Aerospace
Lockheed Martin, Sintavia Team Up to Advance Metal Additive Manufacturing
The collaboration is said to demonstrate Lockheed Martin’s commitment to the White House’s AM Forward initiative for expanding use of additive manufacturing and creating resilient supply chains.
Read More3D Printed Replacement Clamp for an F-16 Aircraft: The Cool Parts Show #54
3D printing is a valuable addition to sustainment programs, but only if printed parts can be qualified as fast and flexibly as they can be made. In this episode of The Cool Parts Show, we look at the clamp that won the Air Force’s Approval Sprint Challenge designed to address this need.
WatchSintavia Develops Niobium Printing Technology for Aerospace, Defense
C103 material parameter specification is said to enable full alloy adoption across defense and space applications.
Read MoreVideo: Additive Manufacturing for Aircraft Blade Repair
Optomec machines use directed energy deposition guided by optical measurement and automatic programming to repair aircraft engine blades. Here is a look at the 3D printing repair operation.
Watch9T Labs, Purdue Partner to Advance Composite Use in Structural Aerospace Applications
The collaboration is working to define a new composite manufacturing standard that enables users to produce structural composite parts as easily as metal parts.
Read MoreArtemis I Has Launched: 3D Printing Applications for This Space Mission and Beyond: AM Radio #25B
On this episode of AM Radio, we discuss how additive manufacturing is enabling a new era of space exploration.
ListenAircraft Engine MRO: How Additive Manufacturing Plus Robotic Finishing Will Expand Capacity for Blade Repair
AM offers the chance to bring fast, automated processing to individualized, part-by-part restoration of turbomachinery. A cell developed by Acme Manufacturing and Optomec is able to automatically repair 85,000 unique aircraft engine blades per year.
Read MoreDefense Department Looks to Additive Manufacturing to Propel Hypersonic Systems
The DoD is requesting prototype solutions for its Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics (GAMMA-H) challenge as part of the department’s ongoing efforts to expand manufacturing processes for intricate hypersonic weapons parts.
Read More3 Points About 3D Printing Large Parts We Can Learn From the Lunar Habitat (Video)
Ingersoll Machine Tools describes the capabilities and promise of large-scale additive manufacturing as seen in the 3D printed sections of the Rosenberg Space Habitat.
WatchLauncher Uses Additive Manufacturing to Optimize Satellite Design
Launcher depends on Velo3D to 3D print complex rocket compounds for low-cost, small satellite delivery systems.
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