Dutch airline KLM has been using 3D printing to introduce a sustainable new model of printing tools and components. The company has become the first airline in the world to recycle plastic ...
Read More »The US Air Force's first certified 3D printed part might somewhat surprise you. Faced with an aging aircraft fleet, the USAF is turning to 3D printing to dramatically cut down turnaround ...
Read More »In collaboration with Boeing and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Thermwood is printing aircraft demonstrator tools for a low-cost fuselage skin concept. With the use of ...
Read More »Carnegie Mellon University’s Next Manufacturing Center and Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI) will be researching the production of aviation components thanks to being selected to ...
Read More »In the realm of supersonic airplanes, the name that stands tallest is probably the Concorde. This once novel name became associated with speed, having broken the sound barrier to win its ...
Read More »GM and Boeing's co-owned HRL laboratories has registered their 3D printed aluminum alloy with the Aluminum Association. This is a major step forward for the eventual commercialization and ...
Read More »Aeronautics company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) will be consulted by GE Additive’s AddWorks service to accelerate their metal printing plans. While GA-ASI may not be a ...
Read More »Aviation services provider Etihad is looking to change up their production processes by adding 3D printing to the mix. As part of a new partnership with EOS systems, Etihad will be ...
Read More »Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency have been in talks concerning production of 3D Printed parts. Now, they have signed an agreement for the joint-development of ...
Read More »Lufthansa Technik is partnering up with Oerlikon to improve additive manufacturing processes (particularly their replication and repeatability). The companies are looking to make a more ...
Read More »A new joint venture between RMIT University and RUAG Australia places both companies in the Aircraft part production game. Both organisations will be producing aeronautic parts with ...
Read More »There are very few technologies as crucial to modern innovation as the aircraft. The problem is that planes are expensive, fuel intensive and require complex design work. Naturally, ...
Read More »Two manufacturing giants, Airbus and Renishaw, have partnered on a new project to help build the next generation of aircraft wings with additive manufacturing. The $23.15 million plan ...
Read More »A few weeks ago General Electric announced that the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) cleared their first 3D printed part to fly. The fist-sized T25 housing for a compressor inlet ...
Read More »A while back we wrote an article about Airbus and its focus on a 3D printed aviation future. The ideas were astonishing and seemed limitless. Now I stumbled upon a Tedtalk of Bastian ...
Read More »In our article World’s biggest and fastest 3D printer in the making you can read about Airbus taking a lot of interest in the 3D printing technology. But they are not the only aviation giant ...
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