Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is assisting
SAE International's Polymer Additive Manufacturing (AMS AM-P) Subcommittee in developing
new technical standard documents for the aerospace industry.
Paul Jonas, NIAR director of technology development and special programs, serves as
the subcommittee chairman.
"SAE's polymer additive standardization activities complement the qualification framework
under development at NIAR," he said. "Publicly available polymer additive manufacturing
material and process specifications will provide the aerospace industry and regulatory
authorities with documents that may be utilized by industry to purchase and process
material consistently."
Together, the documents will provide technical requirements and quality assurance
provisions for the Fused Deposition Modeling process and material feedstock characterization
needed to produce high quality parts for aerospace applications utilizing Stratasys
ULTEM™ 9085 and ULTEM™ 1010. The documents include:
- AMS7100 - Fused Filament Fabrication Process
- AMS7100/1 - Fused Filament Fabrication - Stratasys Fortus 900 mc Plus with Type 1, Class 1, Grade 1, Natural Material
- AMS7101 - Material for Fused Filament Fabrication
"Additive manufacturing will play a significant role in the technology needed to produce
parts capable of service in critical and non-critical aerospace service," said David
Alexander, director of aerospace standards for SAE International. "The important work
done by SAE's AMS AM-P subcommittee will help the industry move forward with this
technology."
Chris Holshouser, director of specialty solutions for Stratasys, said the committee’s
work is important for the entire aerospace industry.
"SAE's polymer additive manufacturing standardization work shows a key maturation
step for the industry and will allow for users to clearly understand the critical
parameters and controls that are necessary for the production of reliable, repeatable,
reproducible aerospace parts," Holshouser said. "Stratasys is committed in supporting
this endeavor to provide confidence to adopters of AM and advance the aerospace field."
SAE International's AMS AM-P is a subcommittee of SAE's AMS-AM, Additive Manufacturing
Committee, and was initiated based upon a request from the International Air Transport
Association (IATA) to assist airlines utilizing additive manufacturing to produce
cabin parts. In addition, the subcommittee's documents will support the broader aerospace
industry's interest in qualifying polymer additive manufactured parts.
SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering
profession. By uniting over 127,000 engineers and technical experts, we drive knowledge
and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries. We act on two priorities: encouraging
a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards
for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our charitable
arm, the SAE Foundation, which helps fund programs like A World in Motion® and the
Collegiate Design Series™.
NIAR supports the aviation industry by providing research, development, testing, certification
and training. Laboratories include Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Coatings, Aging
Aircraft, Ballistic & Impact Dynamics, CAD/CAM, Composites & Advanced Materials, Computational
Mechanics, Crash Dynamics, Environmental Test, Full-Scale Structural Test, Mechanical
Test, Nondestructive Test, Research Machine Shop, Reverse Engineering, Robotics &
Automation, Virtual Reality and the Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel. NIAR operates on
a nonprofit budget and is the largest university aviation R&D institution in the U.S.,
located in Wichita, Kansas, the "Air Capital of the World."
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Contact: Tracee Friess, director of communication for research and technology transfer, 316-978-5597
or tracee.friess@wichita.edu.
Shawn Andreassi of SAE International, 1-724-772-8522 or pr@sae.org