Sentences with phrase «printed airplane parts»

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Other airplane parts currently being 3 - D printed include several elements of turboprop engines and a piece of equipment that houses temperature sensors.

Three - dimensional printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been around since the 1980s, but only recently has the technology become sophisticated enough to make complex objects like airplane parts.

«Within 10 years, every commercial airplane will have 3D printed parts on it,» wrote Allison in the introduction to SDM's new report.

Airbus is using Stratasys» production - grade printers to print flight parts for its new A350 XWB airplane; the first one of these planes delivered in December 2014 had more than 1,000 3D - printed parts installed in it.

Wohlers explained 3D - printed items cost an average of $ 4 a cubic inch, which means it's only cost effective to 3D print commodities that are produced in low volumes with high markups — such as airplane parts or hip replacements.

Boeing, for example, 3 - D prints 300 distinct airplane parts at a cost savings of 25 percent to 50 percent per part, according to an Aug. 7 Goldman Sachs note.

The high - tech factory turns titanium wire into airplane parts using an innovative 3D printing process in 20 plasma deposition machines.

Airbus has already installed the first - ever 3 - D printed metal part on a commercial airplane, a bracket that attaches to its wings.