
Essentium’s Unique Approach To Aerospace 3D Printing
Many 3D print companies service the aerospace industry, but it appears that Essentium is doing things in quite a different way.
Many 3D print companies service the aerospace industry, but it appears that Essentium is doing things in quite a different way.
Relativity Space has landed a major client, Lockheed.
Boom Supersonic’s new XB-1 prototype aircraft turns out to be using plenty of 3D printed parts.
Alloyed announced the results of a project they’ve undertaken with Honeywell Aviation to assess a new high-temperature metal powder for aerospace applications.
GE Aviation has received official certification from the US FAA for its massive GE9X jet engine.
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take a look at Scotland’s interesting moves in aerospace supply chain and potential impact on global 3D printing activity.
Additive manufacturing company Optomec was awarded a $1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to repair engine turbine parts.
Stratasys released their quarterly results, and I reviewed them to see how the pandemic is affecting the giant 3D printer manufacturer.
6K Additive has commissioned their first units and at the same time has landed a sustainable client.
Big news: rocket startup Relativity Space has signed a deal with their fifth launch client, Iridium.
Manufacturing in space is reshaping in a series of acquisitions.
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss the potential place of 3D printing in the reshaping aerospace supply chain.
There’s a key barrier that’s holding back 3D printing from much more radical use, but it may be about to break down.
Farsoon announced a monstrously huge deal with Falcontech to provide the AM service with no fewer than 50 advanced metal 3D printers.
A new 3D printed part being used on the International Space Station could open up new worlds of 3D printing applications.
I spoke with VELO3D’s Zach Murphree to find out more details on the company’s recent announcement of a tall version of their popular metal 3D printer.
Kelly Moran is a technology leader who recently left her position with Boeing in Europe, where she led the innovation development for metal technology solutions, with Additive Manufacturing as a core focus.
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis H. Froes and Rodney Boyer.
GE announced it is cutting loose another 13,000 jobs, and this may have big implications for the 3D printing industry.
What makes ceramics such a valuable 3D printing material? Here’s how it’s benefiting five essential industries.
Eric Haddad is the founder and Pilot in Command of 3DAeroventures, a Texas-based outfit specializing in 3D printed RC aircraft.
A Scottish aerospace startup shows how to leverage metal 3D printing to enable development of an unprecedented rocket engine.
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata examine how two of Boeing’s suppliers could make increased use of 3D printing technology.
While there are breakthroughs occurring in several industries as a result of additive manufacturing, how many other industries could be affected?
Stanley Black & Decker is set to acquire Boeing supplier Consolidated Aerospace, possibly increasing additive manufacturing activity.
British Airways unexpectedly published a list of possible 3D printing applications for their future. We took a look at what it means.
It’s now possible to 3D print spare parts on demand for aircraft in flight using blockchain technology.
Printsyst and DNA.me have partnered to combine their respective expertise on additive manufacturing automation. We speculate on what may happen in the long term.
This week’s selection is the flappy winged Airplane Toy by Prusa Printers contributor Jhuttula.
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis Froes and Rodney Boyer.
Henkel and Origin have developed the first 3D printable resin for SLA 3D printers that is fire resistant and meets industry certifications. Certain industries will find this of great interest.
It has now been demonstrated it’s possible to 3D print spacecraft parts in thermoplastic thanks to an experiment by CRP Technology.
It wasn’t too long ago when the concept of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the capabilities of generative design seemed like some far off sci-fi future.
Is 3D printing technology helping us sneak through the 21st century without much notice? Will we be surprised when we suddenly find ourselves in flying cars?
Can a rocket be entirely 3D printed? We will soon find out as Relativity Space gains their first customer, Momentus.
Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.
Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.
How do you make aircraft wings resistant to icing? By carefully 3D scanning the way wing icing occurs, and 3D printing test wings.
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers reexamine Boeing production delays and the impact of 3D printing.
Lockheed Martin is famous for engineering innovation, dating back to the legendary Skunkworks.
We visited Stratasys Direct Manufacturing in Texas for an inside look into operations including aerospace-qualiifed 3D printing.
Focus is on Australia as GE Additive has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New South Wales Government to bring industrial 3D printing capabilities to the new Aerotropolis project.
When it comes to 3D printing in the aerospace industry, where are we now, in 2019? And where are we going?
An interview with Stratasys’ VP of Aerospace sheds light on the process of adopting 3D printing in the aerospace industry.
An interview with Stratasys’ VP of Manufacturing Solutions offers an insider’s look at the progress of 3D printing in the aerospace industry, with focus on Boom Supersonic’s development of a Mach-2.2 aircraft.
America Makes, US additive manufacturing accelerator has established a third Satellite Center located at NIAR to be focused on aerospace and defense applications for 3D printing.
Charles Goulding and Liam Nixon of R&D Tax Savers discuss business and 3D printing implications of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ acquisition of the Canadair Regional Jet business.
Cameron Torti and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing’s impact on drones.
Boom Supersonic is bringing metal 3D printing into its Mach 2.2 air travel plans.
In four announcements over the last nine days, GE Additive has shared the news of a notable sales season in metal 3D printing.
Marshall Aerospace and Defense has revealed its use of 3D printing for prototype and final flight parts.
The largest 3D print I’ve ever seen was produced by Thermwood.
Sintavia opened a 55,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility, featuring 3D printing.
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis H. Froes and Rodney Boyer.
This week’s selection is “Introduction to Flight” by John D. Anderson Jr.
Charles Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi of R&D Tax Savers discuss the use of 3D printing in space launches.
Right on the heels of Sculpteo’s announcement regarding ISO 9001 certification, we see that Precision ADM has announced something quite similar.
Aviation is gaining another additive manufacturing installation.
Peter Saenz and Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing implications of TransDigm’s acquisition of Esterline.
New additive manufacturing-focused agreements signed this week signify ongoing global progress in the aerospace and maritime sectors.
I’m reading a piece in the Durango Herald discussing a rocketry startup that’s using 3D printing.
Milestones are mounting in additive manufacturing, with production parts hitting new highs.
Metal 3D print service Precision ADM announced they’ve completed another important certification.
This week’s selection is the incredibly beautiful 3D printed Supermarine Spitfire MKIX RC aircraft by Flite Test.
More and more we’re seeing use of lattice structures in component design.
While multi-million dollar companies are trying to bring the flying car dream into the real world, one ambitious Filipino man has already beaten them to the punch.
One of the most secretive operations in 3D print history finally revealed their plans.
Since its founding in 1995, Lockheed Martin has made a myriad of contributions to the aerospace industry with groundbreaking new technologies.
Airbus has been on a path to incorporate 3D printing into its aircraft as much as possible, leading to 3D-printed engine parts, cabin dividers and more.
Stratasys announced a new material that has some very interesting properties.
Aerospace has long been interested in 3D metal printing, but it seems a milestone may have been hit.
Last week GE announced they’ve completed an actual test of their long-awaited new turboprop engine.
Count this one under one of the coolest engineering class projects, ever.
A new startup hopes to completely automate the building of rockets using 3D printing.
SpaceX’s Elon Musk executed an “Ask Me Anything” session this week on Reddit, and revealed something interesting about their 3D printing use.
Airbus is on a mission to 3D print as much of an aircraft as possible and it’s pulling in a number of aerospace manufacturers and additive manufacturing (AM) companies into its massive project.
On the ground floor of 3D printing technology for years, aerospace manufacturers first began adopting the various additive manufacturing (AM) processes for use in prototyping.
At last month’s Paris Air Show, Stratasys made an important announcement indicating that 3Dprinting polymers were just about ready for prime time.
It’s been obvious for a while that Stratasys has been focusing very closely on the aerospace industry, and now they’ve announced a significant development.
Stratasys has been making a number of hints that it wants move into the production manufacturing market, but now they have a huge opening to do so.
I’m looking at GE’s new Advanced Turboprop Engine and it seems it makes substantial use of 3D printing technology.
As the second largest sector for additive manufacturing (AM) applications, aerospace continues to be a key industry for AM machine manufacturers and service providers.
While 3D printing may still be in the midst of having an identity crisis in the world of mass production
Boeing announced last week that they’ve contracted a firm to produce “structural titanium parts”. What does this mean?
I’m watching a very curious video from BAE Systems that proposes a currently – and likely always – impossible 3D printing feat.
I listened to a talk by a GE representative who explained why they see so much benefit in 3D printing, and it’s quite startling.
APWorks has released a design for a fabulous 3D printed electric motorcycle called the “Light Rider”. But I think there’s a lot more to this project.
Stratasys announced that Airbus standardized their ULTEM 9085 material as a material for flight parts. But is there more to this story?
A few weeks ago General Electric announced the acquisition of not one, but two metal 3D printing companies. The implications are quite serious.
There’s a very strange announcement on the BAE Systems site, proposing a “chemputer” that would “grow” objects. Is this something that’s actually feasible?
The WARR group from Germany has been 3D printing experimental solid rocket fuel.
Netherlands-based Additive Industries has delivered its very first MetalFAB1 to none other than Airbus. The results are huge in more ways than one.
Highly complex 3D printed structures are being explored by large corporations for unique products, but can this be done by those with lesser equipment? Apparently so!
Maintaining jet aircraft is costly and time-consuming, but a new method for printing sensors onto aerospace components could help optimize that process.
Earlier this year 3D print service Materialise obtained certifications for producing airworthy parts.
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