News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
When disaster strikes, the countdown is on to get necessary supplies to those who need them most. But conditions often make it nearly impossible to deliver aid in a timely manner. That’s one reason drones are a boon for disaster response worldwide. Now, two young makers from Japan hope to advance relief efforts with their own generatively designed and 3D printed life-saving drone: X VEIN,
SmarTech Publishing, the leading industry analyst firm in the 3DP/ additive manufacturing market has just issued a new report titled, “Additive Manufacturing for Space Industry Applications: from Earth to Orbit and Beyond”. In this first Space Industry AM report, the firm projects that the yearly value of AM manufactured parts in the space industry will reach $4.7 billion, driving nearly $1 billion in yearly sales of AM equipment, software and materials.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has for the first time disclosed images and movies taken by the JEM Internal Ball Camera called “Int-Ball”－its first camera drone that can record video while moving in space under remote control from the ground.
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has purchased a new professional grade, powder fed, metal additive manufacturing system. The RPM Innovations 222 Standard System is a professional-grade system with powder-fed laser metal deposition technology. It has a 2′ 3″ build capacity and a rotary table for cladding or building around a shaft.
In a recent blog post, the Altium Designer team described how NASA hopes to 3D print spacecraft and circuits. NASA has laid out a scientific mission that details exactly how and why they would use printed circuits. They have also reviewed the current technologies that could make that future a reality.
With a global workforce of of 4,300 employees, including over 1,000 engineers, Spain-based AERNNOVA is one of the largest tier 1 suppliers for the civil aviation industry. The company has long been studying the possible solutions that additive manufacturing (which in the aerospace industry is usually referred to as additive layer manufacturing or ALM) can offer even for production of large and safety critical parts. As Dr. Miguel Á. Castillo Acero, VP Technology Development AERNNOVA exclusively anticipated, the company is now concentrating much of its R&D efforts on polymer AM/ALM solutions.
The technology developed by researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) that helped them win the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge may be headed to Mars.
AMATHO (A.dditive MA.nufacturing T.iltrotor HO.using) is aimed to design, assess and manufacture a novel tiltrotor drive system housing exploiting the features of additive manufacturing techniques. Preliminarily, functional, structural and technological peculiarities of rotorcraft main gearbox housings are analysed and relevant requirements are issued.
Stratasys‘ Fortus 900mc Aircraft Interiors (AI) Certification Solution has been adopted by leading parts supplier Western Tool & Mold to produce aircraft cabin components that meet stringent FAA and EASA certification requirements. Hong Kong-based Western Tool & Mold (WTM) serves the aerospace interiors market where airlines demand quick turnaround of replacement parts to improve supply chain efficiency, but are often challenged due to the unique geometries of individual components.