Held from the 13-15 November at RAI International Exhibition and Congress Centre, Amsterdam, CRP Technology will attend the second session of the round table on boat construction and materials, organised by MetsTrade in collaboration with Studio Pegorari in Milan. The second session will be focused on the use of 3D printing in boat building and will be held on Wednesday 14th November at the Construction Material Pavilion, room D201 Elicium, from 10am.
“We have been invited to take part in the event and we accepted with pleasure,” stated Franco Cevolini, CTO of CRP Technology. “Since the first edition, the round table has stirred great interest among yacht designers and technicians, and this year the success will repeated.
“It is necessary to shed light on additive manufacturing techniques and composite materials in the maritime sector. There is a lot of confusion about it, and the round table will offer interesting insights into knowledge, reflection and understanding of the most recent developments in these technological fields.”
CRP Technology will explain how the Windform composite materials, originally developed for the motorsports industry, are now finding many uses in other highly performing and demanding sectors, thanks to their mechanical characteristics and selective laser sintering technology.
“The nautical sector is one of these sectors,” Cevolini added. “But it’s necessary to debunk a false myth: for example, many people believe that the hull of a boat can be built via 3D printing, just because nowadays ‘3D printing’ is even more often analogous to the word ‘composite’. The subject is actually more complex, and it needed to be clarified. Laser sintering technology and Windform materials allow for the manufacturing of wind tunnel and water tunnel mock-ups, finished and functional parts and prototypes for marine equipment applications, highly customized, avoiding the construction of moulds, and with no limits in design. I mean: small parts or elements on the main deck, non-metallic marine motor components, and mock propellers.
“In fact – the event organisers added - there is a great confusion on how and for what purpose to use 3D printing. This year, we propose a round table organised in two sessions. A first one on 13th of November at 2pm, dedicated to topics related to the marine construction and a second one dedicated to a subject very much under scrutiny, the use of 3D printing in boat building. These topics have been selected because we think it is necessary to shed light on the real state-of-the-art 3D printing in the marine industry.
The presentations will give technical information about a technology that is not magic, but that surely will bring benefits to the marine industry.
The panellists are: Gabriele Natale - moi Composites; Jose’ Antonio Almenara - CRP Technology; Massimo Musio Sale – SUPERFICI; Pietro Angelini – The REVYTA Project.
