The world's first fully 3D printed boat which is both seaworthy and printed in one single piece

On December 16, 2020, we tested a 3D printed motorboat for the very first time by launching it into the Swedish west coast archipelago in the middle of winter.

This is the first fully 3D printed boat which is both printed in a single piece and fully functional without substantial post-processing.

Swedish press release from RISE (https://www.ri.se/sv/press/europas-forsta-3d-printade-bat-sjosatt)
Contact person: Emil Johansson, RISE, emil.johansson@ri.se.

For the last two months, me and my colleagues Lenny Tönnäng and Jan Johansson at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden have worked with Pioner boats and Cipax to develop a 3D printed motorboat. It has been printed in a fiber reinforced plastic using an industrial robot based 3D printer developed in collaboration with ABB.

But, as we all know, 3D printing a boat is one thing. What we really wanted to know was if it actually worked in demanding real life circumstances. This is why we have decided to try it out in the archipelago outside Gothenburg, Sweden.

The boat has been developed through a collaboration between Cipax AB, Cipax A/S, owner of Pioner boats, and the Swedish Research Institute RISE, within the research project DiLAM. The project is supported by VINNOVA, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas through Produktion2030. Project partners are RISE, Chalmers University of Technology, ABB Robotics, SICK, Robot System Products (RSP), KFM Maskin, Randek, Melker of Sysslebäck, Skara Modell & Prototyp, Svenska Woody, Prodma, Combitech, Unibap, BLB Industries, Nederman, Cipax, Tand The Wood Region.

I would like to thank Magnus Walander for helping me capture this moment of a lifetime in the video above.

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