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Shown here: 3D printed clamp for a welding fix- ture with the gas-back-up passages printed in. Material: Inconel 718. Manufacturer: Whitcraft.
ical of Lincoln, but this is part of our strategy moving forward.”
Future Is Bright
Looking ahead, Deloitte’s Lineberger says that aerospace will continue as a bright spot in the global economy, made even brighter by new vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL) and unmanned aerial systems. “Bell Flight, Airbus and Boeing all are building prototypes for electrical and hybrid VTOL aircraft that can
the development of new materials and data analytics, with the goal of pro- ducing wire-based metal AM compo- nents at 100 lb./hr. We’re also consid- ering other acquisitions.
“Our vision?” he continues, “is to think of parts holistically—from CAD to finished part, and to identify where it makes sense to incorporate additive and/or subtractive processes. Intro- ducing a services business capable of producing parts for customers is atyp-
be used in and around urban areas,” says Lineberger. “In essence, we’re talk- ing flying taxis that would take off ver- tically, transition to horizontal flight to transport people and/or cargo, and then land vertically.”
Why not? Amazon continues to test its drone-delivery service, while in Bal- timore, MD, a drone recently trans- ported a human kidney nearly 3 miles to a nearby hospital, where a team of surgeons successfully transplanted the
Aerospace parts made of high-tech materials, including high-temperature nickel alloys, cobalt alloys and exotic stainless steel, are found in turbines, landing gear, airframes, valves, pumps, actuators and motion controls. Shown here are parts produced by Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing.
organ into a critically ill patient. Given these developments, one might say that when it comes to aero- space, the sky’s the limit. MF
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