ABDOMINAL MUSCLE is to lead an additive production (AM) Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) after safeguarding support from the Maritime and also Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

The JIP will certainly see ShipParts.com and also 3D Metalforge create shutoff and also pump components for usage aboard a PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) Offshore Support Vessel, and also ABDOMINAL MUSCLE create a qualification procedure that is scalable to improve AM worldly authorization for secure usage.

The job is just one of 11 in the locations of maritime digitalization and also additive production for ship and also aquatic components granted a total amount of S$ 1.625 million by the MPA.

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“Additive manufacturing has a significant role to play in the future of the marine and offshore industries and projects such as this, bringing together the experience of industry leaders, will play a huge role in realizing its potential. ABS is committed to ensuring these types of parts are introduced without compromising safety,” claimed Patrick Ryan, ABDOMINAL MUSCLE Senior Vice President, Global Engineering and also Technology.

“Innovation is in our DNA at POSH and we are glad to collaborate with like-minded partners to transform and future-proof our sector through additive manufacturing. We look forward to testing these machinery parts and technology aboard our vessels, which could in time help our industry deliver more efficient and bespoke solutions for stakeholders,” claimed Danny Chong, General Manager, Centres of Excellence, POSH.

“ShipParts.com remains focused on scalable commercialization of additive manufacturing for marine spare parts while safeguarding intellectual property of the equipment makers and warranty to the buyers and adopters. The ABS led consortium represents the best of us; each playing our part solving issues and realizing value towards an AM enabled distributed manufacturing environment,” claimed Roy Yap, ShipParts.com Chief Growth Officer.

“Additive manufacturing has a huge amount to offer the maritime sector in terms of faster, cheaper and higher performing spare parts and we are delighted to be part of this consortium to help expand the reach of the technology within the industry,” claimed Matthew Waterhouse, 3D Metalforge Founder and also Chief Executive Officer.

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE has actually been sustaining the sector with the intro of AM considering that 2017, when it released an Advisory that supplies a summary of steel AM modern technologies, technological obstacles and also tradeoffs, modifications to the style procedure, high quality and also dependability. In 2018, ABDOMINAL MUSCLE launched brand-new Guidance Notes that develop a regular strategy for certifying AM systems and also centers to generate components for the aquatic and also overseas markets. Central to this brand-new advice is creating a procedure that assists producers develop repeatable and also dependable outcomes. The advice reviews 3 usual steel additive production strategies as noted by ASTM F42: Powder Bed Fusion (PBF), Directed Energy Deposition (DED), and also Binder Jetting.

Reference: ABDOMINAL MUSCLE/ cision.com