From: On The Record Owen Winkler and his wife, Amy Weaver, can be excused if they think of Washtenaw Community College as extended family. For much of the last semester, the Ann Arbor couple were frequent visitors to the college’s Occupational Education Building. They were there to work with Tom Penird, WCC Industrial Technology instructor, and […]
FRC-East is engaged in several research projects with industry under the umbrella of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA). Research work includes the following two projects devoted to sheet metal forming and composite tools printed built on two different large format printers; the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM-CI) machine manufactured by Cincinnati, Inc. (CI) and […]
3-D Printing Is Changing Way Air Force Fixes Its Aging Planes Posted: 02 May 2017 01:58 PM PDT from https://www.defensetech.org/2017/05/02/3-d-printing-is-changing-way-air-force-fixes-its-aging-planes/?ESRC=eb_170503.nl Three-dimensional printing is becoming more prevalent in the defense industry, as engineers explore the process to make parts for the most sophisticated U.S. weapons, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles. But lesser-known projects have been in the […]
Military pilots have to stay cool under pressure, and the first 3D-printed component at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast will help them stay that way. The forearm-length piece of air duct tubing, constructed with a composite material known as Ultum 1085, marked a major step forward for the Navy command that is charged with maintaining, repairing and overhauling aircraft. […]
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Metal 3D printing is currently being used for the development of some of the most exciting 3D printed parts around, from airplane engine components to space-bound satellites. But the reality is that metal 3D printing encompasses a very diverse group of technologies that are piled together, even though they use different techniques for forging different […]
The military has been salivating over the potential for additive, or 3-D, printing for a number of years. No need for warehouses full of parts or an elaborate logistics system that flies crucial components to forward locations. Theoretically, just take a 3-D printer along on a deployment and any spare parts needed can be […]
The long-anticipated Special Additive Manufacturing-Themed edition of Defense AT&L Magazine (Nov-Dec 16 issue) is now available at http://www.dau.mil/publications/DefenseATL/default.aspx. The articles include: An Overview of Additive Manufacturing (Nov-Dec 16) <http://www.dau.mil/publications/DefenseATL/DATLFiles/Nov-Dec2016/Vitale%20et%20all.pdf> Ensuring a Safe Technological Revolution (Nov-Dec 16) <http://www.dau.mil/publications/DefenseATL/DATLFiles/Nov-Dec2016/Frazier%20et%20al.pdf> The Digital Thread as the Key Enabler (Nov-Dec 16) <http://www.dau.mil/publications/DefenseATL/DATLFiles/Nov-Dec2016/Bearden.pdf> Separating Hype from Reality (Nov-Dec 16) <http://www.dau.mil/publications/DefenseATL/DATLFiles/Nov-Dec2016/Langlais%20et%20al.pdf> […]
GAO determined that the Department of Defense’s (DOD) May 2014 additive manufacturing briefing for the Senate Armed Services Committee addressed the three directed elements—namely, potential benefits and constraints; potential contributions to DOD mission; and transition of the technologies of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (“America Makes,” a public-private partnership established to accelerate additive manufacturing) […]