Aerospace 3D Printing
Honeywell Engineers Take on Industrial 3D Printing to Create Strong, Lightweight Parts in Metal
I took an overnight flight recently from Colorado to the East Coast. In the wee hours, the lights were dimmed and most of the passengers slept; however, in all my growing excitement to see family and friends, I was wide awake and found myself looking around the quiet...
Boeing Protects Its 3D Printed Intellectual Property with Assembrix Software
Boeing is heavily involved in 3D printing, using multiple vendors to 3D print parts for aircraft such as the Dreamliner. But with such collaboration comes risk. While the vendors themselves may be perfectly trustworthy, electronic communication and transfer of parts...
NASA Successfully Tests 3D Printed Copper Combustion Chamber
NASA is constantly bringing additive manufacturing into use on projects, whether it’s 3D printing rocket engine parts or launching 3D printed CubeSats into space. For several years, NASA has been working on a project involving building a completely 3D printed...
NASA Awards Made In Space New Contract for Vulcan Hybrid 3D Printer, Successfully Launches First Deep Space-Bound CubeSats
Made In Space has built a long and respectable track record of, well, making things in space. The company was responsible for the first 3D printer ever to be launched into space, as well as the follow-up, which continues to 3D print on the International Space Station...
$9 Million Awarded to Four-Year GE Global Research Program for 3D Printing New and Replacement Naval Parts
Increasingly, no matter if the need is automotive or defense, service centers and repair shops are adopting the capability to 3D print replacement parts on-demand. This is especially helpful in replacing legacy manufacturing processes to fabricate parts that are too...
Ohio-Based 3D Printing Companies Fabrisonic and MakerGear at RAPID + TCT
At last week’s RAPID + TCT in Fort Worth, Texas, 3DPrint.com was on the show floor checking out the latest innovations and new 3D printer releases, as well as attending press conferences and multiple fascinating keynotes. While there, I had the chance to visit...
Formalloy Introduces New X-series LMD Metal 3D Printer at RAPID + TCT
At this past week’s RAPID + TCT conference in Texas, California-based Formalloy highlighted its metal 3D printing technology. Formalloy has only been around since the beginning of 2016, but in those 2.5 short years, the award-winning metal 3D printing company...
3D Systems' Figure 4 3D Printing Technology Selected for Air Force Research
This week at the RAPID + TCT show, 3D Systems showcased its advanced Figure 4 technology and made a big announcement: Figure 4 has been selected for Air Force-sponsored research focused on integrating high-speed 3D printing into the aircraft maintenance supply chain....
SME, Arconic, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Discuss Investment in 3D Printing During RAPID + TCT Keynote
While the RAPID + TCT conference in Fort Worth, Texas ends later today, my time at this amazing event came to a close rather, well rapidly (please forgive me this lame joke). I left the show midday on Wednesday, my head spinning with all of the amazing things...
3D Printing News Briefs: April 20, 2018
We’re getting right down to business today in 3D Printing News Briefs – Identify3D and atum3D are both announcing new collaborations and partnerships, and Made In Space has received an award from NASA. WASP created a new hub network, while the Library of...
Aerospace 3D Printing Pioneers Join Forces as Premium AEROTEC Acquires APWORKS
APWORKS is an expert in metal 3D printing, and has been involved with initiatives and partnerships all over the industry. Until now, APWORKS has been a subsidiary of Airbus, itself a frequent user of 3D printing, but today the company announced that it has been...
Siemens Advancing Additive Manufacturing: Exclusive Interview, Part Two - Providing Services
Germany-based Siemens has been working with 3D printing in its global operations for some time now, integrating the technology across a variety of its businesses and developing significant familiarity with the disruptive manufacturing process. I recently appreciated...
SME Announces Keynote Speakers for RAPID + TCT: 3D Printing in Sports, Aerospace, Medicine, The Future
Nonprofit organization SME, which supports the manufacturing industry, has spent months getting ready for the 2018 RAPID + TCT Conference, which begins this Monday, April 23, in Fort Worth, Texas. We’ve already seen several announcements about exciting new 3D...
Stratasys, PADT, Lockheed Martin 3D Printing 100+ Final Parts for NASA Orion Spacecraft
The future of human exploration in outer space depends on our ability to successfully manufacture necessary items in zero gravity conditions, which is why scientists and engineers have been calling on the power of 3D printing to help us travel the stars more safely...
Cornell University Prepares Two 3D Printed CubeSats for Launch as Part of NASA Initiative
There have been many great inventions over the last 50 years, and it’s hard to say what the greatest has been, but one invention that is at least up there on the list is the CubeSat. Invented in 1999 by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo...
BigRep and Etihad Airways Partner to Fill Airplane Cabins with 3D Printed Components
Etihad Airways is the second largest airline in the United Arab Emirates, and is firmly committed to the idea that 3D printing has a solid place in the aerospace industry. In Etihad Airways’ case, it has a solid place right in the airplane cabin with the...
Airbus and Materialise 3D Print First Cabin Component to be Seen by Passengers
When it comes to 3D printing in the aerospace industry, few companies are more serious about the technology than Airbus. The company was ahead of others in incorporating 3D printing technology into its aircraft; all the way back in 2015, it had already placed more...
3D Printing with Human Waste: Astroplastic Takes Raw Materials from Colon to Mars Colony
While many people may still think that plastic is the only 3D printable material out there, that’s definitely not the case. Obviously there’s metal 3D printing, and biomaterials, flexible filaments and metamaterials. Then you move into wood and food, and...
One-Third of GE Aviation's New Turboprop Engine Will Consist of 3D Printed Metal Components
A new entry from GE Reports breaks down how 3D printing technology is responsible for a new era in the field of aircraft design, and GE Aviation has been along on the ride for years. The General Electric subsidiary, one of the top aircraft engine suppliers in the...
3D Printed Rocket Thrusters Could Change Small Spacecraft Industry
3D printing has made a place for itself firmly in the center of the aerospace industry, with the technology being used to fabricate rocket engines and components, satellites and more. Even fuel itself can be 3D printed, and that’s what graduate students at Utah...
3D Printing News Briefs: March 27, 2018
We’ve got plenty of business news to share with you in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by some interesting research efforts. Sciaky and Sigma Labs are both announcing new agreements, while LPW Technology is working with Global Advanced Metals...
3D Printed Rocket Manufacturer Relativity Space Receives $35 Million in Series B Funding
Relativity Space has big goals. The company, which was formed in 2015, wants to fully 3D print rockets with a giant 3D printer and almost no human intervention. In the roughly three years that Relativity Space has been in existence, it has built what it describes as...
Two Years on the ISS: Additive Manufacturing Facility Celebrates Nearly 100 3D Printed Parts
It’s been two years since Made In Space sent its second 3D printer, the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) to the International Space Station. A great deal has been accomplished since then, with nearly 100 individual parts being manufactured for both private...
Zero 2 Infinity Gets Ready to Blast Off with 3D Printed Rocket Engine
3D printing and other advanced technologies are making many things more accessible, and one of those is outer space. Companies such as Zero 2 Infinity are offering average people the opportunity to reach space, to send projects, experiments and other payloads into...
Efficiency Through 3D Printing: CENIT Provides Updates on Bionic Aircraft Project
Many people are working hard to control the pollution that automobiles give out, with ideas that range from electric cars to cars with moss growing in their wheels. But airplanes are also responsible for a great deal of air pollution, and several organizations have...
