3d printed aerospace components
Prodways-Nexteam Partnership Aims to Forge Ahead in 3D Metal Printing for Aerospace Clientele
The Prodways-Nexteam partnership isn’t afraid. While all the benefits of 3D printing in manufacturing are being flaunted around the world, still many companies are holding back due to fear of…
Orbital ATK Successfully Tests 3D Printed Hypersonic Engine Combustor
Scramjet technology has been around for a while, but recently it seems like it’s everywhere. I love the name — it stands for “supersonic combustion ramjet” — but it also…
German RepRap X400 Delivers New Windshield Wiper System for Airbus Helicopters
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is really excited about 3D printing. We’ve written several articles about their Airbus A350 XWB, which was manufactured using over 1,000 3D printed parts, and they’re continuing to experiment…
Case Study: Yet Another Way 3D Printing is Affecting Spacecraft Design
Some of the most exciting 3D printing applications I’ve read and written about have to do with spaceships. Pretty much all of the major aerospace agencies are turning to 3D…
NSS Enterprise: 3D Printed Satellite Engineered by Made In Space & EIS Will Carry Student Experiments
For most of us, it’s incomprehensible how a project like getting to space even begins–from designing and making the actual ship, to manpower, to overall dynamics and intricate planning. And…
Thales Group to Help Drive Morocco’s Aerospace Industry with Industrial Competence Center for Metal 3D Printing
Last year, the government of Morocco launched an Industrial Acceleration Plan, aimed at boosting the country’s economy and creating a new, modernized industrial sector. The plan, which is being implemented…
Airbus Uses Autodesk to Create a Space-Saving 3D Printed Organically Structured Dividing Wall
There are two things that commercial airplane designers love more than anything: The ability to increase the amount of space inside of the cabin so they can squeeze one or…
Norsk Appoints Boley to Lead First US Industrial-Scale 3D Print Facility
Hønefoss, Norway based company Norsk Titanium AS (NTi) announced Sunday that it has appointed former Aerojet President, Mr. Warren Boley, Jr. to the Board of Directors in concert with Norsk’s plans to…
Terry Wohlers Reports on the State of Additive Manufacturing at Inside 3D Printing Seoul
Terry Wohlers, Principal Consultant and President of Wohlers Associates, has been covering the 3D printing industry since 1986, the same year that Chuck Hull started the first commercial 3D printing…
Stratasys Cuts Automated Dynamics’ Tooling Costs by 60-70% In Production of Helicopter Blades
3D printing offers substantial benefits to the manufacturing sector–by this point, that’s certainly not news in itself. What is news, though, is each additional use which proves yet another aspect of…
InssTek Called to South Korea to Use Grand Teton 3D Printer to Repair Fighter Jets
Strength. That’s the first word that comes to mind when most of us think about 3D printing in metal. And expense is usually the second–but when it comes to fixing…
Alcoa Bolsters HIP & 3D Printing Processes Further at Whitehall, MI Facilities with $22 Million Investment
While Alcoa already has one large facility in Whitehall, MI, it will currently receive a large influx of cash from the corporate coffers, to the tune of $22 million, that…
SpaceX Launches First-ever Turkmenistan Satellite into Orbit, Bears 3D Printed Strut
The true generosity of Turkmenistan toward their people in terms of launching a new satellite system for ‘helping’ with entertainment and news is rather dubious, coming from a draconian isolationist government that…
Israeli Government & Aerospace Business Consortium Target 3D Printing Titanium Components
A consortium of groups, led by Elbit, Israeli Military Industries, and Orbit, will begin by focusing on exploiting existing printers used to manufacture aerospace parts rather than develop new printers–but…
