MAMBO tests the waters for 3D printing large marine structures
With its MAMBO boat, Moi Composites demonstrates use of its continuous fiber 3D printing technology for customized, automated production for the boating industry.
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With its MAMBO boat, Moi Composites demonstrates use of its continuous fiber 3D printing technology for customized, automated production for the boating industry.
This then needs time to cure at a precisely controlled temperature before the hull and decks can be removed and the whole cleaning and waxing process starts again. But this won’t be the process for much longer if the latest advances in 3D printing are anything to go by. Meet MAMBO (Motor Additive Manufacturing Boat), the world’s first 3D printed fibreglass boat. It was launched by Moi Composites at the 2020 Genoa Boat Show in October. The Italian start-up drew inspiration from the Arcidiavolo design of British power boating legend Sonny Levi. They spent almost six months running hydrodyna...
Shape of the Future? Author: Dec 9, 2020 Moi Composites debuted Mambo, the world’s first 3D-printed fiberglass boat, at the Genoa International Boat Show. About a year ago, boat lovers around the globe marveled at the 25-foot-long 3Dirigo, the world’s largest 3D-printed boat. Her creators at the University of Maine built her using the planet’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer. Nobody called that boat sexy, but she was a beauty of an achievement. She weighed 5,000 pounds, all of it printed in a single piece from a material that incorporated recycling-friendly biofibers. Now, from ov...