3D Printing, Big Data, 100 Percent Validation, and Other Aerospace Manufacturing Trends July 11, 2018 Aerospace is leading the way in the IIoT, with a heightened focus on additive manufacturing, the digital thread, and lightning-fast 3D measurement and inspection technologies.
Is Additive Manufacturing the Answer to Obsolescence in Aerospace? July 13, 2022 The aerospace and defense industry was one of the first to adopt additive technology – thanks to the many applications of AM, the sector become one of the market’s biggest player, contributing
2017 AeroDef Manufacturing Event: What’s Influencing Aerospace and Defense? December 8, 2016 SME’s AeroDef Manufacturing event will bring together the leading companies and executives from aerospace and defense manufacturing to explore current technologies and coming trends March 6 to 9
Virgin Orbit’s Goryca describes ‘fast and furious’ implementation of MES software March 29, 2018 It is possible to implement MES (manufacturing execution system) software that does away with paper documentation in less than six months, Andrzej Goryca, senior enterprise systems manager at
U.S. Air Force Contract Accelerates R&D of Boom Supersonic’s Overture Aircraft January 20, 2022 On Jan. 11 Boom Supersonic (Denver, Colo., U.S.), an aerospace company building a fast and sustainable composite supersonic airliner, entered into a three-year strategic partnership
Additive Manufacturing Design Tips For Aerospace June 8, 2017 According to the consultancy MarketsandMarkets, aerospace firms will be using additive manufacturing (AM) to make more than $3 billion in parts by 2022, up from a bit over $700 million in 2017.
The Truth about Balance: It’s the Assembly that Matters January 13, 2017 There is a cloud of misinformation surrounding the topic of balance in the metalworking industry.
The Value of SME’s AeroDef Event April 15, 2019 My involvement in SME and its AeroDef event began in 2014, when I first presented an Adaptive Machining Overview at AeroDef 2014 in Long Beach, Calif. At the time, the conference
Study Shows Manufacturers Profiting From IoT June 7, 2017 IndustryWeek (6/6) reports that MPI’s 2017 Internet of Things Study was released last week, and study authors “expected to see dramatic jumps in awareness of – and investment in – IoT initiatives
Stanford Professor Launches Startup To Help Manufacturers Utilize AI Technology. December 15, 2017 The AP (12/14) reports that Stanford Professor Andrew Ng, “one of the leading figures in AI,” has launched a startup called Landing. AI, with aspirations “to help manufacturing companies use