News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Thales supports 3D printing in Morocco as part of the North Africa nation’s ambition to progress in the aerospace sector. The group is inaugurating its industrial Competence Centre in Casablanca, specialising in metal additive manufacturing, aka metal 3D printing. This plant will become a platform allowing the international requirements of the Group and its customers to be met.
In 2014, NASA made important progress toward the in-space manufacturing necessary for deep space exploration by “printing” tools in space using a 3-D printer on the International Space Station.
Organized by the industry event specialists at Infocast and by the leading AM market analysis firm Smartech Publishing, the webinar titled Additive Manufacturing Opportunities in Aerospace Outlook will provide a complete overview of how AM technologies are being rapidly adopted by leading companies in the aerospace sector and specifcically in the three key segments of civil aviation, space infrastructure and drone manufacturing.
Imagine you’re on your way to Mars, and you lose a crucial tool during a spacewalk. Not to worry, you’ll simply re-enter your spacecraft and use some microorganisms to convert your urine and exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemicals to make a new one. That’s one of the ultimate goals of scientists who are developing ways to make long space trips feasible.
HRL Laboratories, LLC, has received an award as part of NASA’s Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion program to develop additively manufactured ceramic rocket engine components. HRL achieved a scientific breakthrough with preceramic resins that can be 3D printed and converted to high-temperature ceramic that was first published in the journal Science on January 1, 2016.
Renishaw and Aeromet International Limited are collaborating to establish additive manufacturing process parameters and material properties for Aeromet’s A20X high-performance alloy. Following a successful debut at the Paris Air Show, last month, the two companies are working together to optimize the processing techniques for the high-performance alloy on Renishaw metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems. They are also investigating a range of heat treatment regimes to deliver optimum properties in additively manufactured components. The results of these developments will be made available to Renishaw and Aeromet customers.
With the participation of NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Steve Jurczyk, Made in Space showed the latest test results on the Archinaut project and gave a demonstration of the Extended Structure Additive Manufacturing Machine (ESAMM), with a tour of Made In Space’s robotics room.
3D Printing market leader Stratasys reported that revenues for its second quarter of FY 2017 was $170.0 million, a negligible decrease compared to $172.1 million for the same period last year. As far as profits go, the results are generally positive: GAAP gross margin was 49.1% for the quarter, compared to a GAAP gross margin of 46.2% […]
Rocket Crafters (RCI) has been awarded a $542,600 research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under the terms of the agreement, RCI is tasked to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine using RCI’s patented Direct-Digital Advanced Rocket Technology (D-DART). During the eight-month period of performance, RCI aims to design, […]
SmarTech Publishing, the leading industry analyst firm in the 3DP/ additive manufacturing market has issued a new report titled, “Additive Manufacturing for the Drone/UAV Industry”. In this report the firm projects that the yearly value of UAV additive manufacturing for parts will reach $1.9 billion, driving over $400 million in yearly sales of AM equipment, software, materials and services.