Daimler Buses and its aftersales service brand Omniplus have set up a mobile 3D printing centre that fits in a container for the local production of spare parts. The 36 sq.m facility will speed the delivery of spare parts to bus customers and cut down on the transport of those parts from fixed production and storage centres.
In a pilot project the container has been situated at the BusWorld service centre in Hamburg, which is run by Omniplus, and is producing parts for Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses. All the container requires is an electricity supply and internet connection.
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