AML3D to supply marine test components to Australian Government defence agency

April 23, 2024

AML3D will additively manufacture two metal representative marine components using a nickel-aluminium-bronze (NAB) alloy and high-strength duplex steel alloy (Courtesy AML3D)
AML3D will additively manufacture two metal representative marine components using a nickel-aluminium-bronze (NAB) alloy and high-strength duplex steel alloy (Courtesy AML3D)

AML3D Limited, headquartered in Edinburgh, Australia, has announced that it signed a contract with the Australian Government Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) to provide components for testing in marine applications. The $150, 000 (AUS $240,000) contract requires AML3D to additively manufacture two metal representative marine components using a nickel-aluminium-bronze (NAB) alloy and high-strength duplex steel alloy.

Manufacturing of the test components will commence immediately at AML3D’s facility in Adelaide for delivery during 2024. The parts will be produced using the company’s WAM technology, a form of wire-based Directed Energy Deposition (DED), also known as Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM).

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AML3D CEO Sean Ebert said, “It is very exciting to be directly supplying test NAB and Duplex steel components to the DSTG, which is tasked with assessing the best of Australian science, technology and innovation to address Australia’s Defence and national security challenges. AML3D’s WAM manufactured NAB and duplex steel has passed multiple rounds of marine defence testing in the US and here at home. This gives us confidence we will meet the DSTG requirements, creating opportunities for significant new contracts.”

The contract highlights AML3D’s ability to diversify into additional global defence markets and complements its strong US growth. The company’s US ‘Scale up’ strategy secured close to $7.7 million (AUS $12 million) of contracts in 2023, with a particular focus on supporting the US Navy’s submarine industrial base.

“AML3D demonstrating the value of our advanced WAM technology for Australian marine defence applications aligns with strategic objective of continuing to expand into defence markets that display the same strong demand signals underpinning our US success,” Ebert added.

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