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Airbus will receive titanium powders from AP&C for use in metal 3D printing.

Airbus will receive titanium powders from AP&C for use in metal 3D printing.

Airbus has inked a new agreement with GE Additive’s AP&C division to supply Ti-6AI-4V titanium powders for use in metal additive manufacturing applications. AP & C has partnered with airbus for the last couple of years, and this new multi-year arrangement extends that collaboration. Airbus has long used 3D printing technology to make a variety of aeroplane parts, using both polymer and metal…

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Deep Space Challenge by NASA sees numerous Competitors leveraging 3Dprinting

Deep Space Challenge by NASA sees numerous Competitors leveraging 3Dprinting

In the second half of this decade, there will be numerous space launches by NASA,A sustainable food system is important in supporting earth’s off-world exploration.While early Moon missions will start by using prepackaged food systems like those used by the international space station today, increased mission time will involve reducing resupply dependency on the earth.For this reason, NASA is…

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Proponent and Materialise aims to make 3D printing readily Available to the aerospace market

Proponent and Materialise aims to make 3D printing readily Available to the aerospace market

Materialise is partnering with aircraft part distributor Propnent to examine how additive manufacturing could help aerospace OEMs. The companies are anticipating the creation of a digital supply chain that allows on-demand manufacturing, with additive manufacturing being ‘brought into the procurement domain’ to make the technology readily available for MROs to source 3D printed parts. Through…

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Stratasys and Hexagon partners leverage 3D printing solutions for plastics

Stratasys and Hexagon partners leverage 3D printing solutions for plastics

Stratasys is partnering with Hexagon’s manufacturing division to help develop a new solution for manufacturers in the aerospace division to boost trust in the performance, and safety of 3D printed plastic parts and compress time to market. The partnership will be providing virtual engineering and manufacturing support and with this, customers will reduce their two to three years time factor of…

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Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis to give a talk about the future of 3D-printed rockets

Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis to give a talk about the future of 3D-printed rockets

Elon Musk has done a good job of making the launch industry a feasible start-up idea for individuals rather than countries to create companies around. A unique direction Relativity Space, a private American aerospace manufacturer company headquartered in Los Angeles, California is taking is incorporating 3D technology into its manufacturing process.

The companies heavy focus on 3D printing…

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