New CNC Plasma Table Comes Online
We have brought a new high-definition CNC plasma cutting table online in the fabrication shop, and it is already changing how a hull begins. Plate parts that used to be marked and cut by hand now come straight off the design files, cut to the line and ready to fit.
From the drawing straight to the plate
Our naval architecture is done in 3D, and every plate part can be unfolded into a flat cutting pattern. The new table reads those patterns directly, nesting the parts onto stock to waste as little aluminum as possible and cutting them with a precision no hand torch can match. What used to take a careful afternoon of layout now takes minutes.
Why precision compounds
A part cut exactly to the line fits the first time. That accuracy compounds through the whole build — frames land where they belong, seams close cleanly, and fabricators spend their time welding instead of grinding parts to fit. The result is a faster build and a truer, fairer hull, and less aluminum in the scrap bin at the end of the week.
The cleaner a part starts, the better everything downstream of it turns out. The table makes every part start clean.
More Dispatches
Apprenticeship Program Welcomes a New Class
Aluminum boatbuilding is taught at the bench. Our new apprentice class begins learning the trade hands-on.
Facility Expansion Increases Capacity
New covered bays allow concurrent construction of up to four 80+ foot vessels.
Twin Catamaran Ferries Head to the Coast
A pair of aluminum passenger catamarans left the yard together this week, bound for a coastal commuter route.