Flight Simulator Made Through Large-Scale 3D Printing | The Cool Parts Show #33

Companies using industrial 3D printing often begin with making tooling before realizing the opportunities for production parts — and now the very same pattern is happening with the largest additive manufacturing machines! Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) was founded to apply Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) capability to making large tools for applications like composites layup or concrete, but aerospace and defense engineering company L3Harris turned to AES to manufacturing a production part, and a big one at that: the near-complete outer structure of a flight simulator cockpit. 3D printed from carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer rather than assembled from thousands of smaller components, the new simulator housing design simplifies manufacturing and shortens lead time, as L3Harris team members describe in this episode.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT:

- Additive Engineering Solutions: https://www.additiveeng.com/

- L3Harris: https://www.l3harris.com/

- BAAM for tooling applications: https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/ohio-business-sees-big-possibilities-in-baam-for-tooling

- BAAM for concrete tooling: https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/3d-printed-tooling-offers-durability-for-precast-concrete

- Another AES production application, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: https://www.additivemanufacturing.media/articles/autonomous-underwater-vehicle-with-3d-printed-hull-the-cool-parts-show-24
 

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