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ORNL 3D Prints Steel Mold for Boeing Aircraft Work
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Boeing have produced a steel Stamp Form Die (SFD) mold using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The tool stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide, weighs close to 2 tons, and took eight weeks…
AML3D Commits AU$0.53M to Project Targeting Aerospace Tooling Lead Times of Up to 24 Months
Australian metal additive manufacturing (AM) company AML3D has joined a three-year research and development (R&D) project that aims to qualify its Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAM) process for aerospace tooling production. The company is one of several industry and research participants,…
New LPBF Validation Targets Crack-Free Copper-Nickel Alloy Aerospace Parts
Chinese metal additive manufacturing equipment maker Eplus3D has collaborated with Young-Will Aerospace to validate a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process for copper-nickel (CuNi) alloy aerospace components. The project produced crack-free parts with a tensile strength of 570 MPa, 18%…
Skyrora Cuts Rocket Engine Mass 44% with Titanium 3D Printed Part
UK launch company Skyrora has finished hot-fire testing a 3.5kN low Earth orbit engine built with a titanium-coated component developed through the European Union-funded MADE-3D program. The test campaign, carried out at Skyrora’s facility in Midlothian, Scotland, closes out the…
EWI Wins $13.2M America Makes Project Call for AM Quality Assurance System
America Makes, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), have announced EWI as the winner of a $13.2M project call focused on additive manufacturing (AM) quality assurance. The project, known as the INtegrated System for In-situ Testing…
From Print Lab to Test Fire: Chromatic 3D Materials’ New Camp Ripley Facility
Minneapolis-based company Chromatic 3D Materials has established a rocket propellant test-firing capability at Camp Ripley, a 53,000-acre Minnesota National Guard training facility near Little Falls, under a five-year lease agreement that took effect June 1. The company says the site…
Materialise Produces Certified Titanium Latch for Lufthansa Technik
Internationally licensed maintenance, production and development organization Lufthansa Technik has replaced a damage-prone polymer latch on Airbus A330, A340, and A380 roller shutter assemblies with a redesigned titanium version, produced through metal 3D printing by Belgian additive manufacturing company Materialise.…
Rocket Lab sets up German subsidiary, opening the door to satellite manufacturing in Europe
Rocket Lab has formally established Rocket Lab Germany GmbH, creating the legal vehicle for satellite, payload and component production in Germany and for offering Electron and Neutron launch services to European customers. The entity is headquartered in Munich, where the…
University of Melbourne and CSIRO Win Race2Space LOX Bipropellant Category
A three-person student team from the University of Melbourne has hot-fired a 3D printed regeneratively cooled liquid bipropellant rocket engine at Race2Space in the UK, taking first place in the competition’s liquid oxygen (LOX) bipropellant category. CSIRO, which supported the…
