Aerospace - TCT (Page 35)

Spaceship EAC team explores lunar construction by 3D printing simulated Moon dust

Using ""low-tech" approach to a high-tech situation,'' student Billy Grundström is working with Spaceship EAC's advanced manufacturing team to 3D print parts from simulated Moon dust.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Jul 2020

Hollow cylinder 3D printed using the lunar regolith simulant EAC-1A. (Image Credit: ESA-B.Grundström)

BAE Systems installs fourth Stratasys F900 FDM machine as it looks to increase application of 3D printing

BAE Systems has installed a fourth Stratasys F900 fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printer, which will run around the clock at the company's new smart factory in the UK.

By TCT Team

/ 14 Jul 2020

Stratasys F900 at BAE Systems BAE Systems’ fourth Stratasys F900 3D Printer will serve as an integral aspect of the company’sFactory of the Future initiative, running around the clock.

BAE Systems aims to additively manufacture 30% of Tempest aircraft components as new smart factory opens

BAE Systems has set a target for 30% of its Tempest fighter jet componentry to be manufactured with 3D printing as a new multi-million-pound smart factory opens in Warton, Lancashire.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Jul 2020

Optomec launches tool to calculate ROI of automated laser cladding for gas turbine MRO

Optomec has launched a new tool which calculates potential cost savings when using automated laser cladding equipment in the repair of gas turbine components.

By TCT Team

/ 8 Jul 2020

Optomec has more than 100 laser cladding systems installed worldwide which are said to be used by most major manufacturers of aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. (Credit: Optomec...

Stratasys' Scott Sevcik: "Aerospace is the right place for additive manufacturing to mature"

Stratasys VP of Aerospace Scott Sevcik discusses the application of additive manufacturing in aerospace, the company's certification efforts and why the industry is perfect for 3D printing.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Jul 2020

Redwire acquires space additive manufacturing company Made in Space

The company is the latest to be acquired up by the newly formed venture setup by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners in June following the purchase of Deep Space Systems and Adcole Space.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Jun 2020

Made in Space Archinaut Progression Made In Space will also use PEI/PC to benefit its Archinaut Development Program.

VELO3D secures largest ever order

Considering the anticipated post-COVID-19 economic downturn, VELO3D post a significant order for its metal additive manufacturing technology.

By Daniel O'Connor

/ 22 Jun 2020

3D printing in space: What I learned from my astronaut mission - by Sabrina Kerber

Sabrina Kerber reports back from a two-week simulation in which she investigated how 3D printing could be used to improve life on a moonbase.

By TCT Team

/ 17 Jun 2020

Chinese aerospace parts supplier Falcontech to set up 'super additive manufacturing' factory with 50 Farsoon metal machines

Chinese aerospace manufacturing service provider Falcontech is planning to run 50 Farsoon metal 3D printing systems as it aims to establish a ‘super additive manufacturing' factory.

By TCT Team

/ 27 May 2020

Falcontech production floor featuring Farsoon's FS421M, FS301M and FS271M machines.

3D printing used by Italian researchers to produce International Space Station cosmic UV telescope

Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics has used Stratasys FDM 3D printing technology to produce the entire mechanical structure of a cosmic UV telescope for the International Space Station.

By TCT Team

/ 21 May 2020

3D printed Mini-EUSO placed on an earth-facing window of the Russian Zvezda module of the ISS. 3D printed Mini-EUSO placed on an earth-facing window of the Russian Zvezda module of th...

Large-format 3D printer now in operation at Ascent Aerospace

The US provider of tooling and automation systems for the aerospace industry, has announced that its Thermwood large-format 3D printer is now fully operational at its facility in Santa Ana, California.

By TCT Team

/ 20 May 2020

Ascent Additive Manufacturing Machine Installation Ascent's large-format additive manufacturing machine.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems successfully flies its first metal 3D printed part

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has successfully flown a metal additively manufactured part for the first time after a collaboration with GE Additive AddWorks.

By TCT Team

/ 19 May 2020

NACA inlet case summary. GE Additive General Atomics NACA inlet case summary.