Aerospace 3D Printing
Relativity Space 3D Prints 11-Foot-Tall Fuel Tank with Stargate 3D Printer
Relativity Space is not alone in wanting to 3D print rockets – there are plenty of companies with the goal of doing just that. What makes Relativity stand out, however, is that it has the means to 3D print entire rockets with almost no intervention from humans....
GKN Aerospace Opens New Center of Excellence to Focus on Industry 4.0 Technologies
Today, GKN Aerospace announced that it is opening a new Global Technology Center in the United Kingdom. The center is being funded by a £17m commitment from GKN Aerospace and a £15m commitment from the UK Government, through the Aerospace Technology Institute. It is...
Researchers Investigate Applicability of Using 3D Printing for Mass Production of Satellites
As the world works to find faster, more cost-effective ways to get to space, it’s necessary to test out innovative, modern technologies, such as 3D printing, rather than stick to the more conventional but expensive methods. Most current 3D printed thermoplastic...
3D Printing News Briefs: December 4, 2018
We’re sharing stories about events, business, and metal 3D printing in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. To start, the second annual Iran 3DShow is coming up, along with IQPC’s fifth Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace & Space event in London. Moving...
Researchers Qualify 3D Printed Aerospace Brackets and use Thermoelastic Stress Analysis for Testing
3D printed aerospace brackets made from titanium alloys are becoming more common in the design of spacecraft and satellites. Any aerospace component, however, cannot just be 3D printed and stuck onto the spacecraft – it must be tested and qualified to make sure...
EOS and Etihad Airways Engineering Partner to Expand 3D Printed Aviation Applications
The United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airways has long been serious about incorporating 3D printing into its airplanes, particularly cabin components. Now Etihad Airways Engineering, the largest aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provided in the...
Wipro 3D and its Plans in the 3D Printing Market: Interview with VP Ajay Parikh
Wipro is an $8 billion 164,000 employee Indian technology company. The company runs large outsourcing and technology implementation projects, and is one of the world’s largest IT firms. May may be surprised that Wipro has a 3D printing arm. Moreover, Wipro 3D...
BeAM and PFW Aerospace Work Together to Qualify 3D Printed Aerospace Component
BeAM was founded in 2012 and is known for its Directed Energy Deposition (DED) technology. In the DED process, focused thermal energy is used to fuse materials by melting them as they are deposited. DED processes are typically less good at fine mechanical parts and...
GE Additive and GE Aviation Receive FAA Approval for 3D Printed Engine Bracket
GE Aviation has become a leader in the use of additively manufactured aerospace components (see: LEAP fuel nozzles) and now it and GE Additive have been given Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to replace a conventionally manufactured power door opening...
3D Printing News Briefs: October 20, 2018
We’re starting with some information about a couple of upcoming shows in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by some business and aerospace news. Sinterit is bringing its newly launched material to formnext, while Materialise has announced what...
Rocket Lab and its 3D Printed Rockets Look Toward a Prolific Future
Rocket Lab started off 2018 with quite a bang, launching its partially 3D printed Electron rocket from its New Zealand launch site in January. This was the second launch and first successful orbital mission for the rocket, and the company is now gearing up to launch...
Agile Space Propulsion Pursues 3D Printing for Rocket Thrusters
Colorado-based company Agile Space Propulsion was born from the expertise of Daudi Barnes, who has been working in the spacecraft propulsion industry since 1998. Agile Space Propulsion has a specific goal: to design and manufacture rocket engines using 3D printing...
3D Printing News Briefs: October 13, 2018
We’ve got business and education news galore in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. First, Voodoo Manufacturing has launched its new Shopify app, and BeAM Machines is partnering with Empa, while Sculpteo is working with a property developer to provide 3D...
Rolls-Royce Reveals Demonstrator Engine with 3D Printed Components
Rolls-Royce has introduced a new technology demonstrator engine called the Advance3. The engine incorporates a total of about 20,000 parts, and has achieved more than 100 hours of testing. Several of the parts have been 3D printed, with others made from ceramic matrix...
Airbus Helicopters Turns to German RepRap x400 3D Printer Again for 3D Printed Component
In order to validate the design of an important new component, while also saving on development costs, Airbus Helicopters is yet again turning to industrial 3D printer manufacturer German RepRap for 3D printing assistance, continuing their long partnership. The part...
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract to Further Develop 3D Printing for Aerospace Manufacturing
Aerospace company Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, has become a prominent user of 3D printing. Its 3D printed innovations include propulsion tanks and parts for spacecraft and missiles, and recently it completed its largest 3D printed...
GE Aviation 3D Prints 30,000th Metal 3D Printed Fuel Nozzle at Auburn, Alabama Plant
GE Aviation will always be known for its 3D printed fuel nozzles, which it began producing in 2015. The complex components became something of a symbol for how 3D printing can change manufacturing, and this week GE Aviation hit a milestone – it produced its...
3D Printing News Briefs: October 3, 2018
We’ve got a little business for you today in the first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs this October, followed by some examples of the seemingly endless applications for 3D printing. Manufacturing equipment provider Metal Fish LLC has undergone rebranding with...
One of the World’s Heaviest Satellites was Produced Using 3D Printing
On July 22nd, the heaviest commercial satellite ever launched was sent into space. Weighing in at more than 7,000 kilograms. Telstar 19 Vantage was built by spacecraft manufacturer SSL for Canadian operator Telesat, along with Telstar 18 Vantage, which was launched on...
3D Printing News Briefs: September 26, 2018
We’re starting with some news from the ongoing TCT Show in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to webcasts and YouTube videos, finishing with an update on the upcoming Viaggio a Shamballa event by WASP. At the TCT Show, AMFG has unveiled...
Bally Ribbon Mills Develops Film Infusion Capability for 3D Woven Joints
I remember a long-term elementary school art project I participated in once that involved students weaving small bits of fabric together on a loom in order to make brightly colored textile objects that could only be described as ugly rugs for guinea pigs –...
3D Printing News Briefs: September 8, 2018
We’re starting out with a lot of business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then finishing up with something cool (pun intended) to get you through the weekend. Link3D launched its new Production Planning System for AM workflows, Carbon has a...
3D Printing News Briefs: August 28, 2018
We’re talking about business, cool products, and events in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a how-to video on smoothing your 3D prints and a student competition project. Nano Dimension has sold two of its DragonFly Pro 3D printers to separate...
3D Printed Container Holds Student Experiments Ready to Go to Space
Enterprise In Space (EIS) is an educational program run by the nonprofit National Space Society. Last year, it ran a competition called Print the Future, in which university student teams were given the chance to 3D print experiments on the Additive Manufacturing...
3Ding and Student Team 3D Print a Very Light Satellite
It doesn’t take fancy equipment to build a satellite anymore. Small companies, schools and even individuals armed with 3D printers are capable of creating CubeSats, small, boxlike satellites that are being more frequently launched into space carrying...
