Aerospace

Polymer

Using 3D Printing for Composite Molds and Tools: The Trend Continues

3D printing is becoming more common in the aerospace tooling realm. Production tooling can be made quickly and on-demand, which helps the tooling industry keep pace with accelerating composite part design cycles and demand for faster overall part processing speeds.

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Metal

AM System Using TIG Welding and Robot Relies on Flexible Enclosure for Gas Protection

The WAAM system has demonstrated the ability to produce a titanium aircraft part, but titanium in particular requires protection against oxidation.

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Production

Reverse Engineering and 3D Printing: A Practical Solution

A contract manufacturer routinely reverse engineers and 3D prints prototypes of aerospace legacy parts for more confident production.

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Defense

U.S. Military Officers Cautiously Optimistic On AM for Repair Parts

The challenges of worldwide 3D printing by the military include confidence in AM processes and cybersecurity. The rewards of overcoming these will include improved affordability, improved repair capability and greater military readiness.

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Basics

Video: Step by Step AM for Aerospace

A short video from Pratt & Whitney outlines the steps necessary to take a metal AM part from design to installation.

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Implants

Arcam CEO Speaks of Promise and Progress in Aerospace and Orthopedic Industries

Growth is expected as both industries transition more production components to AM.

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Medical & Dental

Hear UL’s Recorded Webinar about Training and Certification in Additive Manufacturing

Personnel development will be an important prerequisite for the advance of AM. Christopher Krampitz discusses the skills and knowledge necessary in this webinar.

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Metal

Lockheed Martin: Importance of Closed-Loop Control in AM

Process repeatability will enable the satellite maker to apply additive manufacturing to the production of critical parts.

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Metal

Manage AM Expectations with Simulation

Move additive manufacturing away from empirically driven development with simulation.

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Aerospace

Selective Laser Melting in Action

Four recent projects take on selective laser melting technology to improve part design, process speed, safety and flexibility.

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