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FEATURE - 3D Boot aus dem Drucker
Ferrari Press Agency
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Boat 1
16/10/2019
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Picture MUST credit : University of Maine
A fully functional navy patrol boat has been 3D printed by the world’s largest 3D machine.The achievement resulted in THREE entries in the Guinness World Records.The 3D printer belonging to the University of Maine in the USA< was officially recognised as the world’s biggest.Meanwhile the boat was the largest 3D printed vessel and the largest solid 3D printed object.The boat, named 3Dirigo is 7.6 metres long and weighs 2,268 kilos.It was printed at the University’s Advanced Structures and Composites Centre.It was then successfully tested in an indoor facility equipped with a high-performance wind machine over a multidirectional wave basin. The patrol boat had a hull form developed by Navatek, a leader in ship design.It was printed in 72 hours, from Thursday, Sept. 19 to Sunday, Sept. 22. The massive3D printer is designed to print objects as long as 30 metres / 100 feet by 6.7 metres / 22 feet wide by three metres / 10 feet high, and can print at 226 kilos / 500 pounds per hour.
OPS: The 3D printer printing off the patrol boat over a period of 72 hours
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