Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 05.04.2020
An avionics panel L-bracket for the B-1B Lancer is the first metal 3D-printed part to be used on a flying aircraft. The part is 2 by 2 by 2 inches, made out of 17-4 PH stainless steel and after extensive testing, is two and a half times stronger than the original part. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)...
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 05.04.2020
Kyle Taylor holds the first metal 3D-printed part, a stainless steel avionics panel L-bracket, to be used on a flying aircraft, this one for the B-1B Lancer. Taylor is a metal additive manufacturing subject matter expert in the Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling Lab and said that the lab saved $22,000 in production costs by producing the part in-house. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)...
Photo by Kelly White | 72nd Air Base Wing | 05.04.2020
Kyle Taylor holds the first metal 3D-printed part, a stainless steel avionics panel L-bracket, to be used on a flying aircraft, this one for the B-1B Lancer. Taylor is a metal additive manufacturing subject matter expert in the Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling Lab and said that the lab saved $22,000 in production costs by producing the part in-house. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)...
