ADDING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO THE
INDUSTRY TOOL BOX
By Brian Canfield , CEO and Executive Director , Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance
As aerospace continues to push the envelope of innovation and enter into new spaces , new manufacturing methods and technologies are allowing engineers and companies to do things unimaginable just a few years ago .
Brian Canfield
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance CEO and Executive Director
www . pnaa . net
One of the technologies enabling aerospace manufacturers to achieve such dreams is additive manufacturing . Some aerospace manufacturing companies produce parts and tooling with additive manufacturing , and Triumph Group has taken it to the next level , opening an Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence ( AMCoE ) right here in the Pacific Northwest .
PNAA SPOTLIGHT
Triumph Group designs , engineers , manufactures , repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems , components and structures . The company serves the global aviation industry , including original equipment manufacturers and the full spectrum of military and commercial aircraft operators . Triumph is actively pursuing the implementation of additive manufacturing for their production parts .
Additive manufacturing is a technology that creates 3D solids from digital models by depositing material layer-by-layer , with typical materials being plastics or metals .
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