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The Soo Locks system, which connects Great Lakes Huron and Superior, is a critical piece of U.S. infrastructure. Approximately 95% of the iron ore entering the United States passes through these locks, not to mention many other raw materials. The Poe Lock is the largest of the Soo Locks, and features a ship arrestor system (including a 3.5"-diameter rope lifted into place by a 12-foot-long lever arm) to protect its watertight miter doors from damage. When the lever arm was discovered to have cracked, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked to find a replacement. Lincoln Electric produced the replacement arm using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and it has now been in operation for more than a year. LEARN MORE ABOUT The Poe Lock ship arrestor arm and how the speedy replacement of the lever potentially saved up to $1.1 trillion that might have been lost in a shutdown https://www.additivemanufacturing.med... How Lincoln Electric applies WAAM to produce replacement parts for its own equipment, including an industrial mixer blade    • Robot 3D Printing Makes Giant Industrial M...   and bearing housing    • Robot 3D Prints a 500-Pound Replacement Pa...   More on wire arc additive manufacturing at Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions https://www.additivemanufacturing.med...