DISCMAM - Digital Supply-Chain for On-Site Maintenance in defence by Additive Manufacturing

Currently, military operations face significant downtimes due to maintenance requirements of equipment, vehicles, and other critical assets, heavily relying on repair and spare parts supply. By leveraging metal AM technologies, the project seeks to enable rapid response in manufacturing metallic spare parts and repairing critical components, regardless of the operational location. DISCMAM will develop a secure and disruptive digital thread, facilitating remote assistance for repair and spare parts manufacturing in military field operations. Through two demonstrative use cases utilizing Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) and Directed Energy Deposition Laser-based (DED-LB) technologies, DISCMAM will validate its innovative solution. The digital thread will establish an effective digital supply chain for on-site maintenance within the EU defence sector.
Key benefits include eliminating the need for AM highly specialized operators/technicians on-site, reducing supply time, shortages, and spare parts costs, minimizing non-usage time of critical assets, and optimizing on-site stocks and digital inventory.