AML3D books $1.2 million order for small edition of its machine from Austal USA

Three months after announcing the installation of its largest custom-built Arcemy machine, wire arc additive manufacturing business AML3D has received an order for a small version, worth approximately $1.2 million.

According to a statement to the ASX on Monday, the order is from Austal USA, for delivery to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Virginia (which is run by Austal.) 

The printer – which layers metal weld passes to build up a solid shape – will be transported in a 20-foot container, and is scheduled to be delivered in “about January 2026”. AML3D said the Arcemy Small machine “can be easily deployed to a shop floor or an external pad that has a power supply”.

It added that the new small version of its machine will be put to use accelerating “technological development and small part  manufacturing” at the Danville site, as well as “displayed as a precursor to a portable system, which could be used for forward deployment to provide point of need additive manufacturing to multiple branches of the US military.”  

Installation of the largest custom Arcemy machine, announced in April, was also at the Danvolle CoE. It followed commissioning of an Arcemy 6700 system, delivered in early 2024.

Payment for the Arcemy Small is staggered, with half on order placement and then the balances paid “upon delivery, testing and commissioning.”  

Picture: credit AML3D

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