3D printing is set to go to sea in the form of an additive manufacturing technique for repairing submarines. Being developed by Australia’s dedicated submarine sustainment organization, ASC, in partnership with the CSIRO and DMTC Limited, the cold spray printing technology is intended to repair the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Collins Class submarines in situ.
Category: Military, Technology
Tags: Royal Australian Navy, Submarine, 3D Printing
This article was first featured at https://newatlas.com/military/australia-3d-printing-maintain-submarine-fleet/ on June 2, 2020 at 09:33PM by David Szondy
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