The 4D Hybrid project was launched in 2017 to research hybrid additive manufacturing technologies in oil and gas or maritime industry segments.

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Funded under the European Commission Horizon 2020, the effort is coordinated by Prima Industrie and involves 12 industrial players, operating as technology suppliers and end-users.

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After two years, the project is now unveiling its first 4D Hybrid Autonomous Robot, developed, to perform detection and reparation of metal vertical surfaces in offshore environments.

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In order to do that, the 4D Hybrid Autonomous Robot uses an integrated 3D scanner and a cold spray gun. The 3D scanner implemented for the mobile platform is an Artec Space Spider commercial scanner able to reconstruct the surface and individuate the corrosion/defects on the metal surface. The cold spray system is the 4D Hybrid module, designed during the project by SUPSI. It is used to deposit a new metal coating on the surface; […]

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