Additive manufacturing applications and implementation in aerospace

Many aerospace companies are turning to additive manufacturing solutions to stream-line current production processes and open opportunities for on-demand producibility. While many OEMs are drawn to the appeal of the benefits that additive manufacturing brings, they are beginning to understand the difficulties in what it takes to realize those benefits. This paper analyzes additive manufacturing from an industry perspective down to a company perspective to develop a deeper understanding of the practical use cases as well as the various challenges a company faces should they choose to enter this market. This study begins with market research on the additive manufacturing and aerospace industry before honing in on a several use-case parts from rotary aircraft. Selection criterion were created and applied to analyze the value that additive manufacturing would bring in comparison to that of conventional methods, ultimately determining its feasibility for additive manufacturing.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Sloan School of Management

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Chiu, Brendon W.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Arnold I. Barnett and Brian Anthony.

• Sloan School of Management.
• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126950

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/126950