Aerospace - TCT (Page 38)

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.

3D printing in zero gravity

A team of aerospace engineering students from Munich University of Applied Sciences are using the vipro-HEAD printhead from ViscoTec for experiments within the scope of an ESA project.

By TCT Team

/ 18 May 2020

GE working with United States Air Force to 3D print spare aircraft parts

GE’s Additive and Aviation businesses have partnered to produce a 3D printed sump cover for the F110 engine used by the United States Air Force (USAF) for two of its aircraft.

By TCT Team

/ 18 May 2020

Additively manufactured, cobalt-chrome sump cover for F110 engine produced by GE Aviation on the Concept Laser M2 machine. - GE Additive

Alba Orbital 3D prints Pocketqube satellite deployer with CRP Technology

The additive manufacturing specialist has been working with Glasgow-based Alba Orbital to build an updated deployer for PocketQube satellites.

By TCT Team

/ 13 May 2020

3D printed AlbaPods 2.0 in Windform XT 2.0. (Credit: Alba Orbital)

America Makes latest Project Call seeks 3D printing innovation to support U.S. Air Force

Additive for eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts Project Call seeks solutions to enhance readiness of high-precision optical components used in sensors, space systems and more.

By TCT Team

/ 6 May 2020

Sandvik metal 3D printing powder plant receives AS9100D certification for aerospace supply

Sandvik has announced its new Sandviken-based powder plant for titanium and nickel-based alloys has received AS9100D certification, a boost to the company’s additive manufacturing ambitions in the aerospace industry.

By TCT Team

/ 29 Apr 2020

Dyndrite appoints Blue Origin additive manufacturing lead Steve Walton

The Seattle-based additive manufacturing software developer has hired Steve Walton as Head of Product Development.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Apr 2020

Steve Walton Dyndrite Steve Walton, Dyndrite's new Head of Product Development.

BEAMIT and Praxair team up to extend range of services within aerospace

Service provider BEAMIT has announced a partnership with Praxair Surface Technologies which will seek to ‘offer an extended range of services’ to the aviation industry.

By TCT Team

/ 18 Mar 2020

BEAMIT expands SLM Solutions fleet (Credit: BEAMIT)