Production Engineering Solutions: Engineering Materials for the Future of Space Flight February 26, 2021April 21, 2021 | The Essentium Team Share Brandon Sweeney, head of R&D for materials and co-founder of Essentium, takes a look at the complexity of creating materials for space. Jeff Bezos dreams of building a superhighway to space, with a trillion people living in futuristic space colonies. Elon Musk hopes to create the world’s first commercial space transport service, slashing space travel prices by orders of magnitude and effortlessly shuttling people to a city on Mars. But to make space travel a reality, these programs begin with the materials to build a spacecraft. Space companies encounter many material challenges, such as the need for weight savings, reusability, and operating in the space environment. 3D printing and materials innovation is now helping these companies overcome limitations of the past. Read More: Production Engineering Solutions Share
Brandon Sweeney, head of R&D for materials and co-founder of Essentium, takes a look at the complexity of creating materials for space. Jeff Bezos dreams of building a superhighway to space, with a trillion people living in futuristic space colonies. Elon Musk hopes to create the world’s first commercial space transport service, slashing space travel prices by orders of magnitude and effortlessly shuttling people to a city on Mars. But to make space travel a reality, these programs begin with the materials to build a spacecraft. Space companies encounter many material challenges, such as the need for weight savings, reusability, and operating in the space environment. 3D printing and materials innovation is now helping these companies overcome limitations of the past. Read More: Production Engineering Solutions
The Essentium Team July 28, 2021 Forbes: The U.S. Air Force Collaborates With Essentium On 3D Printing Solutions For Warfighters Last year I wrote about the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) and its inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Olympics, aimed at harnessing the latest in production technology to keep existing aircraft flying and develop new capabilities. Read More
The Essentium Team July 20, 2021 Yahoo Finance: Essentium to Acquire Collider to Advance Game-Changing DLP 3D Printing Technology Expands 3D printing arsenal to bring manufacturers choice, putting them in the driving seat of innovation Read More
The Essentium Team July 20, 2021 Fabbaloo: Essentium Acquires Collider Essentium has signed a letter of intent to acquire 3D print startup Collider. Read More
