Doosan Heavy held an online ceremony on September 30th to celebrate the construction of a 3D printing fabrication shop on the grounds of its Changwon headquarters. The opening of the 3D printing fabrication facility online event was attended by key figures that include the Changwon City Mayor Seong-Mu Heo, who gave the congratulatory remarks, and Gun Young Heo, President of the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality(DTaQ); Nak Kyu Lee, President of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology; Yeonin Jung, COO of Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and Youngmin Kwon, President of Mottrol. Doosan had invitation cards and turbine blade models that were created using its 3D printer pre-delivered to the attendees. Doosan Heavy first adopted 3D printing technology in 2014 to obtain a more advanced method of manufacturing gas turbines for power plants. Doosan owns a total of five metal 3D printers, two of which were recently implemented, and these all form a part of Doosan’s recently built 3D printing fabrication shop, the largest to date in Korea. The company also holds the world’s largest PBF metal 3D printer, a ceramics-specializing research institute under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

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