Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace

The sky’s the limit! 3D Print parts that are stronger and lighter than parts made using traditional manufacturing processes.

Additive Manufacturing within the aerospace industry provides you with the ability to manufacture complex functional parts with defined aerodynamic properties, without tooling and on demand. Creation of fuel tanks, jigs and fixtures, structural hinges, engine and turbine parts are just some of the examples of what is possible with aerospace Additive Manufacturing.

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Benefits

Flexible Design. 3D printing allows for the design and print of more complex designs than traditional manufacturing processes. ...
Rapid Prototyping. ...
Complex parts
Print on Demand. ...
Strong and Lightweight Parts. ...
Fast Design and Production. ...
Minimising Waste. ...
Cost Effective as a tool free process
Lower CO2 emissions

Real World 3D Printing Success Story

Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Royal Netherlands Air Force is the Netherlands’ guardian of the skies. Their fleet contains a wide range of helicopters, fighter jets, and cargo planes. These aircraft have many unique, custom-made parts which are difficult to work on with off-the-shelf tools.

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Space X

3DGBIRE teamed up with An Duong founder of More Than 3D and The CREATE Education Project ambassador to produce a number of scale Crew Dragon Spacecraft models, which arrived just in time to celebrate the successful landing of the capsule with SpaceX engineers at Hawthorne, California, USA.

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miniFactory and NLR aiming to the sky

miniFactory and NLR (Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre) have signed a collaboration agreement to provide recognition of the certification process for aerospace industry parts manufactured using the FFF 3D printing technology.

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ARMOR supports Airbus in the innovation of its additive manufacturing processes

3D printing materials qualified and standardize the additive manufacturing process within AIRBUS in order to be able to produce prototypes quickly while guaranteeing a level of quality that meets the group’s standards.

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HP Digital Manufacturing Network partner Materialise enables Avular to produce customized, on-demand parts for drones

Materialise’s commitment to quality, scalability, and an efficient supply chain—benefits offered by HP Digital Manufacturing Network members—make it the perfect manufacturing partner for Avular

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