, organised by the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), and to be held in Aberdeen will look at a process of ‘additive manufacturing’.
Additive manufacturing (AM) is the industrial application of 3D printing, the layer-by-layer construction of a part from a 3D model created using computer-aided design software.
The seminar on March 21 will feature industrial case studies and presentations on design, materials and process development, component manufacture, validation techniques and certification routes.
Ian Phillips, chief executive of OGIC, said: “The opportunities which metal additive manufacturing (AM) present for innovation within the oil and gas industry have yet to be fully realised.
“The rapid growth of the technology has seen it used for industrial production in markets including medical, dental, aerospace, automotive, consumer products and oil and gas.
“Metal AM technologies benefit these sectors by offering design freedom and a correspondingly increased capacity for innovation and reduced time-to-market in product development.”
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