Tough materials, tight tolerances, low quantities, and complex shapes—leading suppliers offer advice for navigating the energy industry’s stringent demands.
Desktop Metal Inc., the company founded in 2015 with no plan to produce a production-level printer, is now promoting 3D printing for high-volume serial production under its AM (additive manufacturing) 2.0 initiative.
Artificial intelligence and automation help modernize machining.
As aerospace ramps up its use of advanced composites, robots and automated manufacturing systems will assume ever larger roles in building and machining these challenging materials.
Robots have become able co-pilots on the factory floor as painters, sanders, machine tenders, and materials transporters.
Two NASA engineers discuss how new metal alloys will aid advanced propulsion concepts.
A look at the challenges related to welding in aerospace.
A discussion of grinding solutions for new alloys being used in aerospace.
The SME Composites Technical Community and the National Institute for Aviation Research co-hosted an Aerospace Composites Forum in July at Wichita State University.
Advanced automated solutions and predictive analytics help solve the challenges of disruption.