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HII, 3DS Partner for 3D Printing shipbuilder will move portions of its began building nuclear-powered ships in

Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News manufacturing process from tradi- the 1950s.”

Shipbuilding division will work with 3D tional methods to additive, anticipat- As part of the joint development

Systems to develop additive manufac- ing enhanced production rates of high agreement, 3D Systems delivered and turing technologies expected to acceler- accuracy parts with reduced waste, and installed the ProX DMP 320 high-per- ate the adoption of metal 3D printing for potential for signi? cant cost savings over formance metal additive manufacturing building components of U.S. warships. other traditional production processes. system at Newport News. The state-of-

The joint effort, which comes amid “This is a game-changing and disrup- the-art machine is capable of making a signi? cant technological transforma- tive technology for our industry,” said three-dimensional, marine-based, alloy tion underway at Newport News, is Charles Southall, Newport News’ vice parts for castings or other fabricated expected to support future quali? cation president of engineering and design. parts, such as valves, housings and and certi? cation programs necessary to “In addition to our ongoing digital brackets.

implement this advanced manufacturing shipbuilding efforts, 3-D printing could technology for the U.S. Navy and further transform our design standards, and Pictured: Logos from Newport News revolutionize how shipbuilders build the this technology has the potential to be Shipbuilding and 3D Systems were fab- next generation of warships. one of the most signi? cant manufactur- ricated during a demonstration of the

Through this collaboration, the ing innovations in our industry since we new 3-D printer.

Photo of the Month

Clean Containership

View onto the cleaned container vessel be- fore new cargo will be loaded.

Herbert Boettcher took this photo for Ham- burg Süd when he travelled on the container ship Cap San Antonio from Europe to South

America and back to Hamburg. Boettcher started with his worldwide long time project

Seamotion in 2004. Boettcher is a German professional photographer working world- wide for shipping companies to create pho- tos of merchant ships with his unique visual language. He has been working as a gradu- ate designer for more than 20 years and has already received numerous awards for his applied and free photographic work.

Visit his website: www.HerbertBoettcher.com

Contact him at: [email protected] © Herbert Boettcher 2018 John Whalen/HII 8 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JUNE 2018

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