World's Largest 3D Print from ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the world's larges 3D print that was recognized by Guinness World Records.

From project description:

Researchers at the MDF have 3D-printed a large-scale trim tool for a Boeing 777X, the world’s largest twin-engine jet airliner. The additively manufactured tool was printed on the Big Area Additive Manufacturing, or BAAM machine over a 30-hour period. The team used a thermoplastic pellet comprised of 80% ABS plastic and 20% carbon fiber from local material supplier

The tool has proven to decrease time, labor, cost and errors associated with traditional manufacturing techniques and increased energy savings in preliminary testing and will undergo further, long term testing.

Here is the time-lapse video of the process and it looks impressive:




ORNL homepage:

https://www.ornl.gov/news/3d-printed-tool-building-aircraft-achieves-guinness-world-records-title

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Fully 3d printed drone by University of Sheffield AMRC and Boeing

Test flight of a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), designed and built using fused deposition modelling by the Design & Prototyping Group at the University of Sheffield AMRC with Boeing.

The drones airframe is printed in ABS plastic.

Check out other 3d printed drones.

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/user/AMRCsheffield?feature=watch

Update:

Now you can read all about this drone project in PDF paper released by the team:

http://www.namtec.co.uk/userfiles/files/Powered_CASESTUDY.pdf


The design is updated to be more 3d printeble on FDM machines, but the parts of the wings are carbon fiber.

There is a new video:

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Off topic: How to make high performance drone in 27 days

Can you guess how? I think 3d printing had something to do with it (it is mentioned but not shown)

Boeing's Phantom Swift X-Plane

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