Forum Aerospace & Defence: Additive manufacturing in Erfurt

Related Vendor

Printed aircraft cabin part for rescue helicopters

Stephan Keil, Managing Director and Manager Quality at The Aviation AM Centre (AAMC), proved that additive manufacturing has long since moved beyond prototype status. In his presentation entitled "Certified metal-AM parts for Aviation - an Application Study", he demonstrated that an additively manufactured part of a metallic cabin structure component is fully suitable for the "in service" modification of a medical rescue helicopter fleet. The component is manufactured using the LPBF process and under EASA Part 21/G - including EASA Airworthiness Release Certificate (Form 1). Keil also highlights the complete process chain, which extends from the requirements criteria to process monitoring and quality assurance in the certified environment.

The circular economy reaches new aircraft construction

Gero Arnold, Senior Development Engineer R&T and Compliance Verification Engineer at Safran Cabin Germany, explains how recycling and additive manufacturing can work together in aircraft cabin production. As part of the joint project "ORAM - Certified Recyclates for Aviation", high-performance polymers from "end-of-life" cabin components are processed and qualified for new applications. The declared aim is to increase the utilization rate of secondary material after the end of its life cycle to up to 75 percent. The AM production cell installed at the machine tool laboratory at RWTH Aachen University meets the requirements of EASA Part 21 Subpart G and is officially authorized as an approved production facility, as emphasized. This is the first time that a bridge has been built between the circular economy, additive series production and regulatory compliance.

Space travel awaits new drive concepts

Michal Fedasz, Head of the Metal 3D Printing Department at the Łukasiewicz - Institute of Aviation (ILOT) in Warsaw, will present the progress made in the processing of copper alloys using LPBF for rocket engines. His presentation will focus on a 6-kilonewton demonstrator as part of the ESA FLPP program and a "Rotational Detonation Engine" test stand. Both applications showed how additively manufactured, regeneratively cooled combustion chambers can bring new dimensions of efficiency and performance to the field. Witold Klare (German Orbital Systems) and Dilip Chalissery (Fraunhofer IAP) provided information on additively manufactured satellite components made from shape memory polymers. Contributions from Outokumpu, MT Aerospace and Additive Minds / EOS will expand the range of topics to include material and monitoring innovations.

Subscribe to the newsletter now

Don't Miss out on Our Best Content

Business E-mail

Please enter a valid mailadress.

By clicking on „Subscribe to Newsletter“ I agree to the processing and use of my data according to the consent form (please expand for details) and accept the Terms of Use. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy. The consent declaration relates, among other things, to the sending of editorial newsletters by email and to data matching for marketing purposes with selected advertising partners (e.g., LinkedIn, Google, Meta)

Date: 08.12.2025

Naturally, we always handle your personal data responsibly. Any personal data we receive from you is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. For detailed information please see our privacy policy.

Consent to the use of data for promotional purposes

I hereby consent to Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG, Max-Planck-Str. 7-9, 97082 Würzburg including any affiliated companies according to §§ 15 et seq. AktG (hereafter: Vogel Communications Group) using my e-mail address to send editorial newsletters. A list of all affiliated companies can be found here

Newsletter content may include all products and services of any companies mentioned above, including for example specialist journals and books, events and fairs as well as event-related products and services, print and digital media offers and services such as additional (editorial) newsletters, raffles, lead campaigns, market research both online and offline, specialist webportals and e-learning offers. In case my personal telephone number has also been collected, it may be used for offers of aforementioned products, for services of the companies mentioned above, and market research purposes.

Additionally, my consent also includes the processing of my email address and telephone number for data matching for marketing purposes with select advertising partners such as LinkedIn, Google, and Meta. For this, Vogel Communications Group may transmit said data in hashed form to the advertising partners who then use said data to determine whether I am also a member of the mentioned advertising partner portals. Vogel Communications Group uses this feature for the purposes of re-targeting (up-selling, cross-selling, and customer loyalty), generating so-called look-alike audiences for acquisition of new customers, and as basis for exclusion for on-going advertising campaigns. Further information can be found in section “data matching for marketing purposes”.

In case I access protected data on Internet portals of Vogel Communications Group including any affiliated companies according to §§ 15 et seq. AktG, I need to provide further data in order to register for the access to such content. In return for this free access to editorial content, my data may be used in accordance with this consent for the purposes stated here. This does not apply to data matching for marketing purposes.

Right of revocation

I understand that I can revoke my consent at will. My revocation does not change the lawfulness of data processing that was conducted based on my consent leading up to my revocation. One option to declare my revocation is to use the contact form found at https://contact.vogel.de. In case I no longer wish to receive certain newsletters, I have subscribed to, I can also click on the unsubscribe link included at the end of a newsletter. Further information regarding my right of revocation and the implementation of it as well as the consequences of my revocation can be found in the data protection declaration, section editorial newsletter.

Additive manufacturing protects