R H E I N M E TA L L AG
Rheinmetall Technical Publications Group
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
Structure
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
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Technical Documentation – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
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Future trend – 3D print / Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
Company
 Rheinmetall Technical Publications GmbH a
100% subsidiary of Rheinmetall AG, allocated
to Rheinmetall Electronic Solutions Division
 Rheinmetall Technical Publications offers the
complete range of technical publications,
logistics engineering and e-learning from one
source:
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For the civil and military market
For aircraft, landborne and sea-borne vehicles
For the complete process chain
Nationally and internationally
To all approved standards
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
Locations
St. Jean-sur
Richelieu
Bremen
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Headquarters and administration
Technical Publications
Systemmanagement
Engineering Services
130 employees
Kiel
 Technical Publications
Tracked Vehicles
 20 employees
Rostock
 Technical Publications
Tracked Vehicles
 25 employees
Gera
Kiel
Rostock
 Technical Publications
Wheeled Vehicles
 15 employees
Bremen
Bristol
Donauwörth
RTP-UK,
Bristol
Saint-JeansurRichelieu, CA
Logistic
Solutions
Australasia
 Technical Publications
Airbus Helicopter
 10 employees
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Technical Publications Airbus
Competence Center Off-Shoring
25 employees UK
> 40 subcontractor India
Gera
Donauwörth
 Cooperation with RhC
Canada
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Projekt Management
System Engineering
Integrated Logistic Support
Technical Documentation
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Current Projects
 In-service support:
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UAV KZO by RTP, CAS under contract at request of German
contracting authorities
Technical Logistic Support:
 Helicopters
MK41, MK88A, CH 53
 Air Defence System
PATRIOT
Technical Documentation:
 Civil and Military Aircraft
all Airbus family
 Army Systems
Armoured Vehicles
 Naval Systems
Submarine Classes U209, U212A
 Renewable Energies
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
RTP Portfolio & Competencies – ILS Integrated Logistic Support
Logistic Analyses and Concepts, e.g.
 ILS Service for military and civil systems
and equipment
 Logistic analyses to optimize
operational cost (Logistic Support
Analysis / LSA)
 System FMEA
 System development support based on
reliability and maintainability studies.
 Analysis of system testability
 Maintenance costs
 Life Cycle Cost (LCC) calculation
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Philosophy: Logistic Support Throughout the Product Life-Cycle
Logistic Requirements (RAMTS)
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Definition
Reliability
Availability
Maintainability
Testability
Safety
Development
Design
I. Modification
II. Modification
Production
Modification
In-service
Disposal
LSA
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Logistic Support Analysis
FMECA
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Failure Analysis
MTBF
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Failure Frequency
Technical Documentation
Technical Logistic Support
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Spares Catalogue
Technical Manuals
Test Instructions
Training Documents
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Document update
Assessing effect of modifications on
systems
Involvement of component and
system suppliers
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
Structure
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
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Technical Documentation – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
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Future trend – 3D print / Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
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Technical Documentation – Yesterday
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Technical Documentation – Today
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Technical Documentation – Tomorrow
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Structure
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
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Technical Documentation – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
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Future trend – 3D print / Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
 Product Monitoring/Support
– Devoloping of opinions on discrepancies
– Capturing and assessing of change information
– Participation in official meetings
 Compliance with Legal Provisions and Maintenance of
Supportability
– Examination of products and procedures for maintenance
– Change services for type design documents
– Maintenance of supportability for the products
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
 Maintenance of the Operational Suitability of the Product
– Change service as per
• GAF T.O. system
• ASD S1000D
• TVL system
– Processing and publication of the spare parts documentation
 Maintenance of the Fundamentals for the Supplyability of
the Product
– Change service for occurrence-related material data as per
ASD S2000M / DB Spec 2000M
– Preparing and assessing of proposals and their
implemantation
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
Structure
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Rheinmetall Technical Publications
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Technical Documentation – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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What‘s our doing for the German Sea King Mk41
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Future trend – 3D print / Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
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Additive Manufacturing (AM)
 The term AM encompasses many technologies, including:
- 3D Printing, FDM, MJM, SLS
- Rapid Prototyping/ Rapid Tooling/ Rapid Manufacturing
- Direct Digital Manufacturing
- Layered Manufacturing
- Additive Fabrication
 Technologies that build 3D objects by adding layer-upon-layer of material, whether the material
is plastic, metal…
 Common to AM technologies
- Use of a computer
- 3D modeling software
- Machine equipment
- Layering material (liquid, sheet material, powder)
 No shaping tools necessary
 Manufacturing for almost unrestricted geometries
 Established manufacturing technology of metallic parts with same principle is
called in different ways: Selective Laser Melting/ Laser Cusing/ Direct Metal Laser Sintering
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Principle – Input / Output
Input
SLM
Output
3D-CAD model
Powder Material
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Complete melting of
metallic serial material
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Cyclic process sequence
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Complete re-use of
metallic powder particles
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SLM- Production chain
Data Preparation
SLM- Process
~ Orientation in
Z- direction
~ Removing and
re-use of powder
particles
after seeving step
~ Supporting Structures
~ Slicing
~ Hatching
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~ Lowering the building
platform
~ Applying a powder layer
~ Selective Laser Melting
Post- Processing
~ Removing of
supporting
structures
~ Abrasive Blasting
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SLM manufactured parts – Part geometries
 Layerwise build- up offers
high geometry freedom
in manufacturing
 Manufacturing of:
 Hollow structures
- reduction of moment of
mass inertia
 3D- channels
- cooling channels
- channels for cooling lubricant…
 Macro and Micro parts
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