IMPACD BOATS - they PRINT real boats with 3D Printers

Dutch shipyard IMPACD Boats, which we introduced to you a year ago at Boot Düsseldorf 2023, is a particularly innovative shipyard par ordinaire. IMPACD Boats is the only shipyard in Europe to build real pleasure boats, using 3D printing and plastic scraps! How has the yard developed over the past 12 months? Eco Yachting, the nautical and yachting program of Yachting Art Magazine ActuNautique, visited the Impacd Boats stand at Boot Düsseldorf 2024, to tell you all about it....
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[@marinajarniat]

Vraiment impressionnant de voir qu'on peut pousser l'impression 3D jusqu'à la construction du bateau !

[@ActunautiqueYachtingArt]

c'est sans doute un procede d'avenir qui anticipe l'analyse du cycle de vie des bateaux.

[@UHFStation1]

I like reusing materials but I don't like the idea of putting more plastics in the water that will shed. I am only interested in large scale 3D printing.

[@Adamlee-m3w]

That's good

[@Adamlee-m3w]

Are you in need of a 3d artist, that can you a custom 3d ship for printing?

[@millanferende6723]

You can always maintain it with silicone paint, or something of that kind.

[@barrywilson4480]

1 year and English so hard to understand

[@chris7jakarta]

it's a really nice concept i only don't like her saying it's from recycled material. later in the video she explains there are many types of plastic and not all plastics are usable for printing and they are still researching that matter. so i guess it's an other marketing stunt and the percentage of recycled plastic in this boat is minimum. you don't want your big expensive printer to be broken by a piece of bottle cap that gets stuck in the printer head, so you make sure you have 100% reliable usable plastic. also i would like to know the advantage of printing vs molding. it takes 60 hours to print a boat. in china they mold one every 30 minutes? one of the advantages must be the size. molding is only possible for smaller size boats and printing there is maybe no limit?

[@ActunautiqueYachtingArt]

they use PP waste. the boat is only built with plastic waste....

[@chris7jakarta]

@@ActunautiqueYachtingArt "Polypropylene has long been recycling’s head scratching riddle. A common plastic used for a wide variety of products from packaging and toys to furnishing and fashion, it accounts for roughly 28 percent of the world's plastic waste, but only 1 percent of it is recycled. The researchers say polypropylene is so infrequently recycled because of its short life as a packaging material and because it often becomes contaminated by other materials and plastics". In other words, it's not reliable to get good quality recycled pp and too expensive to recycle at this point.

[@VanKrumm]

There’s plenty of recycled plastic that can be used to make boats, but you can use new plastic if you want. Your choice.