NW Rapid Manufacturing in the News
Laser-Sintering from EOS Takes Off at Unmanned Systems North America
EOS Press Release
08/02/2011
Novi, MI, August 2nd, 2011—Attendees seeking to explore the unparalleled benefits that laser-sintering offers to the rapidly expanding unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry can get a good start at Booth 1216 at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2011 (Washington, D.C., Aug. 16-19). There EOS, the world-leading manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, will be demonstrating UAV parts and presenting background from technical experts on the use of laser-sintering as a competitive business strategy.
Engineers Fly the World's First 'Printed' Aircraft
R&D Magazine
07/28/2011
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutioniZe the economics of aircraft design.
The SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft) plane is an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, including wings, integral control surfaces and access hatches. It was printed on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine, which fabricates plastic or metal objects, building up the item layer by layer.
3D printing: The Printed World
R&D Magazine
02/10/2011
Three-dimensional printing from digital designs will transform manufacturing and allow more people to start making things.
FILTON, just outside Bristol, is where Britain's fleet of Concorde supersonic airliners was built. In a building near a wind tunnel on the same sprawling site, something even more remarkable is being created. Little by little a machine is “printing” a complex titanium landing-gear bracket, about the size of a shoe, which normally would have to be laboriously hewn from a solid block of metal. Brackets are only the beginning. The researchers at Filton have a much bigger ambition: to print the entire wing of an airliner.
Arcturus T20 UAV Tank at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2011.
SULSA is the world's first "printed" aircraft.
Credit: University of Southampton