Engineering.com: Metal Additive Manufacturing Keeps Legend Flying

Categories: Additive Manufacturing, Publications

Tags: Additive Manufacturing, Concept Laser, Engineering.com, Metal 3D Printing, P51 Mustang, Scanning

What do you do when you want to replace the exhaust on a 1944 P-51D Mustang warbird and you also happen to be a pioneer in additive manufacturing? You work with Concept Laser and PADT to can and print a replacement stainless steel part. In “Metal Additive Manufacturing Keeps Legend Flying” Engineering.com details the project that involved blue light scanning and 3D Printing of new metal part in modern Stainless Steel, replacing the three-piece weldment with a single part.

They also did a fantastic video about the effort:

If you would like to learn how PADT can help you reverse engineering your legacy geometry and recreate it using Additive Manufacturing, contact us.

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