Did you know that while 78% of aerospace companies utilize additive manufacturing (AM) for prototyping, only 18% have adopted the technology for flight-ready end-part manufacturing?* This disparity is largely attributed to challenges in standardization and certification, highlighting the industry’s cautious approach to integrating AM into critical components without established certification protocols.
The truth is that the road to safety is filled with hurdles that cannot always be addressed by national/international airworthiness authorities.
What part do aerospace part manufacturers play in this process? What’s the effective role of international authorities in this process? And what happens behind the scenes at AM users’ facilities?
The next Additive Talks session aims to discuss these questions and more.
Entitled “Certifying additively manufactured parts for aerospace: A roadmap to safety”, this session will take place on Wednesday, April 2nd | 🕞 03:30 – 04:30 PM CET (09:30 – 10:30 AM ET).
Around this virtual panel, one will find:
Svenja Pestotnik, Head of Additive Manufacturing at Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH. In this role, Pestotnik oversees the additive manufacturing process for aviation components from research and product development to series production. She has been working in the field of additive manufacturing since 2014, when she first took on a project management role for a research project on laser powder bed fusion. Following her master’s degree with a focus on production engineering at TU Dresden, she assumed further roles in the Research and Development program management of Additive Manufacturing processes in the space industry before transitioning to the aviation industry and Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH in 2023.
Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), is part of the Aerospace and transportation systems product segment of the Liebherr Group. It specializes in the development, manufacture and service of aircraft landing gear as well as flight control and actuation systems for aircraft and helicopters of all kinds. Around 3,000 employees work at the Lindenberg and Friedrichshafen sites.
Brian Baughman is a Chief Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies with more than two decades of experience. He has held various engineering leadership positions in Honeywell, including former manager of Honeywell’s additive manufacturing facilities. Baughman is a graduate of Ohio State University.
Products and services from Honeywell Aerospace Technologies are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft, and in many terrestrial systems. The Aerospace Technologies business unit builds aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components, power systems, and more. Its hardware and software solutions create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies and airports.
Wolfgang Hoffmann, Project Certification Manager & Expert Airframe, EASA. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union. It carries out certification, regulation and standardisation and also performs investigation and monitoring.
