Petronor has reached a collaboration agreement with Addimen de Derio, a Spanish company based in Vizcaya , to jointly undertake a project aimed at designing and, above all, finding a way to manufacture parts for its oil platforms using 3D printing. This will primarily improve the quality of some of these parts while simultaneously shortening manufacturing and distribution times.
This project, as announced by both parties, is part of the Bind 4.0 Start UP! Basque Industry 4.0 program , promoted by the Basque Government itself in its quest to attract innovative initiatives to the Basque Country. This information was revealed by Petronor's press department in response to questions from various quarters about why this Basque company was chosen.
Addimen de Derio will manufacture the parts for Petronor pumps in Vizcaya.
Going into a little more detail, this first edition of Bind 4.0 Start UP! Basque Industry 4.0 features the participation of no fewer than 13 companies from the Basque Country and 13 startups : seven Basque, two from other parts of Spain, one French, one Portuguese, one Polish, and one based in India. These startups will be responsible for developing a total of 18 projects related, as expected, to Industry 4.0.
In the specific case of Petronor, Addimen of Derio was chosen as it was the only company on the list specializing in 3D metal printing applications using laser microfusion technology . The work to be carried out aims to manufacture a series of very specific pump parts that will improve their quality while simultaneously reducing manufacturing time. The typical 12-month lead time for each part will be reduced to between 24 and 48 hours thanks to these processes.