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The FAA Cleared the First 3D Printed Part to Fly in a Commercial Jet Engine from GE

April 14, 2015
The fist-sized piece of silver metal that houses the compressor inlet temperature sensor inside a jet engine is a part that’s bit obscure even for many aviation aficionados. Starting now, however, it’s becoming a symbol of one of the biggest changes sweeping jet engine design.
The housing for the sensor, known as T25, recently became the first 3D-printed part certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly inside GE commercial jet engines.
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Personalized Production: The Brilliant Factory Will Match the Right Parts With the Right Tools, says GE Manufacturing Maven Christine Furstoss

March 28, 2015
Henry Ford was fond of saying that “nothing was particularly hard if you divided it into small jobs.” He followed his own advice, built the world’s first large-scale assembly lines that cranked out millions of Model Ts every year, and left his competitors in the dust. Engineers are now taking Ford’s advice to the extreme and breaking down the factory into even smaller pieces: bits and bytes.
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Driving a 3D-Printed Car Through Manufacturing — Q&A with Jay Rogers of Local Motors

Jay Rogers Local Motors
March 17, 2015

From micro-manufacturing and co-creation to the first 3D-printed car, Jay Rogers is remaking the manufacturing process.

 

If the democratization of manufacturing is being fueled by forces such as the open-source movement and 3D printing, Jay Rogers may be sitting in the driver’s seat.
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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt’s Annual Letter to GE Shareholders: 2014

March 16, 2015
Last November, RBC analyst Deane Dray published a research note talking about the speed of transformation at GE. “The theme now at GE is ‘change,’” he wrote.
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The Human Touch: These Japanese Metalworkers Use Their Hands to Take 3D Printing to the Next Level

February 26, 2015
Japan is as technology rich as it is hydrocarbon poor. The country’s proven oil reserves stand at a measly 44 million barrels. (The U.S. holds nearly a thousand times more, or 36 billion.) The Niigata Prefecture, located some 200 miles northwest of Tokyo, is one of the few places in the country that had produced domestic oil, and the streets of local towns still feature many metal works and factories that once supported the industry.
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GE’s Brilliant Advanced Manufacturing Plant in Pune, India

February 15, 2015
When people talk about advanced manufacturing, they usually have Germany, Japan and the United States in mind, not India. That’s about to change. GE has invested over $200 million in a flexible new “brilliant factory” that will produce diverse products, from jet engine parts to locomotive components, for four different GE businesses all under one roof for the first time.
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Ceramic Matrix Composites Allow GE Jet Engines to Fly Longer

February 09, 2015
In the century following the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903, planes have gone through three materials revolutions: wood and fabric fuselages gave way to aluminum and, eventually, to light and strong carbon composites used to make the bodies of the latest planes like Boeing’s Dreamliner and the Airbus A350. But a new and unusual material is now changing the industry again: ceramic matrix composites.
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Projecting a Robot’s Intentions

Mit News
January 02, 2015

A new spin on virtual reality helps engineers read robots’ minds.

In a darkened, hangar-like space inside MIT’s Building 41, a small, Roomba-like robot is trying to make up its mind.

 

Standing in its path is an obstacle — a human pedestrian who’s pacing back and forth. To get to the other side of the room, the robot has to first determine where the pedestrian is, then choose the optimal route to avoid a close encounter.
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Steve Melito: Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship and Economic Strength

Steve Melito Fuzehub
December 30, 2014
What’s the best way to measure the strength of a state’s economy?
 
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Francisco J. Sánchez: Synchronized Factories — The Key to Latin America’s Industrial Future

Francisco J Sanchez Cns Global Advisors
December 29, 2014
In 2005, Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace and transportation company, opened the doors of a factory in Querétaro, Mexico. At the time, the move seemed like a serious gamble. Though Mexico offered low wages compared to Canada, could it provide Bombardier with the environment required for such a highly technical manufacturing plant?
 

Almost 10 years later, it is clear that the gamble paid off. The factory has flourished and employs more than 1,800 workers. Bombardier continues to generate profits from its Mexico plants and is expanding there.
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