及时巴黎航空表演2019, leading 3D printer OEMStratasys已经宣布了与其合作伙伴关系的更新繁荣的超音速, a Colorado-based aerospace company, by signing a seven-year partnership extension. Under the agreement, both companies aim to further accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing for flight hardware by utilizing Stratasys’飞机内饰解决方案(AIS) package alongside theF9003D打印机。
Their initial partnership began in 2017, when both companies agreed to leverage Stratasys’F370andFortus 450mc3D printers to support the development of繁荣超音速的示威者XB-1飞机. Now, under the extended long-term agreement, Boom Supersonic will continue to use Stratasys 3D printing to develop the XB-1 prototype as well as future commercial aircraft by using the AIS package.
“通过能够在现场打印关键零件和组件，而不是从供应商那里购买它们，我们可以创建自定义零件，提高从工程到制造业的速度，并专注于制造飞机并实现我们的视野，” Mike Jagemann解释说。Boom的XB-1产量负责人。
“ Stratasys作为3D印刷航空应用程序全球领导者的地位使它们成为Boom的理想合作伙伴，我们很高兴长期扩展这种合作伙伴关系。”
3D打印速度朝着商业超音速旅行
Founded in 2014, Boom Supersonic aims to create the fastest commercial airliner using supersonic travel, and “make the world dramatically more accessible.” Its XB-1 aircraft is a demonstrator for developing mainstream supersonic travel, acting as a subscale prototype for Overture, the company’s Mach-2.2 commercial airliner. Boom Supersonic opted to use the Stratasys F370 and Fortus 450mc 3D printers in 2017 to help accelerate the development of the XB-1 through tooling, prototypes and test benches, 3D printing over 200 parts in the process.
但是，两家公司之间的新协议超越了快速原型制作，繁荣的超音速旨在将Stratasys的FDM 3D打印技术整合到XB-1和最终序曲的飞行部分生产中。据报道，使用Stratasys F900 3D打印机和AIS包装，该公司已经为示威飞机生产了数百个3D打印零件。
Jagemann added, “During the first three years of our partnership, we 3D printed more than 200 parts for tooling, prototypes and test benches using Stratasys’ F370 and Fortus 450mc 3D printers, and have saved hundreds of hours of work time, enabling rapid iteration of design cycles.”
简化航空航天中3D打印的资格过程
Stratasys的AIS包在2017年宣布，与Boom Supersonic合作的消息旨在通过可重复的开发来改善3D印刷飞机生产的机械性能。该计划旨在帮助合格的3D印刷飞机零件，协助联邦航空管理局（FAA）和欧洲航空安全局（EASA）的认证过程。它由ULTEM 9085树脂和F900组成，以及文档和培训，以帮助指导资格流程并创建可飞行的零件。
繁荣超音速希望利用AIS包speed up and streamline the qualification of its additively manufactured parts for aircraft installation. Stratasys claim the package will be instrumental in the production of the XB-1 and Overture, which is expected to fly more than two times the speed of sound, or in excess of 1,500 miles per hour (2,400 km/h). The XB-1 is expected to be rolled out later in 2019 and flown at supersonic speed in 2020. The Overture is currently in the development stage, and consumer travel is expected to begin in the mid-2020s.
“The team at Boom is doing something that’s never been achieved – successful mainstream supersonic airline travel. But development of aircraft that can safely and efficiently travel at Mach 2.2 requires a new approach to manufacturing processes,” added Rich Garrity, President Americas, Stratasys.
“Working together, our teams have put the technology to work for efficient, reliable and repeatable prototypes, tooling and jigs and fixtures. Now, we’re ready to go further – for strong, durable, lightweight production-grade aircraft parts.”
Both Stratasys and Boom Supersonic will be present at the International Paris Air Show this week. Stratasys will be showcasing its solutions for the aerospace industry at Hall 4, Stand D192, whereas Boom Supersonic is located at Chalet Row C, #24.
Stratasysin aerospace and automotive
With its extended agreement to help establish commercial supersonic travel, the 3D printing solutions offered by Stratasys have continuously been employed for prototyping, tooling and production in various high-performance industries.
In aerospace, the company’s Fortus 450mc 3D printer has also been used by马歇尔航空航天和国防小组(ADG), a UK-based aircraft design and maintenance company. Marshall ASG utilized the 3D printer to build飞机的工具，功能和原型零件。The F900 on the other hand has helped Spanish aerospace composite specialistIDEC到3D打印专业aerospace toolingfor using树脂转移成型（RTM）航空航天零件中的技术。
在汽车中，该公司有一个multitude of partnershipswith赛车队生产3D打印高性能零件和工具. Most recently, the company announced a partnership withDon Schumacher赛车（DSR）加速原型设计和新组件设计of its vehicles.
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