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Enabling Aerospace Success through Materials Technology and Service Excellence Vol. 1 Issue 1 Page 2

What is Additive Manufacturing (AM)?

• The process of joining materials to make objects from
3D model data, usually layer by layer as an additive • Darius has challenged Aerospace to industrialize
process Additive Manufacturing to have 300 parts qualified for
• Commonly known as 3D printing additive production by the end of 2019 - this effort is
• Allows manufacturing of components with virtually no often abbreviated “AM300”.
geometric limitations or tools • One of additive’s greatest advantages is in combining
• Distinguished from traditional subtractive machining multiple parts (currently manufactured separately)
techniques into one printed part – AM transforms all welds and
seams necessary for securely combining separate parts
into integral components of the single additively-
manufactured part!
• Consequently, the majority of AM300 production parts
in 2018 are currently made up of four or more
separate parts. For example, the ComDev Jupiter
switch housing, currently four separate parts, was
printed as one production additive part, and therefore
counts as four parts towards the 300-part production
DMLS IN718 & IN738 Turbocharger Rotors - Torrance goal.

Recognition – Above and Beyond

We have 1 day to identify all aerospace parts made Amazing feat in 8 hrs! From receipt of
of steel or aluminum! Impossible? MatEng Puerto data to release of substantiation test
Rico team used 5 custom-made database tools, report and even SCS-SS1 approval
some customer made and some Aero, collectively to normally takes days to weeks and our
filter 224,000 parts potentially subject to tariffs team’s persistence, process knowledge,
thus saving considerable cost exposure and they did and team collaboration made the near-
it with almost no notice completing the huge request impossible happen so two additional 36-
in only 1 day! This is a big deal because no other 150 engines could ship over the weekend.
group in Honeywell can produce this information for An amazing effort by Brian Streich, Hung
a surprising frequency of requests. The incredible Mac, Tim Griffith, Deane Krmpotich,
team supporting this effort includes: Ramon Suarez, Shawna Greiner, Felix Perez Matos.
Israel Hernandez, Jennifer Acosta, Angel Cruz, Bryan
Rodriguez, Rafael Diaz, Hernan Mendez.

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