{"id":2443,"date":"2017-11-30T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T11:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autodesk-news.torpedo.agency\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2443"},"modified":"2018-06-25T18:38:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T22:38:12","slug":"promise-demand-manufacturing-sails-forward-first-3d-printed-ships-propeller-passes-sea-tests","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/promise-demand-manufacturing-sails-forward-first-3d-printed-ships-propeller-passes-sea-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Promise of On-Demand Manufacturing Sails Forward After First 3D Printed Ship\u2019s Propeller Passes Sea Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today saw the unveiling of the world\u2019s first class-approved 3D-printed propeller, the \u2018WAAMpeller\u2019, following months of hard work and careful testing. The WAAMpeller (Wire Arc Additively Manufactured) project, based out of the Port of Rotterdam\u2019s RAMLAB facility, could radically transform the future of \u2018on-demand\u2019 manufacturing within the maritime industry and save the industry millions in warehousing, logistics and downtime costs. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2814\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk-news.torpedo.agency\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fan.png 1000w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fan-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Left: The unveiling of WAAMpeller at Damen. Courtesy of Damen Shipyards Group. Right: The mounting of WAAMpeller at Damen. Courtesy of Damen Shipyards Group. <strong><u>How?<\/u><\/strong> When a key part on a ship is damaged it needs replacing or repairing. If replacement parts are not in stock, it can take weeks or even months to have this delivered from a warehouse on the other side of the world, creating a costly challenge for the maritime industry as ships sit idle in ports. But what the WAAMpeller project has shown is that there is another way \u2013 hybrid manufacturing \u2013harnessing the latest additive manufacturing techniques and technologies, combined with traditional subtractive manufacturing to produce replacement parts in days instead of weeks and months. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJfJ-WfkMZM?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe> Since the initial prototype was developed earlier this year, the WAAMpeller has been updated both in production method and throughput time over the last few months. The final part has been subjected to a series of grueling tests in the last couple of weeks having been fitted to one of Damen\u2019s tugboat vessels (Stan Tug 1606). These tests included speed trials,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bollard_pull\">bollard pull<\/a>\u00a0and crash stop testing, which involved going from full throttle ahead to full throttle reverse \u2013the heaviest loading that a propeller can experience during normal operation. Overseen by certification body\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bureauveritas.co.uk\/\">Bureau Veritas<\/a>, it passed these tests with flying colours. The now unveiled \u2018final\u2019 version is officially class-approved by Bureau Veritas. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2813 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk-news.torpedo.agency\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boat-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boat-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boat-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/boat.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> WAAMpeller trials on Damen STu 1606. Courtesy of Damen Shipyards Group. The project involved a few partners of the RAMLAB consortium, from across the maritime industry including Damen Shipyards, one of the world\u2019s leading shipbuilding companies, the Port of Rotterdam, propeller experts Promarin and others with Autodesk providing software and consulting expertise (see previous\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/port-of-rotterdam\/\">blog post<\/a>\u00a0for more detail). <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2811 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk-news.torpedo.agency\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Project-team-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Project-team-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Project-team-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> The WAAMpeller project team. Courtesy of Damen Shipyards Group. \u201cOne of the most exciting things about this project is that we have not just produced a \u2018one-off demonstrator\u2019. It\u2019s relatively easy to do something once but, to produce a certified part and establish a process takes more time and consideration. Working with a great team of partners we\u2019ve harnessed the best of additive and subtractive manufacturing to create a process that is repeatable. This repeatability provides the potential to radically transform the whole industry,\u201d said Kelvin Hamilton, sr. technical consultant, Autodesk. The maritime industry has taken a look into the future \u2013\u00a0 what\u2019s the next industry ready for disruption through additive manufacturing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today saw the unveiling of the world\u2019s first class-approved 3D-printed propeller, the \u2018WAAMpeller\u2019, following months of hard work and careful testing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2813,"template":"","categories":[11],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2443","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-production"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Promise of On-Demand Manufacturing Sails Forward After First 3D Printed Ship\u2019s Propeller Passes Sea Tests | Autodesk News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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