Rapid Fusion, a provider of LFAM solutions, will lead the manufacturing phase of a £700,000 maritime vessel design and production project backed by the UK Government.
Set to take place over the next seven months, the project, called GenDSOM, aims to significantly reduce the design to manufacturing cycle and deliver high performing, innovative solutions.
Compute Maritime, BYD Naval Architects, Siemens Digital Industries Software and the University of Southampton will also provide their expertise to make the project a success. They will respectively bring their expertise in generative AI (Compute Maritime), design (BYD Naval Architects), simulation (University of Southampton), optimisation (Siemens), and additive manufacturing (Rapid Fusion). HP Z Workstations & Solutions will support the integrated development thanks to advanced computing capabilities.
GenDSOM will adopt a modular strategy, breaking designs into manufacturable subcomponents compatible with both traditional and AM processes.
“Our manufacturing aware approach ensures designs remain manufacturable while integrating constraints such as building envelope limits, support structures, tolerance stacking, and material compatibility. All of this will ensure innovative, efficient, and production ready solutions while enabling decarbonisation across the design to manufacturing lifecycle,” Martin Jewell, Chief Technical Officer at Rapid Fusion.
The test case
For the test case, BYD Naval Architects will provide a crew transfer vessel (CTV), used to supply staff to the offshore wind sector. The team will optimize the hull design with hydrofoils produced in large format additive manufacturing using Rapid Fusion’s Apollo robot system.
“The transformation of ship design is no longer optional; it is a critical survival strategy in an industry historically anchored in tradition. That is why this project is so important, and we firmly believe that through the power of NeuralShipper and the expertise of our consortium partners we can achieve a 10% reduction in design costs, 20% faster design cycles, and a 50% increase in overall design efficiency,” Shahroz Khan, CEO of Compute Maritime states.
He added: “GenDSOM responds directly to the UK’s 2025 Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, which targets emissions reductions of 30% by 2030 and 80% by 2040 for domestic maritime. As highlighted in the Call for Evidence, decarbonising smaller vessels such as CTVs is critical to achieving these targets.”
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