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
Kendra Pulliam September 29, 2021 Essentium CEO Discusses High Speed 3D Printing’s Rapid Rise at RAPID+TCT 2021 With high-speed, high-temperature FFF 3D printing now a reality, Teipel explained that the company aims to tackle other issues associated with 3D printing, as well—namely Z-axis weakness. Read More
The Essentium Team August 10, 2021 Graphic Display World: Rethinking Design Techniques for High Speed Extrusion 3D Printing Additive Manufacturing (AM) is no longer the way of the future. It IS the future. It is a proven technology that is radically changing the way products are made from shoes to NASA rocket parts. Read More
The Essentium Team July 29, 2021 SME: EssentiumX Exploring the Full Potential of Additive Q: Elisa, what is EssentiumX and why has it been launched? A: Many manufacturers are considering new techniques like additive manufacturing (AM) to transform what and how things are made in order to improve the economics of manufacturing and remove supply-chain risk. Read More
