As the global shipbuilding industry faces increasing demands for efficiency, quality, and environmental sustainability, shipbuilding is accelerating its transition towards automation and intelligent manufacturing. Shipbuilding companies are introducing laser technology to improve production efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality. The global shipbuilding market’s demand for environmental sustainability and energy efficiency has also provided new opportunities for the promotion of laser technology. The introduction of laser technology has not only boosted productivity in shipbuilding but also significantly improved the errors and quality instability issues that exist in traditional manufacturing processes.
Although the shipbuilding industry has made some progress in modernization, it still faces numerous challenges. First, traditional shipbuilding processes often rely on manual operations, leading to low production efficiency and issues such as errors, deformation, and unstable welding quality. Secondly, the large size and complex shapes of ship components pose significant difficulties for processing, with traditional cutting and welding methods struggling to meet the demands for high precision and efficiency. Moreover, environmental pollution generated during the shipbuilding process has become a growing concern for the industry.
Laser technology, as an efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturing solution, can effectively address these challenges. Laser cutting technology enables highly precise cutting of ship components, reducing thermal deformation and waste while improving production efficiency. Laser welding can complete welding quickly within a smaller heat-affected zone, ensuring joint strength and accuracy, while minimizing common deformation and defects in traditional welding. Laser marking and cleaning technologies not only enhance the precision of ship component identification but also reduce the use of chemical cleaners, aligning with modern environmental standards. More importantly, laser additive manufacturing provides great flexibility for custom ship production, enabling the creation of complex shapes and small batch production to meet the market’s demand for diverse and personalized solutions.
Overall, the application of laser technology in shipbuilding has already achieved significant results and will continue to drive innovation and development in the industry. As laser technology advances, particularly with breakthroughs in intelligent and automated applications, the production efficiency and product quality of shipbuilding will further improve. In the future, laser technology will be widely applied across more areas of shipbuilding, driving the industry towards greater efficiency, precision, and environmental sustainability.
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2. Manufacturing Solution for the Shipbuilding Industry (Part 2): Automatic Production Line
