SABIC ULTEM Resin and Stratasys FDM® Technology Enable Taylor-Deal Aviation to Produce Customized Parts Quickly and Cost-Effectively
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This new solution is helping us to rapidly supply customers with superior components offering FAA compliance and light weight for better fuel efficiency and driving our growth into new global markets.” “Our Fused Deposition Modeling equipment is ideal for quickly producing parts with complex geometries that could not be done as easily or cost-effectively using traditional manufacturing processes,” said Ryan Sybrant, business development manager, Stratasys.FDM technology solves two key challenges for TDA: · In custom aircraft designs and modifications there are geometric limitations that make traditional manufacturing methods ineffective.Pittsfield, MA, October 31, 2012 --( PR.com )-- At the Aircraft Interiors Show, booth #828, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is announcing that its strong, lightweight, flame-retardant ULTEM 9085 resin now helps to address one of the biggest challenges for aerospace OEMs – the ability to produce small volume parts quickly and cost-effectively.Together with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM®) technology from Stratasys, Inc., this world renowned material is enabling Stratasys’ customer, Taylor-Deal Aviation LLC (TDA) – based in Dallas, Texas – to create specialty fluid and air handling parts in hours rather than weeks, while meeting the latest industry regulations for flame, smoke and toxicity.This new solution is helping us to rapidly supply customers with superior components offering FAA compliance and light weight for better fuel efficiency and driving our growth into new global markets.”“Our Fused Deposition Modeling equipment is ideal for quickly producing parts with complex geometries that could not be done as easily or cost-effectively using traditional manufacturing processes,” said Ryan Sybrant, business development manager, Stratasys.