{"id":14990,"date":"2021-12-10T16:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.axis-prototypes.com\/2021\/12\/10\/when-additive-manufacturing-goes-from-prototyping-to-series-production\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T10:40:09","slug":"when-additive-manufacturing-goes-from-prototyping-to-series-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/2021\/12\/10\/when-additive-manufacturing-goes-from-prototyping-to-series-production\/","title":{"rendered":"When additive manufacturing goes from prototyping to series production"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14990\" class=\"elementor elementor-14990 elementor-7280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-473c7b06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"473c7b06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ce73705\" data-id=\"4ce73705\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359154a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"359154a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Today, additive manufacturing is still seen as a technology reserved for the production of prototypes for engineering teams. And yet, for some years now, 3D printing, in its many forms, has been responding to demand from manufacturers, enabling them to move from prototyping to series production.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is the case, for example, of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alseamar-alcen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALSEAMAR<\/a>, based in France, which designs and manufactures buoyancy foams for ultra-deep waters, underwater gliders, underwater and surface drones, underwater propellers, antennas, radio communication systems and acoustic positioning equipment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"l-impression-3d-en-milieu-marin\"><strong>From prototyping to series production in the marine environment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Axis and ALSEAMAR have collaborated on the SEAEXPLORER, an autonomous underwater drone for studying waters up to 1,000 meters deep. The nose and tail were 3D printed using vacuum casting technology. The challenge is to produce watertight parts that can withstand the pressure at such depths.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A successful challenge, since ALSEAMAR now orders parts for its production machines according to customer requests. Fast implementation and attractive costs make additive manufacturing an attractive alternative to traditional machining methods.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you too are still hesitating to order your series productions<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/contact-our-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">, contact our experts<\/a> to define your project together.<br><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>More information on the SEAEXPLORER&nbsp;:<br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3947bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e3947bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=L4xHD5y6DU4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, additive manufacturing is still seen as a technology reserved for the production of prototypes for engineering teams. And yet, for some years now, 3D printing, in its many forms, has been responding to demand from manufacturers, enabling them to move from prototyping to series production. This is the case, for example, ofALSEAMAR, based in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-case"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.axishello.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}