Propel Raytheon Aerospace to New Heights

Polymer additive technology offers time and cost savings benefits for multiple phases of aerospace production – from engineering, to production, to flight hardware. Learn how Raytheon can really take off with Stratasys additive manufacturing technology.

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Raytheon Resources

Will My Part Fit

Comparison Table

Compare your part sizes to the Stratasys technology size requirements.

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Environmental Control System (ECS) Ducting

Design Guide

Understand the design, processing & post-processing techniques and procedures for additive ECS ducting using Stratasys FDM® technology.

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3D Printed Dumbbells' using material ASA-ABS. Produced from a Stratasys FDM 3D Printer.

FDM Lightweight Structures

Design Guide

Achieving a high stiffness-to-weight ratio in aerospace parts is crucial. FDM Technology™ allows for design flexibility.

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Inserting Hardware Post-Build

Best Practices

Components made with FDM® technology can have hardware inserted into them. This guide covers secondary insertion of hardware.

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3D Printed Grid. Produced from an elastomer material known as TPU 92A.

FDM Bonding TPU

Best Practices

TPU bonded joints need to be flexible, high strength and high elasticity.

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FDM Composite Tooling

Design Guide

New techniques, characterizing performance and validating best practices.

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Sacrificial Tooling & Mandrels for Composite Part Fabrication

Design Guide

This document provides principles for the design of sacrificial tooling for composite manufacturing using FDM® technology.

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Finishing Guide for 3D Printed Parts

Design Guide

A breakdown of the available surface finishes available for 3D printing technologies at Stratasys Direct Manufacturing.

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Impact of UV Exposure on FDM Materials

Whitepaper

To evaluate the impact of exposure, Stratasys FDM® materials were exposed to UV light and humidity.

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Compare your part sizes to the Stratasys technology size requirements.

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Understand the design, processing & post-processing techniques and procedures for additive ECS ducting using Stratasys FDM® technology.

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Achieving a high stiffness-to-weight ratio in aerospace parts is crucial. FDM Technology™ allows for design flexibility.

Open

Components made with FDM® technology can have hardware inserted into them. This guide covers secondary insertion of hardware.

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TPU bonded joints need to be flexible, high strength and high elasticity.

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New techniques, characterizing performance and validating best practices.

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This document provides principles for the design of sacrificial tooling for composite manufacturing using FDM® technology.

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A breakdown of the available surface finishes available for 3D printing technologies at Stratasys Direct Manufacturing.

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To evaluate the impact of exposure, Stratasys FDM® materials were exposed to UV light and humidity.

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GrabCAD Print Pro Tutorials

The premium version of GrabCAD Print™, GrabCAD Print Pro™ is now available! This version includes new & enhanced features.

Accuracy Center

Stratasys customers to scan and automatically correct printed parts for deformation!

Stacking Your Parts in Z

Have long thin flat parts you’ve always wanted to print right on top of each other in FDM but the slicer never allowed you to? Now you can!

Manufacturing Templates

Learn how to save print settings for common print job types to speed up workflow and synchronize your team. 

Per Part Estimation & Assembly Grouping

Learn how to use per part estimation and assembly grouping.

Labels

Explore the new Labels feature to cleanly mark and annotate your FDM parts right in GrabCAD Print Pro without ANY preparation!

Stratasys customers to scan and automatically correct printed parts for deformation!

Have long thin flat parts you’ve always wanted to print right on top of each other in FDM but the slicer never allowed you to? Now you can!

Learn how to save print settings for common print job types to speed up workflow and synchronize your team. 

Learn how to use per part estimation and assembly grouping.

Explore the new Labels feature to cleanly mark and annotate your FDM parts right in GrabCAD Print Pro without ANY preparation!

The Report: Metal vs. Polymer 3D Printing

An investment in one technology doesn’t have to come at the expense of the other. This in-depth report illustrates the advantages of investing in polymer AM for aerospace.

Aerospace 3D Printers

F900

The F900 boasts the most extensive print bed and a wide range of thermoplastic materials.

Fortus 450mc

The Fortus 450mc is versatile and excels in various applications, including prototyping, tooling, and creating end-use parts.

Neo800

The Neo®800 produces top-notch parts that exhibit exceptional surface quality, precision, and intricate details. Create prototypes, rapid tooling, and master patterns.

Origin One

This groundbreaking technology delivers exceptional levels of accuracy, consistency, detail, and throughput.

H350™

The H350 powder bed fusion 3D printer delivers accurate, production-grade parts with affordable high volume 3D printing.

Polymer Materials for Aerospace

ASA

ASA is similar to ABS but is UV resistant and produces a smoother printed surface.

Antero 840CN03

Get a stronger lighter weight alternative to metal with Antero 840CN03, a high-performance PEKK-based electrostatic discharge (ESD) thermoplastic.

Ultem™ 9085 resin

Flame, smoke and toxicity-rated ULTEM™ 9085 resin features a high strength-to-weight ratio and high thermal and chemical resistance.

The competition is succeeding with polymer additive manufacturing

Boom Supersonic

Boom saved 96% in material cost and 86% in lead time savings when they 3D printed a rudder limiter system prototype using ASA thermoplastics.

East/West

East/West Industries used a Fortus 450mc™ printer to design and produce a replacement die using FDM® Nylon-12CF carbon fiber material, saving 80% in cost and 87% time savings.

United Launch Alliance

ULA redesigned and 3Dprint the Atlas V rocket avionics cooling duct using ULTEM™ 9085 resin material, drastically reducing 140 metal parts to 16 parts, and a 98% reduction in production costs.

Lockheed Martin Space

Lockheed Martin Space used additive manufacturing and ESD PEKK-based material to produce flight-worthy parts for the Orion space mission to Mars and beyond.

Boom saved 96% in material cost and 86% in lead time savings when they 3D printed a rudder limiter system prototype using ASA thermoplastics.

East/West Industries used a Fortus 450mc™ printer to design and produce a replacement die using FDM® Nylon-12CF carbon fiber material, saving 80% in cost and 87% time savings.

ULA redesigned and 3Dprint the Atlas V rocket avionics cooling duct using ULTEM™ 9085 resin material, drastically reducing 140 metal parts to 16 parts, and a 98% reduction in production costs.

Lockheed Martin Space used additive manufacturing and ESD PEKK-based material to produce flight-worthy parts for the Orion space mission to Mars and beyond.

Aerospace Webinars

Industrial AM Implementation for Aerial & Defense

Steve Fournier from General Atomics Aeronautics gives a detailed look at their additive manufacturing strategy.

How to Meet Production Schedules While Reducing Cost With 3D Printed Drill Guides

Hear from Ruslan at Boom Supersonic about why they chose 3D printing when manufacturing over 700 drill guides for theri XB-1 supersonic demonstrator, and the design flexibility and cost savings they experienced.

From Speedways to Space Additive Manufacturing Applications and Materials for Space Recording

Watch how Maxar uses Stratasys additive manufacturing technology to develop their geo communication satellites as well as the different AM applications and materials specific for Space.

Unlocking AM: The Future Of End-Use Part Production

Take a look at the present and future of end-use part production in additive manufacturing. The panelists dive into several topics including validation, predictive maintenance and build simulation.

Steve Fournier from General Atomics Aeronautics gives a detailed look at their additive manufacturing strategy.

Watch how Maxar uses Stratasys additive manufacturing technology to develop their geo communication satellites as well as the different AM applications and materials specific for Space.

Take a look at the present and future of end-use part production in additive manufacturing. The panelists dive into several topics including validation, predictive maintenance and build simulation.

Understand how polymer additive manufacturing can transform your aerospace operations.

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Stratasys Direct Manufacturing

Stratasys Direct Manufacturing (SDM) specializes in handling complex, high-requirement projects that demand engineering expertise, industry-specific process workflows, and material traceability. SDM is qualified to manufacture parts for 26 material specifications and 46 process specifications.