World-renowned aerospace services provider Etihad is looking to change up their production processes by adding 3D printing to … [Read more...]
Aviation
The aviation industry uses 3D printing technology because it has the capability of reducing aircraft weight, while increasing customization and overall construction efficiency.
The FAA already cleared GE Aviation's first 3D printed part to fly and as of March 2015, Boeing approximately has more than twenty thousand non-metallic additive manufactured parts that are on airplanes they've delivered to their customers.
UCL Students Print Prototype Unmanned Aircraft Systems
A team of University College London students partnered with Ogle models for their entry into the Unmanned Aircraft Systems … [Read more...]
Airbus Signs Agreement to Produce 3D Printed Parts for Singapore
Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency have been in talks concerning production of 3D Printed parts. … [Read more...]
Oerlikon & Lufthansa Collaborate to Improve Additive Manufacturing
Switzerland-based technology and engineering group Oerlikon is partnering up with Lufthansa Technik to improve additive … [Read more...]
RMIT University Forms Aircraft Part Printing Collaboration
A new joint venture between RMIT University and RUAG Australia places both companies in the Aircraft part production game. … [Read more...]
Autodesk Creates Seat Frames Mixing 3D Printing With Metal Casting
Autodesk are no strangers to novel 3D printing concepts. Now, researcher Andreas Bastian produced a 3D design accustomed to … [Read more...]
Eviation & Stratasys Break New Grounds in Electric Aircraft Manufacturing
There are very few technologies as crucial to modern innovation as the aircraft. The problem is that planes are expensive, … [Read more...]
Boeing Set to Use 3D Printed Titanium Parts for 787
Metal 3D printing has always been lauded for its industrial applications. One of its most promising uses is in aeronautical … [Read more...]
Could 3D Printing Be Used To Build The Next Generation of Aircraft Wings?
Two manufacturing giants, Airbus and Renishaw, have partnered on a new project to help build the next generation of aircraft … [Read more...]
3D Printed Solar UAV that Spots Poachers in Africa
Toby Lankford, developer of aerial and personal robotics has developed a fully 3D printed solar UAV he calls Icarus 3.0 to … [Read more...]
3D Printed Aircraft Parts and Engines Could Lighten Aircrafts by 50%
Researchers at McCormick Northwestern University led by Eric Massanet have published a research, stating that 3D printed … [Read more...]
GE Aviation gets FAA Certification for First 3D Printed Jet Engine Part
A few weeks ago General Electric announced that the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) cleared their first 3D printed … [Read more...]
China Eastern Airlines 3D Prints Aircraft Parts
Since the application of a unique patent from Boeing to 3D Print aircraft parts, a number of airlines have been trying to … [Read more...]
Boeing files patent for 3D-printed aircraft parts
Last week, Geekwire reported that Boeing recently has filed a patent application for its 3d printed aircraft … [Read more...]
Scientists 3D Printed Two Jet Engines
It the beginning of the 3D printing 'hype' it was all about printing funny looking phone cases and jewelry, but as time … [Read more...]
Bastian Schaefer Talks About The Future of 3D Printed Aviation
A while back we wrote an article about Airbus and its focus on a 3D printed aviation future. The ideas were astonishing and … [Read more...]
Boeing Embraces the 3D Printing Technology
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 … [Read more...]