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Big Medicine is not particularly healthy for a country (just look at health care costs & outcomes in the US), but an effective system for investment into promising companies in biological technologies is still needed. The national security guys in the US will likely turn off the investment pipe once it's realized the degree to which China is positioned to dominate this field, so the Chinese government should be ready to pick up the investment so that it doesn't experience a similar panic as 2016.
This includes under construction no? So its not quite there yet but probably will be there soon, not like the US will be building any time soon lol
If the US applies sanctions, the Chinese government will almost certainly step in. Just on principle.
I was about to say the same. I remembered China only had half the units US or France had.
manqiangrexue
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Yes, but most of theirs were older, lower capacity ones and they had like 1 under construction while we had 24 under construction, latest generation, so our capacity more than doubled when some of them came online.
That probably includes under construction + planned. No way China has caught up that fast, it'll be some time, probably 7-8 more years.
The largest metal 100-meter-class 3D printer in China will be built in Tianjin in September.
The New Energy and High-Performance Manufacturing Laboratory of Beijing Institute of Technology, located in Binhai-Zhongguancun, focuses on "ultra-large-scale metal lattice structure multi-arc parallel 3D printing technology and equipment". Its independently developed 40-arc parallel additive manufacturing equipment can stably produce 20-meter-class large-scale metal lattice structures. Compared with traditional manufacturing methods, it has the characteristics of integrated design and manufacturing, support-free manufacturing of complex structures, and lightweight, which can significantly reduce the cost of marine equipment manufacturing.
According to reports, the 100-meter-class 3D printer will add 4 mobile 3D printing robots, which will complete the additive work of larger products according to the program settings. At present, the product has completed the preliminary work of design and other aspects, and is in the process of customized development of the equipment. After the product is officially launched, it will create a new record for domestic 3D printing equipment.
At present, the BIT team is relying on the pilot platform to accelerate the application verification of new marine materials such as "steel plate lattice concrete structure", and plans to launch a 50-meter floating platform in 2025, and plans to build the world's first kilometer-level marine energy comprehensive development platform. According to estimates, after the project matures, the first-year revenue will reach 10 million yuan, and after the big project is landed, it is expected to reach more than 100 million or even hundreds of millions of yuan, which is expected to draw a new map for the country's 3D printing industry.
In the future, Tianjin Economic Development Zone will further deepen its cooperation with the BIT team, build an industry-university-research integration platform with BIT, jointly apply for scientific research projects, apply for special qualifications, and open equity cooperation in incubation projects to promote the efficient implementation of "Beijing R&D" to "Tianjin transformation", and fully support the project from a technology verification base to an advanced structure 3D printing mass manufacturing enterprise.
Ships and Submarine Vehicles: Ship components using a metal lattice sandwich structure can reduce weight by more than 30% compared to traditional reinforced structures. At the same time, they have composite functions such as explosion resistance and noise reduction, meeting the needs of high-end marine transport equipment.
Offshore floating platform: The steel plate lattice concrete structure developed by the team uses a steel plate lattice sandwich filled with concrete. Compared with the all-steel floating platform, it reduces the steel consumption by more than 50% and the cost by 50%-70%. It is suitable for scenarios such as floating wind power and deep-sea aquaculture.
Kilometer-level marine energy platform: It is planned to build the world's first kilometer-class ocean floating platform in the Bohai Sea, integrating renewable energy such as wind energy, solar energy, and hydrogen energy to form a comprehensive energy development base. It is expected that the launching verification of a 50-meter-class platform will be completed by the end of 2025.
