‘Blooming’, for those who use cyanoacrylate-based adhesives, has been the talk of the manufacturing industry for many years. It is the white staining of parts near where the adhesive is applied that detracts from the overall appearance of the assembled parts.
The automotive industry is in the midst of a technological revolution characterised by the convergence of new digital technologies with traditional car manufacture.
In what is one of its largest single orders to date, Stratasys has announced that Latvia-based specialist aerospace additive manufacturing service provider, AM Craft has purchased four large-scale production-grade Stratasys F900 3D Printers to provide certifiable 3D printed parts for a much wider range of aircraft interior applications.
The importance of additive manufacturing (3D printing) continues to be recognised within the aerospace industry. This is largely due to the high-performance aerospace-grade materials that possess the properties required to deliver in an array of application areas, together with inherent capabilities that drive other efficiencies across the manufacturing supply chain.
In December 2019, I embarked on a simulated astronaut mission in Hawai’i. The EMMIHS-II mission is a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA)-funded Euro Moon Mars Initiative (EMM), the International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) and the International Moon Base Alliance (IMA).