Aerospace - TCT (Page 28)

AFRL-funded America Makes Project Call to advance domestic capability for 3D printed aero and defence parts

America Makes has announced a new Directed Project Call worth $1m in total funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Oct 2021

Optomec delivers $1m metal 3D printing system to existing customer

Optomec has delivered a $1 million additive manufacturing system for the production repair of aircraft turbine components to an existing customer.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Oct 2021

Gas engine undergoing overhaul at an MRO facility. - Optomec

European Space Agency to test Incus metal 3D printing tech in micro-gravity environment

Lithography-based metal 3D printing company Incus is working with the European Space Agency (ESA), OHB System AG and Lithoz GmbH to develop and test 3D printing in a micro-gravity environment.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Oct 2021

Avio Aero & GE Additive partner with BEAMIT to develop post-processing tech for 3D printed aerospace engine parts

Avio Aero and GE Additive have signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with BEAMIT to collaborate on technology development relating to the post-processing of 3D printed parts for the GE9X and the Catalyst engines.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Sep 2021

MakerBot 3D printing technology harnessed by Lockheed Martin for NASA Lunar Rover programme

Lockheed Martin is using MakerBot 3D printing technology as it develops an AI-assisted Lunar Rover for NASA’s Artemis programme.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Sep 2021

EOS, BEAMIT & Boeing partner with Assembrix to develop cross-continent distributed additive manufacturing model

Manufacturing software provider Assembrix is working with Boeing, EOS, BEAMIT and 3T Additive Manufacturing to demonstrate a cross-continent distributed 3D printing network.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Sep 2021

EOS, BEAMIT & Boeing partner with Assembrix to develop cross-continent distributed additive manufacturing model

New space, new applications: Sintavia CEO on 3D printing and rocket building

TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths speaks to Sintavia's Brian Neff about additive manufacturing's growing role in the space sector.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 1 Sep 2021

Launcher adds second VELO3D metal 3D printer to produce rocket engine parts

The company installed its first VELO3D Sapphire 3D printer back in April to print parts in Inconel and will now use this second machine to 3D print rocket parts in titanium.

By TCT Team

/ 1 Sep 2021

Launcher’s Orbiter propellant tank printed out of Inconel using its first VELO3D Sapphire Printer.

DM3D Technology manufactures ten-foot-tall rocket nozzle liner for NASA project with DED 3D printing

A Directed Energy Deposition (DED) 3D printing platform from DM3D Technologies is being used by Auburn University in a liquid rocket engine project with NASA.

By TCT Team

/ 24 Aug 2021

Two-tonne additively manufactured full-scale RS25 nozzle liner printed by DM3D Technologies.

Cabin Management Solutions deploys Markforged 3D printing tech for aircraft cabin parts

Cabin Management Solutions (CMS) is additively manufacturing end-use parts for the interior of luxury aircraft with two Markforged X7 carbon fibre 3D printing systems.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Aug 2021

3D printed parts with gold metal electroplated overlays. - Markforged/ YouTube

Etihad Engineering, EOS & Baltic3D partner on 3D printed aircraft cabin parts project

Etihad Engineering is carrying out research into the applicability of 3D printing to be used for the serial manufacture of aircraft interior parts alongside EOS and Baltic3D.

By TCT Team

/ 18 Aug 2021

PA 2241 FR material samples, produced at Baltic3D, ready to be shipped for flammability testing. - Elina Dejus

The easy part: nTopology on the redesign of a 3D printed turbogenerator housing

Senior Content Producer Sam Davies speaks to nTopology's Technical Director of Aerospace and Defence Ryan O'Hara about the redesign of an aerospace-grade turbogenerator housing, additively manufactured for KW Micro Power.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Aug 2021