Aerospace - TCT Magazine (Page 31)

Collins Aerospace breaks ground on 14 million USD expansion of additive manufacturing centre in Iowa

Last week on July 21, Collins Aerospace broke ground on a 14 million USD expansion of its additive manufacturing centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 9,000-square-foot expansion will allow Collins to make room for more metal 3D printers.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 25 Jul 2022

Collins Aerospace breaks ground at West Des Moines AM centre

Liebherr to supply complex 3D printed component for the Airbus A350 fleet

Airbus has selected Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH to be the supplier for the lower cargo door actuator and valve for the A350. The complex valve will be manufactured by Liebherr using 3D printing.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 25 Jul 2022

3D Systems partners with Fleet Space Technologies to additively manufacture antennas for next-gen satellites

3D Systems has announced a new collaboration with Fleet Space Technologies, which has led to the production of innovative RF patch antennas for use on its Alpha satellite constellation.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 22 Jul 2022

UK schoolboy designs and 3D prints one of a kind 'unmanufacturable' Aerospike rocket

During the lockdowns in the UK, high-school student Ewan Craig turned to learning about rockets after he finished his required studies and dove into the mysteries of propulsion and all things aerospace.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 20 Jul 2022

Ewan's design ideas and notes for his company

Relativity Space to launch Impulse Space's Mars Lander with 3D printed Terran R rocket

Relativity Space is to launch Impulse Space’s Mars Cruise Vehicle and Mars Lander in its 3D printed Terran R rocket on a trans-Mars injection (TMI) orbit.

By Sam Davies

/ 19 Jul 2022

Relativity's Stargate 3D printing technology. - Relativity Space

Keeping cool: How metal 3D printing enabled this complex helicopter heat exchanger design

What do the wings of a butterfly, the feathers of a bird, the retinal cone cells of a tree shrew, and this helicopter heat exchanger all have in common? It’

By Sam Davies

/ 19 Jul 2022

#93 Innovators on Innovators: Eliana Fu & Paul Gradl on the use of 3D printing in space exploration

Trumpf Industry Manager for Aerospace & Medical Eliana Fu sits down with NASA's Paul Gradl to discuss NASA's application of 3D printing, the importance of space exploration and inspiring the next generation of aerospace engineers.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Jul 2022

AWI targets 3D printing with exotic nickel alloy wire

The UK-based company, which specialises in round, flat and profile wire, is set to showcase what it believes to be ‘an exciting new offer’ for part manufacturers, particularly in aerospace.

By TCT Team

/ 14 Jul 2022

Alloy Wire International is now selling its exotic nickel alloy wire to the 3D printing industry

Ursa Major delivers its first copper-based 3D printed engine components

Ursa Major, the only privately funded company in the USA that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, delivered its first copper-based 3D printed rocket engine combustion chambers out of its AM lab in Youngstown, Ohio.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 13 Jul 2022

EOS M 400 at Ursa Major's Advanced Manufacturing Lab in Youngstown, Ohio. Rocket propulsion company Ursa Major’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab in Youngstown, Ohio, where its EOS laser po...

Feeling ultrasonic: How NASA JPL is deploying Fabrisonic 3D printing for space

Head of Content Laura Griffiths talks to NASA engineers about the organisation's application of Fabrisonic's metal additive manufacturing technology.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 13 Jul 2022

Drone manufacturer Heliguy works with AM Solutions to optimise its product range

UK commercial drone innovator Heliguy has been working with leading additive manufacturing post-processing solution provider AM Solutions to optimise parts for its product range.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 8 Jul 2022

DMC and Satellite Applications Catapult collaborate to support acceleration of UK space sector with AM

The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) and the Satellite Applications Catapult have partner to expand the UK’s influence in the space industry.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 8 Jul 2022

DMC and Satellite Applications Catapult collaborate to support acceleration of UK space sector with AM