Additive manufacturing · Tool
Enquiry helper for special parts: standard part, special manufacture, additive manufacturing or repair?
Five questions, one recommendation. The enquiry helper assigns your project to one of four routes – standard part from stock, conventional special manufacture, additive manufacturing with a particular material appraisal, or repair by build-up welding – and says which details we need for a quotation. It replaces neither design nor appraisal; it sorts the question before it is asked.
- Questions
- Drawing or sample · material and condition · pressure and temperature · acceptance · quantity and deadline
- Recommendations
- Standard part from stock · special manufacture · additive manufacturing with appraisal · repair
- Not
- no printing service, no brokering, no prices
Five questions about your part
The four routes
- Standard part from stock. If a product standard fits (EN 1092-1, EN 10253, EN 10216/10217, EN 1503 …), the part is available forged, rolled or cast – certified, from stock or to order. That is the answer in nine out of ten enquiries.
- Conventional special manufacture. If there is no standard, but a drawing and a geometry that can be turned, forged or welded: special part from bar, forged blank or welded construction – with certificate, for pressure equipment in a known material to a harmonised standard.
- Additive manufacturing with a particular material appraisal. Internal geometry that cannot be drilled, small series without tooling, a spare part the manufacturer has qualified that way – pressure-retaining only with a material appraisal and conformity assessment. The route leads to the manufacturer or to a certified producer; we name it but do not broker it.
- Repair by build-up welding. An existing part with wear or material loss: build-up welding and re-machining by a qualified welding shop under the rules of welding.
Further reading
This topic: Additive manufacturing in piping · Processes and materials · Metal and steel: component classes · Rules and approval · Suitability matrix.
From our range: Materials · Certificates to EN 10204 · Test methods · Guide to standards · Flanges · Valves.
Frequently asked questions on the enquiry helper
What information does an enquiry for a 3D-printed metal part need?
Drawing or sketch, material, quantity, operating conditions and whether a certificate is needed - the enquiry helper asks for these and generates the enquiry for your quote.
What do you need for a quotation on a standard part?
Standard, type, nominal size and pressure rating, material, quantity, required certificate to EN 10204 – nothing more.
What do you need for a special part?
A drawing or a sample, the material with its condition, pressure and temperature in service, the required acceptance and the quantity. Without a drawing it begins with measuring and material identification.
Does Zickwolff broker printing service providers?
No. We show the route and supply the standard part. For spare parts of pumps and valves the manufacturer is the contact.
Enquiry with the five details
Send us drawing or standard, material, pressure and temperature, acceptance and quantity – we reply with the route and, where it is a standard part, with availability from stock.
Send an inquiryYour inquiry to Zickwolff
Send us what you have – designation, standard, quantity, date. We will clarify the rest with you.
One item or a question
Send inquiry
Not in stock? We procure it – single items too.
Designation, standard and quantity are enough.
Several items
Send bill of materials
200 items? One parts list is enough – we deliver complete.
Attach it as a file.
Helpful if already known: project and country, date needed, certificates, packaging and language of the packing lists. If anything is missing, we will ask.
It is urgent
Request express
When do you need it? Express delivery, to the site if required.
Tell us by when you need the material – we will tell you what is possible.
Technical basis: ISO/ASTM 52900 (terminology), DIN/TS 17026:2020-10 and E DIN EN 13445-14:2025-01 (scopes), Directive 2014/68/EU Annex I No. 4, EN 1092-1, EN 10253, EN 10216/10217, EN 10204, ASME PTB-13-2021, API Std 20S (2025), DNV-ST-B203 (2025), UBA assessment basis for metallic materials (2026) – each from the freely accessible scopes and legal texts; manufacturer statement KSB on certified production (2020). Suitability assessments are ours; the binding assessment of a pressure-retaining part lies with the notified body and the manufacturer. No prices, no delivery promise. Information without guarantee.