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.

THE AVIATION AM Centre, new venture designed to provide AM Turnkey Solutions for the Aviation Industry

Needless to say aerospace, space, automotive are among the top industries that foster the adoption of additive manufacturing, hence the launch of dedicated solutions to support players of this industry in their AM journey. The...

Interstellar Lab To explore the use of additive manufacturing to scale up the production of BioPods on Earth and in Space

A new partnership between space company Interstellar Lab and 3D printing company Soliquid will explore the use of additive manufacturing to scale up the production of modules for sustainable living on Earth and in...

Terran R, Fully Reusable 3D Printed Rocket, catalyzes Relativity Space’s latest funding round of $650M

"The next rocket is basically a baby starship" Aerospace company Relativity Space has secured a $650 million Series E equity funding round. The round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC with participation...

United Airlines to Purchase 15 Supersonic Jets from Boom Supersonic

New aircraft will cut travel times in half and operate on up to 100% sustainable aviation fuel United Airlines has signed a commercial agreement with aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add aircraft to its global...

Airbus approves laser sintering – and gives the go-ahead to Materialise and EOS for the production of PA-FR 3D printed flight-ready parts

Airbus has just qualified Materialise for the production of flight-ready parts using laser sintering technology. This is not the first collaboration between the aerospace company and the Belgian 3D printing service provider. As a...

Launcher strengthens its collaboration with AMCM GmbH by acquiring the Additive Manufacturing system AMCM M 4K

It all started in 2017 when space technology company Launcher has trusted AMCM, an EOS Group company, for the production of a 3D printed Launcher E-2 engine which was used on the first stage of...

Aerojet Rocketdyne reports on a successful 3D Printed RL10C-X altitude hot fire test series

Aerojet Rocketdyne, an aerospace and defense company, recently completed a successful RL10C-X altitude hot fire test series that put the next generation engine through the rigors of a typical spaceflight mission. Using a test chamber...

GKN Aerospace leverages 3D Printing to deliver key component of Rolls-Royce Ultrafan for testing

GKN Aerospace has announced the successful delivery of the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) to the Rolls-Royce UltraFan™ engine demonstrator programme. As a Core Partner in Clean Sky 2 and in the Rolls-Royce led UltraFan™...

A Brief History of 3D Printing for Rockets

Commercialized space travel is becoming a reality thanks to more affordable 3D-printed rocket components. Commercialized space travel is no longer the preserve of science fiction -- but that doesn't mean it's cheap. The average NASA...

GE Aviation & GE Additive cut costs by 35% by switching four existing parts from castings to metal 3D printing

It is the first time GE Aviation had shifted production from investment casting to AM based strictly on cost and today, both companies see potential for hundreds more Sister technology companies GE Aviation and GE Additive are currently...

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Atlas Copco saves time (90%) & costs (30%) with EOS industrial 3D printing

A supplier of industrial 3D printing solutions, EOS has helped Atlas Copco move to an in-house polymer-based AM (Additive Manufacturing) process.  Atlas Copco manufactures compressors,...

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