Aerospace
AI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.
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Improving Metal 3D Printing Processes by Reducing Support Structures
SLM Solutions’ Free Float program reduces the need for support structures, decreasing build time and powder usage, improving part quality, opening up space for more parts and giving users more design freedom.
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Sintavia Develops Proprietary Copper Printing Technology
The printing technology is designed for use with GRCop-42, the preferred copper alloy used by NASA and private space flight companies for rocket thrust chamber assemblies
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Thermwood, Boeing, Navy Collaborate on Large-Scale Composite Tooling Research
Thermwood’s large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) machine was selected as the large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) machine to conduct the technology development.
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Oil Collector Upgrade for Legacy Helicopters Is a 3D Printed Pathfinder Part
The lightweight part was delivered faster and made more easily via electron beam melting (EBM) than a conventionally manufactured alternative could be produced, while also illuminating a way forward for upgrading other existing systems.
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Materialise, EOS Qualify to Supply Airbus 3D Printed Parts
The qualification is valid across Airbus and marks a milestone for the wider adoption of polymer 3D printing in aerospace.
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Cool Parts In Space!
The Cool Parts Show has long had a fascination with AM for space. Revisit some of our episodes to find out what AM brings to the final frontier.
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Sakuu Launches Multimaterial, Multi-Process 3D Printer for EV Batteries
Multimaterial, multi-process additive manufacturing platform solves issues of performance and cost, using 50% fewer materials to deliver up to twice the energy capacity in the same space or the same energy in half the space.
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GE Earns Air Force Airworthiness Qualification for Critical Jet Engine Part
Pathfinder with the USAF’s Propulsion Directorate and Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) gathers momentum as it establishes its own qualification path for additively manufactured metal parts.
Read MoreCumberland Additive Expands Operations to Neighborhood 91 Campus
Neighborhood 91 is the first development to both condense and connect all components of the AM/3D printing supply chain into one powerful production ecosystem.
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