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VTT: Spare Parts Go Digital (VIDEO)

"3D printing technology has reached the stage where high-quality manufacturing is possible" – VTT's Sini Metsä-Kortelainen

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Five percent of spare parts could currently be stored in digital warehouses. This would make parts more quickly and easily available, while creating considerable cost savings. Digitalization will also enable individual customisation and an increase in the intelligence of parts.  A two-year project involving companies, and led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University, investigated how businesses can gain a competitive advantage from digital spare parts. Spare parts a...

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