Stratasys 3D printers and materials provide
extremely high levels of strength, durability and thermal
properties to power missions to deep space
Variant of new Stratasys Antero™ 800NA,
PEKK-based material offers electro-static dissipative (ESD)
functionality for advanced mechanical, chemical, and thermal
properties
Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a global leader in applied
additive technology solutions, and Phoenix Analysis & Design
Technologies, Inc. (PADT) jointly announced the companies are
teaming with Lockheed Martin Space to deliver next-generation 3D
printed parts for NASA’s Orion deep-space spacecraft. Key to the
project are Stratasys advanced materials – including an ESD variant
of the new Antero™ 800NA, a PEKK-based thermoplastic offering high
performance mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties.
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The Orion spacecraft leverages a variant
of new Stratasys Antero 800NA to build an intricately-connected 3D
printed docking hatch door (Photo: Business Wire)
Orion is NASA’s spacecraft that will send astronauts to the Moon
and beyond. Orion’s next test flight, dubbed Exploration Mission-1
(EM-1), will be the first integration mission with the world’s most
powerful rocket, the Space Launch System, where an un-crewed Orion
will fly thousands of miles beyond the Moon during an approximately
three week mission.
The following flight, EM-2, will also go near the Moon, but with
astronauts on board, a first since 1972 and will enable NASA to
prepare for increasingly complex missions in deep space. The
mission will use more than 100 3D printed production parts on
board, engineered in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, Stratasys
and PADT.
The production-grade, thermoplastic 3D printed parts for NASA’s
Orion vehicle are produced at the Additive Manufacturing Lab at
Lockheed Martin in conjunction with PADT, which now employs the
latest in Stratasys 3D printers and materials. Using advanced
materials such as ULTEM 9085™ resin and the new Antero material
incorporating critical electro-static dissipative (ESD)
functionality – NASA could meet key requirements for 3D printed
parts to perform in the extremes of deep space. Antero is ideally
suited to meet NASA’s requirements for heat and chemical
resistance, along with the ability to withstand high mechanical
loads.
“Working with PADT, Stratasys, and NASA has enabled us to
achieve highly consistent builds that move beyond the realm of
prototyping and into production,” said Brian Kaplun, Manager of
Additive Manufacturing at Lockheed Martin Space. “We’re not just
creating parts, we’re reshaping our production strategy to make
spacecraft more affordable and faster to produce.”
The Lockheed Martin, Stratasys and PADT-engineered collaboration
is differentiated by an ability to create consistency and
repeatability in mass scale across the entire additive
manufacturing part production process. Lockheed Martin is also one
of the first customers leveraging Stratasys’ Antero, using the new
thermoplastic for a critical part situated just outside of Orion’s
docking hatch. The complex part consists of six individual 3D
printed components locked together to form a ring on the craft’s
exterior. The part is currently on display in the Lockheed Martin
booth #603 at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO
April 16-19.
“The demands of space travel require extremely high performance
materials and the most rigorous manufacturing processes in the
industry. Part integrity and repeatability are essential and must
pass NASA’s demanding testing and validation process,” said Scott
Sevcik, Vice President of Manufacturing at Stratasys. “Based on
decades of experience delivering strong and lightweight additive
manufacturing solutions for leaders across the aerospace industry,
Stratasys technology is ideally suited to match the
high-reliability manufacturing processes required for production
parts in space exploration.”
“It’s exciting to be a part of the Orion mission and Lockheed
Martin’s efforts to transition additive manufacturing from
prototyping to production,” said Rey Chu, Principal and Co-Owner at
PADT. “Additive manufacturing technology and materials have come a
long way to become a full-fledged end-use manufacturing
option.”
PADT is currently joining Stratasys in their booth #537 at this
week’s 34th Space Symposium. For further detail on how Stratasys is
transforming aerospace and space exploration through 3D printing
please visit: http://www.stratasys.com/aerospace.
Stratasys is a global leader in applied additive
technology solutions for industries including Aerospace,
Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Education. For nearly
30 years, a deep and ongoing focus on customers’ business
requirements has fueled purposeful innovations — 1,200 granted and
pending additive technology patents to date — that create new value
across product lifecycle processes, from design prototypes to
manufacturing tools and final production parts. The Stratasys 3D
printing ecosystem of solutions and expertise — advanced materials;
software with voxel level control; precise, repeatable and reliable
FDM and PolyJet 3D printers; application-based expert services;
on-demand parts and industry-defining partnerships — works to
ensure seamless integration into each customer’s evolving
workflow. Fulfilling the real-world potential of additive,
Stratasys delivers breakthrough industry-specific applications that
accelerate business processes, optimize value chains and drive
business performance improvements for thousands of future-ready
leaders. Corporate headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota and
Rehovot, Israel. Online at: www.stratasys.com,
http://blog.stratasys.com and LinkedIn.
Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies (PADT) is an
engineering product and services company that focuses on helping
customers who develop physical products by providing Numerical
Simulation, Product Development, and 3D printing solutions. PADT’s
worldwide reputation for technical excellence and experienced staff
is based on its proven record of building long-term win-win
partnerships with vendors and customers. Since its establishment in
1994, companies have relied on PADT because “We Make Innovation
Work”. With over 80 employees, PADT services customers from its
headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, and from offices in Torrance,
California, Littleton, Colorado, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Austin,
Texas, and Murray, Utah. More information on PADT can be found at
www.padtinc.com.
Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is
a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
97,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services.
Stratasys is a registered trademark and Antero and the Stratasys
signet are trademarks of Stratasys Ltd and or its subsidiaries or
affiliates. ULTEM is a registered trademark of SABIC or its
subsidiaries or affiliates.
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