Boeing and Hot Wood have partnered with additive manufacturing technology to produce large single-piece tools for the Boeing 777X, suggesting that additive manufacturing is ready to produce high-quality tools for the aerospace industry. Hot Wood Group in order to make the tool as a whole printing, eliminating the additional costs and progress required to assemble multiple 3D printing tool components, the use of large-scale additional manufacturing (LSAM) machines and newly developed vertical layer printing (VLP) 3D printing technology.
As part of the joint demonstration program, JEMU delivered 12-foot-long research and development tools to Boeing in August 2018 and was printed and collated in its demonstration laboratory in southern Indiana. "The use of hot wood additive manufacturing technology offers significant advantages in this application, saving weeks and enabling the manufacture and delivery of tools before traditional processing," said Michelle Mitchell, a research and technical engineer at Boeing.
' The one-piece tool is made of 20% carbon fiber reinforced ABS, printed using a vertical printing system. Boeing purchased the Jemu Lsam Machine for its internal responsibility Center (IRC) equipment in Washington Everett, which is equipped with VLP functions. The cooperation between Boeing and the Hot Wood Company provides the machine with the ability to quickly produce large-scale molds.
The results of the joint efforts of two companies show an important step in extending additive technology from the laboratory to the factory.
Hot Wood is an international company located in Indiana State Dell, mainly engaged in manufacturing technology, using the development, manufacture and distribution of technology-based products and software for manufacturing, and provide formal technical training. Boeing and Hot Wood Group demonstrate VLP 3D printing technology