Babcock is pleased to announce that they have signed a framework agreement with Additure, to enhance their digital manufacturing capability.
With a focus on increasing availability of their customer’s platform, this collaboration will develop new digital solutions, such as additive manufacturing, to better manage complex, critical, low volume parts.
Babcock to use effective and sustainable technological methods
Babcock will be utilising effective and sustainable technological methods
Babcock will be utilising effective and sustainable technological methods, while moving production closer to the point of need.
Part of Kingsbury Machine Tools (Kingsbury), Additure is the Additive Manufacturing division created last year to support customer research and development with additive technologies, as well as offering solutions for low volume production.
Babcock and Additure partnership
With an accredited manufacturing capability, Additure is able to bring a wide range of applications, including both powder bed fusion and wire arc additive equipment, to this new collaboration.
Louise Atkinson, the Managing Director - Defence Equipment at Babcock, said: “We’ve been working for some time with Kingsbury and the Additure team, so it is really exciting to be developing our relationship in this way, finding progressive, sustainable solutions for some long-standing challenges.”
Combined approach to increase efficiency in operations
We are looking forward to utilising the advances in our combined approach to increase efficiency in our operations"
Louise Atkinson adds, “We are looking forward to utilising the advances in our combined approach to increase efficiency in our operations, which in turn increases our customer’s platform availability, by ensuring the right material is available where and when it is needed.”
Ian Brooks, the Technical Director at Additure, commented, “In any global supply business, it is crucial that the right materials and spare parts are in the right place at the right time.”
Cost-effective solution for provision of critical, low volume parts
Ian Brooks adds, “We will assist Babcock in this goal by enhancing its manufacturing capability with the latest digital engineering and manufacturing practices, providing a credible and cost-effective solution for the provision of critical, low volume parts.”
Babcock are excited to explore how they can develop this technology to address challenges experienced in their wider operations and to deliver value to their customers across the company.