Case Study: U.S. Marine Corps identifies 300+ additive-manufacturing parts and boosts readiness with 3YOURMIND

How the United States Marine Corps leverages software to organize technical data and identify part candidates for additive manufacturing

The U.S. Marine Corps was building a Digital Manufacturing Data Vault (DMDV) to house reverse-engineered, qualified part data but found its distributed, unstandardized dataset overwhelmed engineers and impeded efficient part evaluation. 3YOURMIND was selected as the additive manufacturing software vendor for Operation Trailblazer to provide on‑demand manufacturing software that would streamline AM part identification and integrate with the DMDV.

Using 3YOURMIND’s software, the team screened roughly 10,000 line items and identified 300+ candidates for additive manufacturing (about 30%), with 30 high‑priority parts ready for testing and 57% of those suitable for metal AM; a TDS-11 stabbing guide set was produced via WAAM as a proof point. 3YOURMIND’s solution scaled rapid part screening, shifted the USMC from reactive to proactive maintenance planning, and enabled planned field testing and qualification in year two.

U.S. Marine Corps

Douglas McCue

AM Program Analyst