Oct. 29, 2020, Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a leading provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced a substantial commitment to increase its manufacturing capacity by transitioning large parts manufacturing to...
Oct. 26, 2020, the United States Airforce Rapid Sustainment Office has announced that the team consisting of Stress Engineering Services, Origin, and nTopology was awarded 1st place in the F-1 Approval Sprint Challenge. The...
Marco Polo, Columbus, Amundsen – throughout history we could not tame our unlimited curiosity to find the unknown and discover the road less travelled. This desire to push boundaries is part of our evolution....
For hobbyists and makers, 3D printing expands creative possibilities; for specialized engineers, it’s also key to next-generation spacecraft design. If you want to see science fiction at work, visit a modern machine shop, where...
October 7, 2020, VELO3D announced that Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft includes 21 flight hardware components that were manufactured by VELO3D’s Sapphire 3D metal printer. Unveiled today at Boom’s hangar in Centennial, Colorado, XB-1...
Siemens, the technology powerhouse in manufacturing, mobility and infrastructure automation, and digitalization, and Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast polymer production 3D printers, today announced a collaboration designed to bring Nexa3D’s additive manufacturing production systems...
September 15, global standards developer ASTM International announced its third round of funding to support research that helps expedite standards in additive manufacturing (AM). This investment which includes additional in-kind contributions will support the...
Additive manufacturing is currently one of the most significant trends in industry. Now a team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS has developed a Multi Material Jetting system that allows...
In a recent survey of Optomec’s 100+ customer installations using its 3D metal printers specifically for gas turbine component repair, Optomec has calculated that over 10 Million turbine blades have been refurbished. Image via...
Following a traditional manufacturing process, metal prototypes are commonly first produced for form, fit, and functional testing, often through CNC machining, before moving to other fabrication processes for higher quantities of end-use parts. Metal...
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