Portable ARCEMY System Running at US Navy Center

Austal USA and AML3D Limited announce completion of the order for delivery of AML3D’s first portable ARCEMY small edition (portable ARCEMY) to the U.S. Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) in Danville, VA.

Austal USA, which runs the AM CoE, ordered the portable ARCEMY, mounted in a 20-ft (~6 m) shipping container to allow for fast deployment. The portable ARCEMY will be used to accelerate technological development and component manufacturing at Danville and add to the existing fleet of two custom large-scale ARCEMY X systems.

Premounting the portable ARCEMY in a shipping container allows for the easy redeployment of the system as Austal USA’s additive manufacturing operations at Danville expand. The field service time to reinstall the portable system can be as little as to 1-2 days.

The companies report that It is expected the flexible deployment profile of the portable ARCEMY will also demonstrate its potential use for forward deployment by multiple branches of the US military. ARCEMY technology is already used to manufacture components that meet U.S. military specifications. The portable ARCEMY provides point-of-need additive manufacturing that delivers parts with reduced lead times.

"The success of this first portable, containerised system demonstrates how AML3D can flex its technology to meet multiple US military and industrial manufacturing use cases," says AML3D CEO Sean Ebert. "The addition of the portable ARCEMY brings Austal USA’s fleet of customised ARCEMY systems to three at the U.S. Navy’s Danville Center of excellence. And we still are only just beginning to access the huge opportunity to support the US Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base outlined in the Letter of Intent we received from the US Navy that indicated a need for up to 100 additive manufacturing systems and 3,400 additively manufactured parts by 2030."

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.