Aerospace
AddUp Is Helping Bring Metal 3D Printing to Space
To make additive manufacturing in microgravity possible, the group has chosen to use a process that promotes forces induced by surface tension — wire-laser combination (W-DED).
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Can Metal Parts Be Replaced With 3D Printed Composites?
High performance materials such as carbon PEEK have allowed Werco Manufacturing to 3D print parts for aircraft trainers that function like metal. But can this extend to end-use aircraft parts?
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GKN Aerospace Successfully Tests Lightweight Turbine Rear Structure
The company says an innovative design and manufacturing of shorter, lighter turbine rear structure can contribute to lower carbon emissions.
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Formlabs’ ESD Safe Resin Enables Manufacturers to Scale With 3D Printing
This resin is said to open up new 3D printing applications in electronics manufacturing, automotive and aerospace industries with a tough, high-quality, ESD-safe material.
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3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroids for Better Cooling | The Cool Parts Show #43
Replacement heat exchanger for a helicopter is half the size and delivers 4× the cooling, thanks to a geometry that could only be made via additive manufacturing.
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Senvol ML Enables New Approach for Material Allowables Development
Senvol demonstrates use of machine learning software to enable path for rapid development of material property allowables for additive manufacturing.
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AP&C Providing Titanium Powders to Airbus
AP&C also supports Airbus by helping its in-house additive manufacturing team establish its own methods and processes to qualify Ti-6AI-4V powders.
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3D Printed Composite Bracket Versus Machined Steel: The Cool Parts Show #41
Can a 3D printed composite bracket work as well as one machined from steel? Can it also be faster to make and cheaper to produce? In this episode of The Cool Parts Show we explore a new way of manufacturing a bracket for a helicopter door hinge, and similar small parts today made from metal.
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U.S. Air Force, GE Additive Reach Next Milestone in Pacer Edge Program
Phase III of the program tackles the Air Force’s sustainment behemoth of ‘cold starts’ head-on.
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Sciaky Delivering World’s Largest Metal EB DED 3D Printer
Contract calls for a customized, high-deposition EBAM 300 Series additive manufacturing system to Turkish Aerospace Industries to 3D print titanium aerostructures 6 meters (nearly 20 feet) in length.
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