Rapid Prototyping Success: Shell Global Implements 3D Printing in Stones Deepwater

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andrewstaflin

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For the engineers of today and tomorrow, 3d printing is definitely an ideal tool for innovation, creation, design and precision. Rapid prototyping with this technology helps ensure better strength and precision in product designs, creation of new components, parts and highly sensitive overall projects. The technology might one day replace all modeling and tooling techniques and be sitting in the office computers of every designer, architect and engineer. For those who will recently graduate and enter the engineering hub, 3d design and 3d printing are some of the more prized skill sets that potential employers look for.

Recently, a project that has been creating waves in the Gulf of Mexico is the Stones Deepwater Project. In this behemoth project of Shell Global, the company is using 3d printed prototypes for a very complex planning task. The engineers at Shell are facing a recent challenge where they are to use 3d printing and design to allow some intricate on-site strategizing; promising better safety standards. The project also promises the benefits of all the advantages of 3d printing- from cost reduction in the project to the level of customization and independent liberty in creation of 3d models that have never before been done. Shell Global is not only making an overall analysis on the project costs, but the use of 3d printing is helping them to further advance to the final execution and design. According to Adviser of Shell Innovations Shawn Darrah, there is a lot of scope for 3d printing and digital design to facilitate stronger and more efficient prototypes that helps the company transform their products’ quality while manifested in their final, physical form.
 
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