The teams at Naval Group's Nantes-Indret site are very proud of their achievement.
They are at the origin of a world first in the naval military.
The Nantes site of the manufacturer of frigates, submarines and aircraft carriers produced the first main propulsion propeller for a military boat, using an additive manufacturing process.
It consists of laying layers of material - here metal wires - in order to make a part instead of “
cutting out
” this part, from a block of material.
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After aeronautics (Airbus planes) and the space industry (Ariane 6 rocket), military shipbuilding is entering the era of “3D Manufacturing”.
“
For the first time, a part as critical as a propeller propeller was produced with this innovative process, mounted on a French Navy boat, the Andromeda mine hunter, tested at sea before being put into service. active
”, specifies Cyril Nota, head of additive manufacturing at Naval
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