Velo3D is to assist Ohio Ordnance Works, Inc. (OOW) with utility engineering, additive design and evaluation companies as a part of OOW’s 3D Printed Army Weapons Improvement initiative.
The collaboration will concentrate on the early phases of the event course of, with Velo3D tasked with optimising navy weapons elements for additive manufacturing.
Particularly, the companies Velo3D is about to supply will concentrate on design optimisation, materials choice, and testing to make sure elements meet the mandatory efficiency necessities. Their objective is to facilitate the manufacturing of complicated and high-performance elements that may speed up the timeline for OOW’s Fast Manufacturing Companies.
“We’re excited to collaborate with Ohio Ordnance Works on this vital defence initiative,” mentioned Arun Jeldi, Chief Government Officer of Velo3D. “By way of our utility engineering, additive design, and evaluation companies, we’re supporting OOW within the growth part to make sure that their elements are optimised for 3D printing. This partnership permits us to assist OOW streamline their design course of, improve efficiency, and finally meet the demanding wants of the defence sector.”
“At Ohio Ordnance Works, we’re dedicated to delivering the highest-quality navy elements to our defence companions,” mentioned Robert Landies III, President of Ohio Ordnance Works. “By partnering with Velo3D, we are able to leverage their experience in utility engineering and design for additive manufacturing to optimise our design processes and be sure that we’re producing elements with the precision, velocity, and high quality our navy prospects anticipate.”
Since Velo3D was acquired by Arrayed Additive earlier this yr, the corporate has positioned a better concentrate on additive manufacturing companies. In March, Velo3D launched its Fast Manufacturing Options providing to permit producers to ‘scale quickly with out vital capital funding’, and weeks later it introduced it could present elements manufacturing companies to Momentus over a five-year interval. In latest weeks, the corporate has additionally made a number of vital appointments, with Brice Cooper heading up its defence enterprise and Jason Lloyd & Kenneth Thieneman becoming a member of the Velo Board of Administrators.
