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NAVY: 3D Printed Prop for French Minehunter

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Naval Group manufactured this new-generation propeller printed thruster ever to have been manufactured and the ? rst now mounted on a tripartite minehunter, thanks to a metal propeller resulting from this technology, embarked on board 3D printing process. With its 2.5-meter span supported by a military ship and manufactured for use beyond just sea tri- ? ve 200-kg blades, the equipment left the workshops of the als.” Naval Group worked together Bureau Véritas through-

Naval Group site of Nantes-Indret in October 2020 for the out the process to present its technical justi? cation ? le in site of Brest in order to be mounted on the propeller shaft. As order to allow the SSF (Fleet Support Services) and the DGA part of its major technical stop, the assembly was transferred (French Defence Procurement Agency) to authorize the trial to the submarine base to be mounted on the intermediate of the blades produced on a military ship in normal operating shaft of the Andromède in November. Sea trials were then conditions. The blades received certi? cation from Bureau performed successfully at the end of December. Véritas. This propeller is a ? rst step. A new development “Today, we witness a world ? rst,” said Emmanuel Chol, phase will begin, aimed at revamping the detailed design of

Director of the Nantes-Indret site. “It is the largest metal 3D- other parts so that they bene? t from 3D printing.

‘Plug and Play’ ECDIS

Raytheon Anschütz launched a new ECDIS in January 2021, the ECDIS

NX Compact, which is a precon? gured system of a 24-inch panel-pc and the ECDIS NX software that is designed to make installation and operation easier and safer. Optimized for ECDIS retro? ts, the panel-pc is equipped with interfaces for Ethernet and IEC 61161- 1 (NMEA). With a software installation wizard and selectable standard con? gurations for newbuilding and retro? t installa- tions, the operating system and the ECDIS software install semi-automatically, requiring the ship-speci? c parameter input only. The ECDIS NX software supports intuitive interac- tion patters such as touch or drag and drop. A maximized chart display contributes to better situation awareness. By making all mandatory functions available at a single touch or through wizard-guided work? ows, ECDIS NX is designed to simplify the daily tasks and use cases of navigators.

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