Velo3D Puts Manufacturing Capabilities to Work for Aerospace Company 

Velo3D, a metal additive manufacturing technology company for parts, announces Lockheed Martin is using Velo3D’s additive manufacturing solution for its Additive Design & Manufacturing Center, which pilots new additive manufacturing technologies for production deployments in Lockheed Martin’s Space division. Velo3D was selected for its advanced quality assurance capabilities enabled through its Assure software, which provides layer-by-layer traceability of machine health, part integrity and build reporting. 

 

 

The solution Velo3D has delivered to Lockheed Martin includes a Sapphire printer, Velo3D’s Flow print preparation software, its Assure quality assurance and control software, and its Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process, which optimizes the additive manufacturing process by combining process simulation, geometry-based detection and build process monitoring during print execution.

“The past few years have uncovered weaknesses in the global supply chain, which is causing many companies to evaluate new technologies to feed production of their mission-critical parts and hardware, and distribute their manufacturing processes,” says Benny Buller, Velo3D CEO and founder. “An additive manufacturing solution that can print identical parts anywhere you have a printer can not only help solve some very specific, complex challenges in our global supply chain, it can also lower production costs and lead times, and enable the manufacturing of parts in closer proximity to where they are needed.” 

The company's latest Sapphire XC system enables greater productivity and lower production costs for Velo3D customers, the company reports. It also enables the printing of parts that are 600 mm in diameter and up to 550 mm in height—500% larger than the previous Sapphire system.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.