Friday, June 21, 2013

Chinese 3D Printing for Aerospace

So, as you all know, we embraced 3D printing several years ago and invested heavily (for us) to get into the business of selling and supporting the machines. At that time, NO ONE was even thinking about printing on this scale. We found a real HO-HUM attitude by local machine shops and were eventually unsuccessful in selling enough machines to maintain our dealer territory. With this news however, I think 3D printing hits home. I think this is HUGE news, not only because of what is being printed, but because of WHO is leading the way:

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130529-china-shows-off-world-largest-3d-printed-titanium-fighter-component.html