Top 5 Videos: Emirates, GE & More!

This week’s Top 5 Videos contains a variety of interesting videos from companies, and researchers. These range from new printing processes, to plans to build 3D-printing drone armies that can build shelters for those affected by natural disasters. Remember, a new Top 5 Videos is posted every Sunday, so don’t forget to check out next week’s issue!

1 – Emirates 3D Printing in Planes

Emirates are an extremely well-known airline that specialise in flights in the Middle East but fly worldwide. In this video, Emirates articulate how they intend to use 3D printing to make more and more parts of their planes. This has started with small parts like air grills using SLS. They intend to expand this to 3D print every part of the plane’s cabin.

2 – Sculpteo Fabpilot

Fabpilot is is Sculpteo’s new cloud-based 3D printing software. It was created for use in production centres/laboratories and helps with uploading and repairing files, analysing and optimising projects, and more. Fabpilot works with all 3D manufacturing technologies, and allows for collaboration between multiple users, so others can make edits.

3 – GE Aviation’s Additive Technologies

This video from GE doesn’t contain any spoken words advertising their printers. It is however, a montage of the work that goes on in GE Aviation’s lab. In the video you can see the complex manufacturing taking place, creating parts in their printers. GE have been very active in the 3D printing scene this year, and we expect more of the same in 2018.

4 – Renishaw’s Quad Laser

UK-based company Renishaw have developed a new Quad Laser system for use in their 500Q printer. This printer’s 4 lasers allows it to print much faster, as all 4 lasers print concurrently. This allows the creation of large, complex models, in a much quicker time. They also claim this machine is more efficient with powder use.

5 – Drones that 3D Print Mid-Flight

Talib Alhinai, one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35, is building drones. But not any old drones, drones that can 3D print structures mid-flight. More wholesomely, his intention with these drones is to help build temporary shelters for those affected in natural disasters. His company, Buildrone, is attempting to create these drones to fly in swarms that can build these shelters in a very short time.

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