Paris Air Show: Stratasys demonstrates additive manufacturing efficiencies

Minneapolis & Rehovot, Israel – This year’s Paris Air Show (June 15-21, 2015, Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, France) is seeing additive manufacturing and 3D printing provider, Stratasys Ltd., demonstrate how its technology helps aerospace companies increase supply chain efficiency, produce lighter weight flight parts, and improve buy-to-fly ratios. Stratasys is exhibiting in Hall 3, Stand E30.

Recent Stratasys customer announcements highlight the growing impact of the company’s solutions for aerospace design, testing, tooling, and part production: United Launch Alliance (ULA) saves $1million a year by 3D printing durable flight-ready rocket components from Ultem 9085, a high performance thermoplastic, while Airbus’ use of more than 1000 FDM 3D-printed flight parts for its A350 XWB program have enabled the company to increase supply chain flexibility and meet delivery commitments on-time.

Stratasys is using the Paris Air Show to demonstrate how its 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies respond directly to the specific requirements of these and other aerospace manufacturers and suppliers. This includes the ability to produce lighter parts with enhanced functionality using high-performance FST-certified and FAA-approved thermoplastic materials, as well as the fast, economic, creation of full design prototypes, ergonomic jigs and fixtures, and injection molds.

“Aerospace companies are leveraging additive manufacturing solutions to enhance buy-to-fly ratios and simplify the manufacture and assembly of complex part geometries. This simplifies customers’ structured bills of material on aircraft and leads to increased supply chain efficiencies and reduced overhead costs associated with maintaining and executing contracts for each part,” says Andy Storm, general manager of Aerospace, Automotive, & Defense Vertical Solutions. “We encourage interested aerospace customers to visit the Stratasys booth during the show to speak with a Vertical Solutions technical expert.”

Source: Stratasys Ltd.