Aircraft Philipp Group, a German supplier of aeronautic metals, has expanded its additive manufacturing capabilities with the purchase of an Arc605 metal 3D printer from GEFERTEC. As the Berlin-based …
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Airbus ramps up 3D printing with Liebherr and Ultimaker
International aerospace company Airbus is the subject of two new 3D printing announcements this week. In the first instance, Swiss OEM Liebherr-Aerospace is to start supplying serial produced 3D print…
NASA installs Tether Refabricator aboard ISS for in-space 3D printing
The Refabricator system by the US-based aerospace company Tethers Unlimited Inc. (TUI) has been installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The integrated 3D printer and plastic recycler was l…
SLM Solutions 3D prints landmark single piece rocket engine for Orbex
Germany’s SLM Solutions has produced what is tipped to be the “world’s largest 3D printed rocket engine” for British spaceflight company Orbex. Part of the inaugural unveiling …
Thermwood’s LSAM machines 3D print 20 foot helicopter blade mold for Bell
Indiana’s Thermwood Corporation has used it’s Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) technology to 3D print what is believed to be the largest autoclave capable tool ever made. It was produced for …
NASA awards Copper 3D grant for 3D printing antibacterial medical devices in space
Copper 3D, a US-based Chilean 3D printing materials company, has received another grant from NASA. The money has been awarded to test the properties of antibacterial 3D printing materials for medical …
CRP Technology creates aircraft wind tunnel model with 3D printed exterior
CRP Technology, an Italian additive manufacturing materials company, has 3D printed multiple parts for a wind tunnel model of the tiltrotor AW609 aircraft. Using SLS and CRP Technology’s Windform carb…
3D printing applied to MRO of F/A-18 Hornet by U.S. Marines
At the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, southern Japan, 3D printing is now in use to keep F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters airborne. MCAS Iwakuni engineers have devised two products that …
Blue Origin begins construction of $200 million rocket engine factory
Blue Origin, LLC, the private American aerospace company of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has started building a factory in Huntsville, Alabama for its 3D printing-inclusive rocket engines. Set to open in 20…
ESA contracts OHB to develop large-scale 3D printer prototype for the ISS
OHB SE, a German space and technology group, has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its subsidiary, OHB System AG, to develop a 3D printer prototype for the International S…