Aerospace

To the Moon and Beyond with Additive Manufacturing

Aerojet Rocketdyne uses metal 3D printing technology from Velo3D to make a critical flight component lighter, smaller, and much less expensive than its predecessors

STRATASYS COLLABORATES WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN TO QUALIFY MATERIAL FOR SPACE AND AVIATION END-USE PARTS

Report made public by Metropolitan State University of Denver delivers qualification data for Antero® 840CN03 for additively manufactured end-use parts requiring high thermal and chemical resistance, and ESD properties

Sintavia Places an Industry-Advancing Order of Two NXG XII 600s from SLM Solutions

With the NXG XII 600, Sintavia can cost-effectively produce large, complex parts for its customers at warp speed.

mz Toner Technologies develops 3D printing process for use in space

The 3D printing market is expanding and the range of 3D printed products is becoming more and more extensive: from machine components to dental products to organ transplants. The company mz Toner Technologies, together with the Technical University of Cologne, is now developing a new 3D printing process based on electrophotography, which, among other things, should enable printing in space.

Collins Aerospace Expands Additive Capability with Addition of SLM Solutions NXG Xll 600 at Engine Nozzles Facility in West Des Moines

The new printer will bolster the company's capacity for building aerospace components that are lighter and more innovative — all at a speed that eclipses the industry benchmark.

GE Aviation invests in five M Line metal additive production systems

During 2022 GE Additive to deliver systems to GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center in West Chester, Ohio and to Avio Aero in Turin, Italy

Collaborative, continuous improvement to ready the automated system for high-volume additive production environments
Materials focus: aluminum, cobalt-chrome and nickel alloy 718 for aerospace applications

Taking student rocketry to new heights

With their hybrid rocket, student project PICCARD reaches an altitude of over 6 kilometers and sets a new world record. For the construction of their winning rocket, the team relied on various 3D printing technologies such as Selective Laser Sintering. By Janek Huschke

Precision Micro unveils major investment at ‘phoenix’ facility following 2019 fire

Two-and-a-half years after a fire broke out at market-leading chemical etching manufacturer Precision Micro’s Birmingham site in Autumn 2019, the company has reached the end of a major £5.1 million refurbishment

Velo3D Qualifies New Superalloy for Use in Its Sapphire Family of Printers

New nickel-based Höganäs Amperprint® 0233 Haynes® 282® powder enhances the capabilities of Velo3D’s end-to-end solution for customers in oil and gas, aviation, energy, space, and other high-value applications

AP&C inks new agreement with Airbus to provide Titanium powders

AP&C – a GE Additive company has announced it has signed a new agreement with Airbus to provide Titanium powders (Ti-6AI-4V) for use in metal additive manufacturing applications. The new multiyear agreement to provide Ti-6AI-4V powders deepens AP&C’s working relationship with Airbus, which dates back several years.

GE Additive and Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid Department of Defense implementation

GE Additive and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding as the cornerstone of a new collaborative effort aimed at supporting the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DoD) accelerated adoption of metal additive manufacturing technology.