Out of all the possible industries that are deploying more 3D printers aerospace is probably the most exciting.

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By reducing the weight of aircraft components, by iterating more, by integrating components and reducing part count and by making parts others can not we can have a real impact on aerospace. From rocketry to commercial aviation we’re seeing new applications grow across the board with OEMs and Tier 1 through 3 investing in qualifying parts and moving carefully into production.

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Stratasys has had a long history in making polymer aviation components, mainly for military applications. We interviewed Stratasys’ Vice President for the Aerospace Business Segment Scott Sevcik on what was happening in 3D printing for aerospace. Scott is an aerospace engineer who spent eight years at Lockheed in various engineering, project management, and business roles. He next worked in trying to deflect asteroids from hitting the earth and later worked […]

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