By Loretta Marie Perera The field of customizing aircraft is growing. Companies like Tech Strake, specialize in aircraft customization in Japan. According to CEO Masakazu Hikichi, aircraft customization enables an ordinary aircraft like a … [Read more...] about 3D scanning ensures cameras will mount to helicopters
Aerospace
Using additive manufacturing to create lower weight and combine functions in microturbine housing
KW Micro Power, a small Florida-based manufacturer, designs and manufactures high power density Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for commercial aviation and military applications. Over the past five years, Enrique Enriquez, president of KW Micro Power, … [Read more...] about Using additive manufacturing to create lower weight and combine functions in microturbine housing
Rapid Application Group announces additive manufacturing contract with Metro Aerospace
Rapid Application Group (RAG) announced a manufacturing agreement with Metro Aerospace for the provision of FAA-certified parts using SLS additive manufacturing. Metro Aerospace, based in Dallas TX, delivers innovative Microvanes that reduce drag and … [Read more...] about Rapid Application Group announces additive manufacturing contract with Metro Aerospace
Additive manufacturing produces complex metal parts for the Boom Supersonic XB-1
The unveiling of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft last fall at the company’s Denver hangar has brought the dream of a return to supersonic air travel closer to reality. While XB-1, as well as the company’s future Overture … [Read more...] about Additive manufacturing produces complex metal parts for the Boom Supersonic XB-1
EOS helps students at University of Texas to develop an ambitious rocket design
EOS, a leading technology supplier in industrial 3D printing for metals and polymers, announced its ongoing support for the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab (TREL) at The University of Texas (UT). EOS is providing TREL—a collegiate rocket laboratory … [Read more...] about EOS helps students at University of Texas to develop an ambitious rocket design
How to make predictions in additive manufacturing with simulation apps
Engineers at the Industrial Technology Research Institute built a simulation app that can be used to predict the performance of laser powder bed fusion, an additive manufacturing process. The app saves time and money during the additive manufacturing … [Read more...] about How to make predictions in additive manufacturing with simulation apps
3D printing for space—explore boldly
NASA recently announced future rocket engines will include large scale 3D printed parts. A number of other companies are exploring how 3D printing additive manufacturing can be used in future space projects. One company, nTopology, developed software … [Read more...] about 3D printing for space—explore boldly
3D printing functional prototypes for aerospace
Triton Space Technologies, LLC is a Boston, Massachusetts-based engineering design and manufacturing company that specializes in producing rocket propulsion systems. In addition to manufacturing its own line of high-pressure fluid system components … [Read more...] about 3D printing functional prototypes for aerospace
Look at what micro 3D printing can make
Micro 3D printing technology innovator Nanofabrica released information recently about produced parts that illustrate the precision and tolerances achievable through the use of its Tera 250 AM system. Existing at the interface of 3D printing for … [Read more...] about Look at what micro 3D printing can make
Essentium introduces anti-static material for applications in the aerospace and defense industries
Essentium, Inc. introduced Essentium TPU 58D-AS, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe and anti-static thermoplastic polyurethane filament available in color. Unlike other ESD-safe materials, which are only offered in black due to carbon additives, … [Read more...] about Essentium introduces anti-static material for applications in the aerospace and defense industries
