Xerox® Elem™ Additive and U.S. Navy Deploy First Metal 3D Printer at Sea
NORWALK, Conn. CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions today announced that an ElemX liquid metal printer was recently installed on board USS Essex (LHD 2), making it the first metal additive manufacturing machine deployed on a U.S. Naval vessel. The ElemX was placed on the ship earlier this month in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with at-sea trials beginning immediately. The installation is the latest step in the U.S. Navy’s strategy of using additive manufacturing (AM) to increa
Xerox® Elem™ Additive and U.S. Navy Deploy First Metal 3D Printer at Sea
NORWALK, Conn. CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions today announced that an ElemX liquid metal printer was recently installed on board USS Essex (LHD 2), making it the first metal additive manufacturing machine deployed on a U.S. Naval vessel. The ElemX was placed on the ship earlier this month in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with at-sea trials beginning immediately. The installation is the latest step in the U.S. Navy’s strategy of using additive manufacturing (AM) to increa