Additive Manufacturing to Propel Your Success
3D Printing Solutions for Aerospace
- Accelerate time to market throughout the value chain.
- Unlock next-level agility in manufacturing, maintenance, and repair.
- Drive innovation for faster, safer, and more efficient aircraft.
Rapid Tooling and Manufacturing Aids for Any Size Aerospace Supplier
- Reduce overhead and increase efficiency with custom jigs and fixtures.
- Respond to client demands for more customized products and low-volume orders with rapid tooling.
- Maximize equipment uptime by printing replacement parts on demand.
Watch the video: How a 3D Printing Station Supports Hundreds of Engineers at the AMRC
Rapid Prototyping From Concept to Pre-Production
- Bring additive manufacturing capabilities in-house to save time, cut costs, and keep sensitive IP inside your organization.
- Communicate your ideas to clients and suppliers with high-quality prototypes.
- Test and validate components before moving to mass production of aircraft, spacecraft, or parts.
Watch the video: How Ford Developed the New Explorer Using Formlabs SLA and SLS 3D Printers.
3D Printed End-Use, Replacement, and Custom Parts for Aerospace
- A large library of proprietary, high-performance materials to produce parts that are up to the challenge of extreme environments.
- Stop waiting and overpaying for tooling. Gain flexibility and take on more non-traditional jobs by 3D printing parts directly in house.
- Replicate or improve on existing designs for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of planes, helicopters, drones, rockets, rovers, and more.
Save Money and Time
Your printer pays for itself in a matter of weeks or months, accelerating the pace of work along the way.
| In-House 3D Printing | Outsourcing | |
| Time | 30 hours | 7-10 days |
| Cost | $50 | $400 |
Curious to see how much you can save? Try our interactive ROI tool to calculate cost per part and lead time when 3D printing on Formlabs 3D printers.
Intake Manifold, 13.1 x 13.7 x 28.7 cm, 5.1 x 5.4 x 11.3 in
"The 3D printing workflow allows us to solve unique client requirements, develop new products, and improve on designs at a much faster rate."
Liam Kroone, Mechanical Design Engineer, Nextech
"If you want precise geometries, especially in the plastics sector, and you want them quickly, I would always use 3D printing."
Ulrich Zarth, Project Engineer, Lufthansa Technik
"When we’re doing the cost justification or an ROI for any of the Formlabs printers, we can justify the payoff in months instead of a two-year time frame. That gives our leadership confidence that 3D printing is a worthwhile investment."
Eric Tryson, Mechanical Design Team Manager, Dorman Products
"It was successful right out of the gate—there was immediate student involvement, interest and demand. We started with two printers, then quickly expanded."
Capt. Brad Baker, Associate Professor, US Naval Academy
See Also
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100% Customer Satisfaction: Industrial Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing at American Additive With SLA and SLS
How Freefly Systems Improves the Velocity of Drone Innovation With Fuse Series
Drone Solutions With SLS 3D Printing at ORQA FPV
DIY Drone: How to Make a Drone
Drone Manufacturing In-House: 80% SLS Parts at ION Mobility
Fly, Fix, Fly: Solving Tactical Dehydration for Fighter Pilots With SLS 3D Printing
Soaring to New Heights: How Teranova Uses Form 4 for UAM Manufacturing
A Full Suite of 3D Printing Solutions for Aerospace
MAXIMUM VERSATILITY
Form 4
Produce functional, high-quality prototypes and end-use parts in record time.
- Small to mid-size prototypes
- Molds and dies
- Connectors and brackets
- QA and go/no-go gauges
THINK BIG
Form 4L
Take control of large-scale part production, increase your throughput, and bring your biggest ideas to life.
- Mid-size to large prototypes
- Molds and dies
- Assembly jigs
- Toolholding and fixtures
HIGHEST PERFORMANCE
Fuse 1+ 30W
Bring production-ready nylon 3D printing onto your benchtop with an affordable, compact selective laser sintering (SLS) platform.
- Functional prototypes
- End use parts: enclosures, connectors, manifolds
- Long-lasting, durable jigs and fixtures
High-Performance 3D Printing Materials for Aerospace Applications
Formlabs has an extensive library of proprietary 3D printing materials suitable for even the most demanding applications.
Electronics Enclosure
Flame Retardant (FR) Resin
- Interior parts in airplanes
- Custom jigs, fixtures, and replacement parts
- Protective and internal electronics components
Drone Battery Charger
Nylon 12 Powder
- High performance prototyping
- Small batch manufacturing
- Permanent jigs, fixtures, and tooling
intake manifold
Nylon 11 CF Powder
- Replacement and spare alternatives for metal parts
- Tooling, jigs, fixtures
- High-impact equipment
Injection Mold Insert
Rigid 10K Resin
- Stiffness of glass and fiber-filled thermoplastics
- Short-run injection mold masters and inserts
- Heat resistant and fluid exposed components
Formlabs is Open
Maximize your 3D printer’s potential with Formlabs Developer Platform. Unlock the possibility of printing with any 405 nm photopolymer resin or 1064 nm powder on Formlabs 3D printers, customize your print settings, or build software integrations.
FAQ
Formlabs 3D printers support a wide range of aerospace applications, including rapid prototyping, end-use parts, custom jigs and fixtures, replacement parts, and manufacturing aids for aircraft, spacecraft, drones, rockets, and more.
In-house 3D printing can cut production costs by up to 90% compared to outsourcing and reduce lead times from 1-2 weeks to less than 24 hours.
Formlabs offers a library of high-performance materials suited for demanding aerospace environments, including Flame Retardant Resin for interior airplane components, Nylon 12 Powder for functional prototyping, end-use parts, and tooling, and Rigid 10K Resin for extremely stiff and heat-resistant components.
Formlabs offers the Form 4 for versatile prototyping and end-use parts, the Form 4L for large-scale part production, and the Fuse 1+ 30W for production-ready SLS nylon printing, including enclosures, connectors, and durable fixtures.
With in-house 3D printing, aerospace teams can produce replacement parts on demand, reducing equipment downtime and eliminating the delays associated with waiting for outsourced components.
Yes, Formlabs materials such as Rigid 10K Resin have been used to produce precise aerodynamic components for wind tunnel testing, as demonstrated by the Texas A&M wind tunnel case study.
Yes, through the Formlabs Developer Platform, users can print with any compatible 405 nm photopolymer resin or 1064 nm powder, customize print settings, and build software integrations for expanded flexibility.
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