“The CoE will also focus on exploiting AM for distributed production, working to bring new entrants to the submarine industrial base while also supporting forward-leaning casting foundries looking to adopt AM to bolster their production volume,” Austal’s announcement continues.Īustal will oversee a group of industry experts at the center, including Phillips, Industrial Inspection and Analysis, IALR, FasTech, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing and The Spectrum Group. It will include Navy-dedicated printing, non-destructive testing (NDT), metrology, and other supporting technologies. The AM CoE will be used for skilled workforce training and will develop “qualified part recipes” that can be transferred to industry for large-scale production. “Recognizing the compelling need to increase manufacturing capacity within the industrial base, the Navy established the AM CoE to design a ‘build-to-print’ capability aimed at long-lead-time parts in order to achieve schedule adherence, build production reserves, and ultimately deliver Virginia and Columbia-class submarines to the Nation,” the release states. Located within the Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) in Danville, VA, the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) aims to promote growth and resiliency of submarine production, according to a press release from shipbuilder Austal. Navy officials and industry partners cut the ribbon yesterday on a new additive manufacturing facility intended to bolster the service's submarine industrial base.
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