NUGAE in the shipyard: the robot prints where the boat is born

The NUGAE robot has entered the shipyard. In these images the large-format 3D printing system works a few metres from the boats under construction: the print bed is on the floor, the pellet-fed extruder deposits the material layer by layer, and the component grows with its wave-shaped internal ribs already integrated, with no mould.

This is the model we have chosen: move the technology, not the parts. Large-format components are big, light and delicate to ship; producing them where they will be installed removes logistics, idle time and the risk of damage. The shipyard prints what it needs, when it needs it, with NUGAE support for part engineering.

The extruder close-up shows the signature of UL-LFAM technology: thin walls and a corrugated structure that gives the part its stiffness with a fraction of the material. The printed component then becomes the core of a laminated sandwich, or is finished and fitted as it is.

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