Austal USA adds WarpSPEE3D Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
November 8, 2024
SPEE3D, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, has announced that Austal USA Advanced Technologies (Austal USA AT) has purchased a WarpSPEE3D cold spray Additive Manufacturing machine to support its work implementing new technologies in the defence and maritime sectors.
Leading a team of industry partners, Austal USA AT oversees and operates the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia – the US Navy’s flagship centre for Additive Manufacturing supporting the construction and sustainment of the fleet. Austal USA AT plans to continue expanding post-delivery support and sustainment offerings to the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
“We are excited to partner with SPEE3D at the Navy’s Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence,” commented Scott Kasen, Austal USA AT Director of Advanced Technologies “The very high deposition rates of Cold Spray AM make it an exciting technology for large part creation, and process advancements utilising the SPEE3D system could provide additional capability for manufacturing traditionally cast parts.”
Byron Kennedy, CEO of SPEE3D, added, “SPEE3D is thrilled to offer our Additive Manufacturing capabilities to support Austal USA Advanced Technologies. We have worked successfully with the US Navy in the past and understand the unique challenges they face with the need for manufacturing capabilities that are fast, reliable, and easily deployable, and our partnership with Austal USA furthers this commitment to meet the ever-changing manufacturing needs of maritime.”
SPEE3D’s proprietary cold spray Additive Manufacturing technology offers cast-equivalent metal parts on-site and on-demand at build rates up to 100 g/min, accelerating prototyping and product development and minimising operational downtime. The WarpSPEE3D machine uses patented SPEE3D technology, enabling significantly faster and more scalable production than traditional manufacturing. It is able to build parts up to 40 kg with a diameter up to 1 x .7 m in hours.
