Aerospace - TCT (Page 31)

Materialise and EOS announce 3D printing first with Airbus

Materialise and EOS have been qualified by Airbus to manufacture flight-ready parts using EOS’s laser sintering technology and a flame-retardant polyamide (PA 2241 FR) powder.

By TCT Team

/ 27 May 2021

Materialise has been qualified by Airbus to manufacture flight-ready parts using EOS’s laser sintering technology.

Continuous Composites to produce integrated wing spar and rib configuration with CF3D via DoD contract

Continuous Composites has been awarded a $750k Phase II SBIR contract to demonstrate its Continuous Fiber 3D Printing technology for a multi-functional Department of Defense (DoD) application.

By TCT Team

/ 20 May 2021

Single component, organically integrated wing spar and rib configuration.

GKN Aerospace leans on 3D printing to deliver ICC to Rolls-Royce UltraFan engine demonstrator programme

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) to the Rolls-Royce UltraFan engine demonstrator programme with the help of 3D printing.

By TCT Team

/ 11 May 2021

GE Aviation moves production of four land/marine turbine parts from casting to metal additive manufacturing

GE Aviation has projected cost saving of 35% after switching the production of four land/marine turbine bleed air parts from casting to metal 3D printing.

By TCT Team

/ 10 May 2021

Satellite Applications Catapult to offer MetalFAB1 3D printing capabilities to UK space SMEs

The machine will made available to UK companies at the Satellite Applications Catapult’s Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre (DISC) at Westcott Venture Park from July this year.

By TCT Team

/ 4 May 2021

Lars Ryberg, Director Business Development UK & Ireland (left), inspecting the MetalFAB1 with Mike Curtis-Rouse (right), Head of Manufacturing for Space at Satellite Applications Catapult.

Continuous Composites 3D prints structural carbon fibre spars for AFRL aircraft wing assembly project

Continuous Composites has successfully completed a two-year Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract after additively manufacturing the structural carbon fibre spars of a Low Cost Attritable Aircraft (LCAA) wing assembly.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Apr 2021

Continuous Composites Wing AFRL Continuous Composites carbon fibre wing spars structural performance demonstrated to 160% design limit load.

Safran Landing Systems produces bizjet landing gear part with SLM Solutions metal 3D printing technology

Safran Landing Systems and SLM Solutions have successfully tested Selective Laser Melting technology to produce a nose landing gear part for a bizjet.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Apr 2021

Getting up to standard: Burloak Technologies on its journey to becoming a supplier of 3D printed parts to Boeing

Burloak Technologies on the long road to becoming a certified supplier of additively manufactured aluminium parts to Boeing.

By Sam Davies

/ 29 Mar 2021

Getting up to standard: Burloak Technologies on its journey to becoming a supplier of 3D printed parts to Boeing

Senior Aerospace installs two Stratasys Fortus 450mc machines to 3D print interior aircraft parts

Senior Aerospace BWT has installed two Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D printing systems to design and produce interior aircraft components for its customers.

By TCT Team

/ 29 Mar 2021

University of Colorado Boulder selects Roboze 3D printing tech for CubeSat project

Roboze 3D printing technology has been selected by the University of Colorado Boulder to produce components for a CubeSat project.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Mar 2021

University of Colorado Boulder selects Roboze 3D printing tech for CubeSat project

Chromalloy installs VELO3D Sapphire metal 3D printing system to support MRO efforts

MRO supplier Chromalloy has selected VELO3D’s Sapphire metal 3D printing system to support its maintenance and repair efforts within the aviation and energy sectors.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Mar 2021

CHromalloy VELO3D MRO Zack Hopkins, Engineer II, Chromalloy Gas Turbine, with the company’s newly delivered Sapphire metal additive manufacturing system.

Sintavia invests further in GE Additive Arcam metal 3D printing technology

Sintavia has acquired an additional three GE Additive Arcam A2X electron beam 3D printing systems.

By TCT Team

/ 2 Mar 2021

Sintavia A2X Machines GE Additive Arcam - Sintavia