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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryBoatbuilders venture into outer space
The specialist skills in advanced carbon fibre composites and the ability to create bespoke items has allowed the boatbuilding sector to create modules for spacecraft
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery3D printed moulds cut manufacturing time for boat builders
The French company SMM Composites has recently invested in a large-scale additive manufacturing machine that can use recycled material
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryAntifouling rubber discs for ships and mooring buoys
The Danish company SabetoProtect has devised a system of rubber discs that adhere to the hull to provide advanced non-toxic antifouling
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryKite traction solutions help motor vessels to sail
Intended for boats of all sizes, the French company Beyond The Sea has developed a series of propulsive kite sails, most available with AI-controlled autopilots
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Boatbuilding Materials & Machinery3D printing technology moves from boat hulls to interiors
The marine industry - familiar with the possibilities of 3D printing, particularly for boat hulls – is discovering the potential in ancillary areas like boat interiors thanks to large-scale fused granule fabrication (FGF) technology from WASP
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryNew brushes for underwater hull cleaning tool
The Italian tool company Nemo has developed a new range of brushes for its underwater power tools, with hull and propeller cleaning a speciality
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryUS university breaks ground for 3D ‘factory of the future’
A 50,000ft2 Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) laboratory that will accelerate the production of 3D printed boats, renewable energy and transportation infrastructure has broken ground at the University of Maine (UM) in the US state of the same name
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryRobotics used to help build new generation of Sunreef Yacht’s catamarans
Cutting edge robots are being used to create highly accurate and consistent moulds, with a flexibility said to be greater than CNC equivalents
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryLargest suction sail to date to be installed on 90m cargo vessel
Bound4Blue has just received a contract for its largest suction sail yet
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryYamaha explores use of flax-based composites in prototype PWC
Plant-derived fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) seen as more sustainable option to GRP in both boat manufacturing and life-end disposal
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryReprogramming old industrial robots for large-scale 3D printing
Older industrial robots are finding second lives as efficient and cost-effective 3D printers used in the fabrication of ever larger, heavier objects – from boat parts to full watercraft
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryCarbon fibre curved tape pioneer secures new funding
UK University of Bristol spinout iCOMAT has successfully closed a £17.5m investment round to accelerate adoption of its Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) process that enables carbon fibre tapes to be used in physically curved positions without being damaged or becoming defective.
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryInsight - The antidote to a soft boat market?
RIBs enjoy significant market share in Europe yet still struggle to find acceptance in North America. Could a value proposition promising high value, low cost and plenty of peer endorsement lead the category to new levels of success?
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryCommercial rigid buoyancy boat constructed from used cooking oil
Boatbuilder collaborates to use renewable polyolefins for further reductions in carbon footprint
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Boatbuilding Materials & MachineryBBA Breakthrough Launch winner, HH Catamarans on how its new 44 has transformed its business
Last November HH Catamarans picked up the coveted Breakthrough Launch of the Year award for its new HH44 at the 2023 Boat Builder Awards organised jointly by IBI and METSTRADE and held in association with Raymarine. We talked to company president Seth Hynes about the impact of the award and ...
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