Stratasys has confirmed its participation in a US Navy Fleet experimentation train that demonstrated how superior manufacturing might maintain army items operational at sea and in forward-deployed places.
As a part of the Trident Warrior 25 train, Stratasys supported the Joint Superior Manufacturing Cell (JAMC) with field-deployable 3D printers and on-demand manufacturing by Stratasys Direct. FLEETWERX and the Naval Postgraduate College’s Consortium for Superior Manufacturing Analysis and Training (CAMRE) have been named as collaborators within the train.
The JAMC was the Division of Protection’s largest distributed manufacturing demonstration to this point, connecting property throughout greater than 8,000 miles. The train allowed the Navy to print elements in theatre or attain again to Stratasys Direct for higher-volume or complicated manufacturing, making a wide-ranging ecosystem of assist and choices throughout forward-deployed places.
Throughout the train, seven completely different websites throughout the globe leveraged Stratasys printers, with all elements mentioned to fulfill U.S. army specs. Trident Warrior 25 additionally demonstrated that by deploying 3D printers within the subject, there’s diminished reliance on conventional logistics chains. Light-weight, corrosion-resistant polymer elements have been used to create new parts, substitute damaged elements, and produce speedy prototypes in-theatre, supported by reach-back manufacturing from Stratasys Direct.
“Trident Warrior 25 demonstrated the worth of a multi-echelon polymer superior manufacturing community,” mentioned Morgan Bower, Program Supervisor, FLEETWERX. “By pairing field-ready options in forward-deployed environments with cutting-edge manufacturing experience, the crew lower lead instances for important parts and boosted mission resilience.”
“Our collaboration with Stratasys and FLEETWERX throughout Trident Warrior highlights how academia, business, and the army can work collectively to validate and speed up new applied sciences,” added Chris C. Curran, Program Supervisor, CAMRE. “These efforts are essential to constructing resilient, distributed manufacturing ecosystems for the fleet.”
“We’re centered on integrating superior manufacturing into logistics and upkeep operations to reinforce readiness and resilience,” supplied Lieutenant Colonel, Michael D. Radigan, U.S. Marine Corps., Marine Innovation Unit. “Workout routines like Trident Warrior reveal how distributed manufacturing will add resilience to produce chains and ship elevated readiness and lethality to combatant commanders.”
