The partners hope to strengthen national manufacturing resiliency and enable faster production for shipbuilding and fleet readiness by combining their respective offerings.
The system follows a circular tool path, allowing it to print round components, and will open up new possibilities for aerospace and industry, according to ETH Zurich. A patent application has been filed.
Caracol says the new headquarters strengthens its long-term commitment to North America's manufacturing industry, suggesting the facility will allow for faster delivery, tailored solutions and deeper collaboration with local customers.
GKN Aerospace has established a new production line dedicated to the additive fabrication of a Fan Case Mount Ring (FCMR), a critical component of the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine powering Airbus’ A220 and Embraer E195-E2.
Ursa Major is now running a fleet of six EOS-powered metal 3D printers and is set up to scale its hypersonics production from its Youngstown, Ohio, facility.
The EnvisionTec dental portfolio includes the patented cDLM technology in the Envision One and the Einstein DLP printer lines, as well as materials like the hybrid nanoceramic Flexcera resin for 3D printed dental prosthetics.
Together, Titomic and Amaero will down select refractory and titanium alloy powders based on development programmes and customer demand, with Amaero manufacturing the powders and Titomic manufacturing coatings and parts.
The food and beverage company has a team of three experts using 3D printing systems to produce replacement and spare parts, with a tandardised process for 3D printing technology being developed in the last year.
The consortium includes 3T Additive Manufacturing, BeyondMath, Qdot Technology and the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, and has received 14.1 million GBP of funding from the UK Government.
With an emphasis on transportation-grade homologations and standards, the four new materials consist of two elastomers (RU55 - Shore 55A and RU70 - Shore 70A) and two rigid polymers (ST3-V0 and ST3-HB).
In partnership with RTX and the Raytheon Technologies Research Center (RTRC), Velo3D is looking to develop a high throughput process that is cost-effective.
