Boeing collaborating with Oerlikon to standardize metal-based 3D printing processes and materials for aerospace industry

Briefing

Boeing collaborating with Oerlikon to standardize metal-based 3D printing processes and materials for aerospace industry

February 27, 2018

Briefing

  • Standardizing 3D Printing – Aircraft manufacturer Boeing establishing five-year partnership with Swiss company Oerlikon to standardize metal-based additive manufacturing processes and materials
  • Collaboration Focus – Will prioritize industrialization of powder-bed fusion using titanium, and ensure structural components created from process meet Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense's quality specifications
  • Driving Technology Adoption in Aerospace – Aims to accelerate 3D printing adoption in aerospace industry beyond prototyping, becoming fully-integrated in manufacturers’ core production processes

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Industrial Manufacturing

Organization

Boeing Co., Oerlikon

Source

Original Publication Date

February 20, 2017

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