How To Build A Jet Engine? Press ‘Print’ Button – Aerospace 3D Printing
EAST HARTFORD — For decades, aerospace manufacturers like Pratt & Whitney have fabricated engine parts by tooling, lathing, milling and forging. Now, they’re printing. Unlike that laser printer in your office, there is no toner, no paper and no “PC LOAD LETTER” errors. Instead of ink, these printers — called 3-D printers — use lasers to heat granules of plastic or metal to build up three-dimensional parts, layer by layer. The end product could be any solid design, however com