ABS is becoming a member of Mencast Marine (MMPL), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) on a challenge to fabricate and sophistication a 3D-printed propeller.
The collaborative challenge builds upon a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by ABS and MMPL that’s targeted on additive manufacturing (AM), also called 3D printing, for crucial maritime parts.
The new initiative has an goal to 3D-print a ship propeller utilizing Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) strategies with a purpose to realize high-quality, low build-time, and support-free prints aligned with the ABS Classification requirements for propeller manufacturing.
“AM technologies have a huge potential to revolutionize supply chain and maintenance procedures both in maritime and beyond, and ABS is committed to supporting these innovations without compromising safety. Singapore is a critical location of the emerging regional and global green ecosystems, of which Additive Manufacturing is certain to play a role,” stated Gareth Burton, ABS Vice President of Technology.
“Additive Manufacturing represents the dawn of limitless possibilities in the maritime industry. It emerges as the game-changer, revolutionizing the way we approach complex and labor-intensive components. At Mencast, we see it as the bridge between traditional craftsmanship and future-forward innovation,” stated Glenndle Sim, CEO of Mencast Group.
“Singapore’s first class-certified ship propeller by ABS, commissioned by Mencast, might be developed and manufactured with SUTD’s proprietary hybrid wire-arc additive manufacturing platform (H-WAAM). This marks a major step in direction of supporting our native main subject material specialists to rework in direction of digital and sustainable manufacturing processes as a part of Singapore Maritime’s business transformation roadmap. This challenge represents the end result of a multi-year effort using on public-private partnerships, pulling by promising AM analysis into expertise options that may be adopted by the business, to help Singapore’s 2030 manufacturing imaginative and prescient and net-zero targets,” stated Dr. Ho Chaw Sing, CEO of NAMIC.
“We are excited to be part of Mencast’s innovation journey towards Industry 4.0 Transformation. We look forward to working with them to translate our hybrid wire arc AM research into the production of Class propellers,” stated Dr. Soh Gim Song, Associate Professor and Director of Education at SUTD.
ABS has been concerned in a spread of AM initiatives, together with a joint growth challenge to manufacture, take a look at and set up purposeful AM elements on board an oil tanker.
