Sigma Labs recently secured a $500k contract with GE to implement its quality control system in GE’s 3D printing process. As qualified as 3DP is to manufacture high quality components, the aerospace industry doesn’t want to take chances and, depending on who you ask, the technology still struggles with repeatability. For GE, ensuring that every jet engine nozzle is printed perfectly is easily worth $500k. These same sorts of relationships are also occurring on the other side of the globe, as EOS, a manufacturer of industrial additive manufacturing systems, has partnered with German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines to co-develop quality assurance methods for the 3D printing of metal engine components.…
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