3D-printed bracket for the Airbus A350 XWB. (Image courtesy of Airbus.)
There is perhaps no greater friend of additive manufacturing than the aerospace industry. It’s here that you find the most traction in the move from metal rapid prototyping to metal additive manufacturing. So, if you want to know where 3D printing is heading as a production technology, an aerospace giant like Airbus makes for an ideal bellwether.
Jonathan Meyer, Airbus Group Innovations’ HO additive manufactu…
Source URL: The Airbus Roadmap to Additive Manufacturing
Source Website: Advance Engineering – Engineering.com