Aerospace Industry
Path to Aircraft Certification for Additive Manufacturing with Stratasys F900
Additive manufacturing (AM) is becoming widely recognized as one of the production methods for nearly all industries including aerospace, particularly in aircraft manufacturing. In the early stages of AM in aerospace, the technology had been limited to producing tools and indirect manufacturing aid used to…
Stratasys are helping to shape the future of flight with a 3D printed jet aircraft! Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, VA., has been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for both the civil and military markets for nearly three decades. However, with advancing customer needs and…
Bell Helicopter manufactures the heavy-lift “tilt-rotor” Osprey, the hybrid aircraft that combines features of both airplane and helicopter to accomplish what none of its forbears can do. It can lift off, hover, and land vertically yet it can cruise at high altitudes at jet speeds….
This case study video from Stratasys features UAV Solutions, a small US business that designs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) using SolidWorks software and a Stratasys Fortus 400mc Production System to create components and support equipment for their flying vehicles. UAV Solutions print their components using…