Episode 10: Digital warehouse for on-demand manufacturing

Gerhard Schubert GmbH is a global market leader in top-loading packaging machines (TLM), and Schubert Additive Solutions uses Ultimaker 3D printers to fulfill validated parts from a “digital warehouse.” Once Schubert’s engineers achieve the desired quality in a 3D printed part, the print job is certified and stored in the client’s digital warehouse. All the client needs to do is simply select the file, confident that they are receiving certified parts that meet their specific demands. 

FFF technology also gives the the Crailsheim, Germany-based company more freedom in the designs it creates for its packaging machines, allowing for faster, cheaper iterations, and ensuring it is future-proofed in a rapidly changing industry, with plenty of room to extend and evolve solutions for both hardware and software.  

In episode 10 of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin speaks with Marie-Luise Naerum from Schubert about the company’s unique approach to distributed manufacturing – as well as its in-house use of FFF technology. They touch on the company’s approach to distributed manufacturing, how it has shaken up automated manufacturing, as well as its vision of the evolution of the supply chain.