US Air Force produces first 3-D printed metal part for aircraft engines

If the military thinks 3-D printing is good enough to manufacture aircraft engine parts then 3-D printing is here in spades. Next up- 3-D printing spacecraft and habitats in orbit (earth or other) or in space.

Tinker Air Force base maintenance personnel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma have produced and tested the first 3-D printed metal part on a US Air Force (USAF) aircraft engine.

The service reverse engineered and reproduced an anti-ice gasket for the Pratt & Whitney TF33-P103, a turbofan engine which powers the Boeing E-3 Sentry, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the Northrop Grumman E-8.
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