Additively made parts are being incorporated into rockets and spacecraft, but engineers are cautious about using the technique for such vital applications as the propellant tanks on spacecraft that must carry people or expensive communications and scientific equipment. Here, Kenyon discusses the different manufacturing approaches of Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin in convincing customers to trust additively made components.
TRUST: 3-D manufacturing's Holy Grail
Aerospace America ; 53 , 7 ; 42
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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