Robotic 3D printing technology

Ultra-Light Large Format Additive Manufacturing

Think big. Stay light.With NUGAE's large-format robotic 3D printing you can create structural components in composite materials that are lightweight, fast to produce, waste-free and unrestricted in shape - for the nautical industry and beyond. Discover how our technology can revolutionize your production too.

Large-format 3D printed composite part made by NUGAE

Bring your project to life with NUGAE:

New extruder

Patented

Target

Lightweight, thin-walled, high-precision parts with fast turnaround
Need

Robot movements that are fast, precise and, above all, repeatable.
Solution

A unique, lightweight extruder optimised for multi-material printing.

The best printing technology in just 17Kg of weight.

Patented technology

NUGAE's UL-LFAM (Ultra-Light Large Format Additive Manufacturing) system rests on proprietary intellectual property - from the structural printing method to the extruder - and on innovative materials engineered for large-format robotic 3D printing.

Patented
Hollow-rib structural printing

A method for producing shell or plate load-bearing structures - hulls, hardtops, decks, aircraft and vehicle panels, wind blades, moulds - by depositing the panel and its hollow stiffening ribs in one continuous print. Maximum rigidity at minimum weight, a smooth outer surface, and rib cavities that can house reinforcements or route cables and ducts.
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Patented
Pellet-fed extruder for any orientation

Our 17 kg extruder receives the granules through a pressurized air flow into an internal circumferential channel and coaxial hopper, so it prints reliably in any position - on vertical or inclined surfaces - with no vibrators or paddles. Lighter, simpler, more productive.
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Registered trademark · material
CoreLight3D® - ultra-light recycled core

An ultra-light corrugated core made from recycled polypropylene and engineered for robotic large-format printing: machinable like wood and optimized to bond with resins and composite laminates, so the printed part becomes the core of a glass- or carbon-fibre sandwich structure. Shown at JEC 2026 on a 43-ft catamaran seat: 37 kg, 42 print hours, 70% recycled content.

Proven on the road: a CoreLight3D® living module for a three-wheeled Piaggio Ape - about 70 kg instead of roughly 200 kg in fibreglass, with an apparent density of around 100 kg/m³ - travelled over 4,500 km across nine countries to Nordkapp, through rain, 90 km/h gusts and temperatures from 30 °C down to 2 °C.
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NU-Slice, our proprietary slicing and deposition software, and NU-Hub modular production units complete the system.

Large-format prints

Composite parts for every sector, including the most demanding.

Nautical
Main focus

“Do what you love, the result will always be the best”
Architectural
Sports
Energy
Furniture

What do we do?

In over 10 years of R&D NUGAE - an innovative Italian deep-tech startup - has developed a robotic large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) system that prints structural parts in thermoplastic composite materials, with innovative materials engineered for the marine environment. Explore our Completed Projects:

Each of our productions is characterised by:

Large format

Prints up to: 3m x 1.5m x 1m
Lightness

80% lighter pieces
Marine-grade durability

Parts up to 20% more resistant
Speed

Production up to 5 times faster
Complex Shapes

15% overall optimisation
Recyclability

Up to 20× less material

See more completed projects and what our customers say:

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Robot-Printer

An integrated software and hardware system that is installed on anthropomorphic robots, consisting of:

Feeding, extrusion and monitoring system.
Control, simulation and slicing software.

The patented NUGAE extruder printing a large-format component

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