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Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace & Space

Additive manufacturing is a key issue for aerospace manufacturers. They see the technology as a way to meet key challenges of the sector including lightweighting of aircraft’s parts and the scarcity of certain materials.

A 3D printed component from Sciaky lands on the moon on board Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission

Sciaky, a 3D printer manufacturer known for developing an Electron Beam AM process capable to produce large-scale parts, fabricated an engine component included in the IM-1 lander engine. Built for Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission to...

Liebherr and Airbus achieve Additive Manufacturing milestone with EASA-approved flex shaft

Liebherr-Aerospace, a first-tier supplier of aerospace parts, has integrated a 3D-printed flex shaft in the Airbus A350 high lift system. The unit has been approved by Airbus as well as by the European Union...

3D printed rocket motors: Ursa Major achieves a milestone with its Draper engine hotfire

Ursa Major achieves a milestone with the successful hotfire test of the Draper, a liquid engine that the company claims has “the storability of a solid motor.” The Colorado-based expert in rocket motors made...

Honeywell on the use of ceramic 3D printed molds to make turbine blades

In a recent conversation, Brian Baughman and Curtis Swift from Honeywell Aerospace, shared with 3D ADEPT Media that their team relied on ceramic 3D printing to create molds for casting. The engineering team has...

Wipro 3D and ISRO manufacture the PS4 3D printed rocket engine of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Wipro 3D  a provider of 3D printing services, joins forces with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to manufacture a PS4 3D-printed rocket engine. The rocket engine powers the 4th stage of the Polar Satellite Launch...

UW–Madison engineers successfully 3D print RAM device units in zero gravity

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have taken a step toward in-space manufacturing of replacement electronic components by successfully 3D printing RAM device units in zero gravity for the first time. The group encountered a...

Isar Aerospace relies on the nebumind software to automatically identify defects of metal 3D printed parts

With thousands of layer images to analyze when searching for errors, it’s easy to miss a critical defect that will result in the non-validation of a part. The fact is the powder recoating conducted...

Orbital Matter to demonstrate 3D printing in orbit

Orbital Matter, a company based in Poland and Germany, ambitions to be one of the first companies to manufacture large elements of space infrastructure directly in orbit, on the Moon and Mars, reducing this...

Beyond LPBF: Honeywell on finding the right opportunity with Additive Manufacturing

With a decade of experience in Additive Manufacturing (AM), Honeywell has built a solid reputation as a major developer of commercial aerospace applications enabled by metal AM. Today, the company continues to explore new...

Aurora Labs fabricates metal 3D-printed parts for Australian gas turbines

Metal 3D printer manufacturer Aurora Labs is currently fabricating different models of micro gas turbines: the 200N Class gas turbine and the 400N Class model. A micro gas turbine is a combustion engine at the...

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