From Petronor a collaboration agreement has been reached with the Spanish company based in Vizcaya Addimen of Derio To jointly carry out a project in which they seek to design and above all find a way to be able to manufacture parts for their oil rigs through 3D printing. Thanks to this, it is possible above all to improve the quality of some of them at the same time as the manufacturing and distribution times are shortened.
This project, as announced by both parties, is part of the program Bind 4.0 Start UP! Basque Industry 4.0, promoted by the Basque Government itself in its quest to attract innovative initiatives to the Basque Country. This information has been revealed by Petronor's own press department in reference to the question asked from various fields as to why this Basque company has been chosen.
Addimen de Derio will manufacture the parts for Petronor pumps in Vizcaya.
Going into a little more detail, this first edition of the Bind 4.0 Start UP! Basque Industry 4.0 has the participation of no less than 13 companies in the Basque Country y 13 startup, seven Basque, two state, one French, one Portuguese, one Polish and one based in India, who will be in charge of developing a total of 18 projects related, how could it be otherwise, with industry 4.0
In the specific case of Petronor, Addimen de Derio was chosen as it is the only one on the list specialized in the applications of the metal 3D printing using technology from laser casting. Among the work to be carried out, it is sought that a series of very specific parts for pumps can be manufactured that are capable of providing an improvement in their quality and at the same time reducing the manufacturing time, usually of 12 months for each of these pieces that, thanks to these processes, will become one of 24 to 48 hours.