Inside a Tennessee laboratory, a robotic arm spent eight weeks 3D-printing a two-ton, six-foot-tall ...
A team at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has spent eight weeks 3D-printing a massive steel mold that stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide and weighs nearly 2 ...
A 3D-printed RC MiG-9 made it into the air only after its designer solved an overheating ESC, a stubborn center-of-gravity ...
Creating stamping dies using conventional methods is complex and expensive. 3D printing is faster and cheaper – but requires precise planning.
The 60th Maintenance Squadron at Travis Air Force base in California is spearheading an innovative effort to produce 3D-printed aircraft parts. The squadron is the first field unit in the Air Force to ...
When you hear the words "3D printing," what first comes to mind is most likely some sort of simple and hobbyist consumer item. These cool 3D printer possibilities can include action figures and model ...
Airbus is integrating advanced 3D printing, specifically wire-directed energy deposition (w-DED), into its aircraft manufacturing process for structural parts. This w-DED method enables the production ...
The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) and ElectraFly, an aviation company building personal flying vehicles, are teaming up to create 3D printed carbon fiber aircraft parts ...
Glenn House and his colleagues spent more than four years making a new toilet for the B-1 Lancer. The challenge wasn’t fitting the john into the cockpit (it went behind the front left seat), but ...
In an industry as large and competitive as the aeronautical business, production optimization and efficiency are imperative. This need for production advancements is intensified further by increasing ...
3-D printing is no longer a new or innovative technology for the largest manufacturers in aerospace who have been creating solid objects from digital files for more than a decade, but what’s happening ...
Historically, remote control aircraft were produced much like their early full-sized counterparts. Wooden structures were covered with adhesives and taut fabric membranes. Other techniques later came ...