How 3D Printing Impacts The Maritime Industry

3D printing has penetrated a range of sectors and industries to a point where it is being adopted by mainstream organizations in their manufacturing processes. However, one sector that has been left behind in this adoption is the maritime industry.

Mobile High-Temperature 3D Printing

There was a time when high-temperature 3D printing was considered an experimental exercise, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

Oh, Just a 3D Printed Boat

Jim Smith has made a habit of building massive 3D printers, but now he’s used them to create an even larger project: a 3D printed kayak.  Several years ago Smith created a homebuilt extrusion-based 3D printer with a build volume of 403 x 403 x 322 mm. He’s been tuning and modifying it since, most… Continue reading Oh, Just a 3D Printed Boat

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Enabling Octopod Propulsion

Squids, octopi and similar marine animals propel themselves through water by means of a water jet. While this has been known for years, building a mechanism to duplicate it has been challenging – until now, as Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA developed a 3D printed design that does exactly that.   … Continue reading Enabling Octopod Propulsion

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