After joining the United States’ first 3D printing institute, America Makes, in 2013, Alcoa Inc. has begun looking into how they can best incorporate 3D printing technology into their business as the third largest producer of aluminum in the world. …
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3D Printing is Fit for a King (or a Sultan)
The rise of 3D printing technologies will make cost-effective customization tools available to most people — eventually. However, customisation tends to come at a price, and even more so in the early days of a new technology that makes it…
Sculpteo’s 3D Printed Model Determines Optimal Rosetta Landing Site
Landing a spacecraft as big as a manatee on an enormous comet seems like science fiction. But there is a comet — named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — that the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to explore. In just a few days, the…
Spaceward Bound For Large SLS Part
One of the longest components produced using powder bed printing, at 40cm, is soon to head into orbit around the Earth. Industrial additive manufacturing solutions company EOS has provided the 3D printing prowess for the satellite-part redesign, in the form…
3D Printed Rocket Part Passes Fire Test
A copper alloy additive manufacturing technology withstood a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) by NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company. The testing happened to be a first for the…
2nd Annual Additive Aerospace Event Will be Sponsored By Sciaky
Sciaky, Inc., a provider of Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) machines and a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) has announced its sponsorship of the second annual Additive Aerospace Summit. The event, which will take place in Los Angeles, CA,…
Hubble Hangout – The possibilities of 3D Printing in Zero-G
Hubble Hangouts is exploring the possibilities of 3D Printing in Space. Join Tony Darcell from Space Telescope Science Institute with Jason Dunn and Michael Snyder from Made in Space, as they discuss the future of additive manufacturing and space travel. Also…
3D Printed LEAP Engines Successfully Take to the Sky
Much has been documented about the development of GE Aviation’s LEAP engine, developed by CFM International, which is a joint venture between GE and France’s Snecma. Indeed, the LEAP is the best selling family of jet engines in GE’s history,…
Contour Crafting Wins NASA Grand Prize for Design, Future Contractors Will Be 3D Printers
3D printing works its way into large-scale construction, and we have only scratched the surface with potential ramifications. One of the names at the forefront of the 3D printing construction revolution is Contour Crafting. Recently, Contour Crafting’s production earned the…
Do Airports Dream of 3D Printed Birds?
Sure, a robotic falcon can fulfill your need for a best friend, but it may also serve a purpose for industry. See, birds can cause problems in areas like waste management, aviation, and agriculture, eating crops, spreading disease, crashing into…
