News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
As Boeing lays off 16,000 employees, the firm’s President and CEO Dave Calhoun issued a letter addressing aerospace market realities. The COVID-19-induced expected dramatic drop in airline travel, with US passenger volumes down 95%, is leading to a dramatic drop in aircraft and aircraft services demand.
The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) and ElectraFly, an aviation company building personal flying vehicles, are teaming up to create 3D printed carbon fiber aircraft parts for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market.
AML3D, an Australia-based enterprise of large-format metal additive manufacturing systems, is curr ...
Launcher, a small launch vehicle startup based in New York, has entered into an agreement with NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to test its additively manufacturing engines. The Space Act Agreement will see Launcher use the Stennis facility’s E-1 test stand to evaluate and test fire its E-2 engine for small launch vehicles.
Even as the French aerospace engine supplier announced drastic cuts to its current operations, Safran is continuing to support efforts to protect medical personnel against COVID-19. Like many other companies, Safran too has adapted the Easybreath Subea snorkeling mask from sports retailer Decathlon to protect medical personnel from airborne droplets that could transmit the coronavirus.
The aerospace sector has gained a lot from 3D printing as early as 1989, together with the adoption ...
In recent years, the aerospace industry does not seem to have taken real strides. However, many comp ...
Australian metal AM company Titomic has signed an agreement with aerospace giant Airbus through which its Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) technology will be used to demonstrate high-performance metal parts for the European aircraft manufacturer. By developing TKF AM parts process parameters and material properties for Airbus, Titomic is taking a significant step in the validation of its AM process for aerospace applications.
Italian metal additive manufacturing services provider BEAMIT has announced a partnership with Praxair Surface Technologies, a specialist in advanced coating solutions. The partners are combining their respective offerings to provide customers in the aeronautics sector with a broader range of services, as well as 3D printed parts with improved performance and extended lifespans.
Aerospace giant Safran is bringing all of its additive manufacturing activities under one roof at a new site called the Safran Additive Manufacturing Campus. Construction of this Factory of the Future began in March and is on track to host as many as 50 production-grade 3D printers working with metallic powder or other feedstock, melted by a laser beam or other means.