DMP Thales Brackets on Antenna
Accelerate and de-risk your additive manufacturing application development
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Structural Ti or Al-alloy components for space flight since 2015
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Critical Passive RF flight parts since 2017
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Satellites with 3D Systems produced flight hardware on board
3D Systems Helps Aerospace and Defense Manufacturers Maximize Efficiencies
Applications for Aerospace and Defense
Passive Radio Frequency (RF) Hardware
Passive RF hardware is a family of parts that conduct an electromagnetic signal. They can guide, filter, modulate or amplify a signal in different stages of a typical communication chain from earth to a satellite and back. Learn more about the drivers to select our technology to design and manufacture these components.
Lightweight Brackets
Use our advanced direct metal printing to produce lightweight aerospace parts at reduced operational costs that enable greater fuel efficiency. Using topological optimization, you can design highly complex features that maintain or even improve material strength.
Propulsion
Create fewer, optimized parts while lowering the costs of manufacturing. Using our additive manufacturing and consulting for aerospace and defense enables a single 3D printed component to replace multiple subcomponents. This means consolidating these subcomponents into a monolithic design, which contributes to weight reduction, fewer bolted and welded joints, and improved overall system performance.
Heat Exchangers
Maximize heat transfer and minimize temperature fluctuations by integrating heat-exchanging structures into a single, 3D printed design. Unlike traditional methods, our leading additive manufacturing allows for the production of efficient, high-performance thermal management parts through a streamlined process that reduces time to market.
Investment Casting Patterns
Skip the expense of injection molding tooling for casting patterns. Our advanced software, hardware, and materials enable you to use investment casting workflows to cast 3D printed molds in a fraction of the time and cost. Aerospace parts manufacturers can move directly from CAD to casting pattern with fewer design limitations and quickly create hollow patterns capable of far greater design complexity.
Electric Engine Components
Use our advanced direct metal printing to produce lightweight aerospace parts at reduced operational costs that enable greater fuel efficiency. Using topological optimization, design highly complex features that maintain or even improve material strength.
Solutions for Lightweight Bracket Applications
DMP Factory 350 and DMP Factory 350 Dual
Scalable, high quality metal AM with integrated powder management
DMP Factory 500
Robust, high quality metal AM with integrated powder management
LaserForm Ti Gr5 (A)
High strength, low weight, excellent biocompatibility
3DXpert
All-in-One Integrated Software for Industrial Additive Manufacturing
DMP Flex 350, DMP Flex 350 Dual and DMP Flex 350 Triple
Robust, flexible metal 3D printer for rapid part production
Certified Scalmalloy (A)
High strength aluminum with excellent corrosion resistance
Geomagic Control X
3D Inspection and Metrology Software
Customer Stories for Aerospace
Additive Manufacturing Resources for Aerospace and Defense
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