Materialise has gained EN 9100 certification for its metallic AM processes for aerospace, certifying that its high quality administration system ensures product high quality, course of management, regulatory compliance, and steady enchancment.
The corporate already holds EN 9100 (a sector-specific variant of ISO 9001) for its polymer additive manufacturing processes devoted to the sector, producing upwards of 500,000 flying elements so far for plane OEMs, suppliers, and MROs.
This improvement, subsequently, may symbolize a significant step ahead within the adoption of Materialise’s metallic 3D-printed functionality for aviation and house.
Materialise is one of some additive manufacturing suppliers to be licensed to Airbus AIPI requirements — not too long ago attaining the best attainable grade on the Airbus High quality Maturity evaluation — and likewise holds a Manufacturing Group Approval (POA) from EASA, enabling them to fabricate flight-ready elements to Kind 1 accreditation. With EN 9100 certification for metallic now complementing its present credentials, Materialise is able to assist all the aerospace worth chain establish and supply flight-ready metallic or polymer 3D-printed elements, with low-criticality elements thought of a very sturdy alternative for the sector.
Erik de Zeeuw, Market Supervisor for Aerospace at Materialise, commented: “Low-criticality elements that should be mild, sturdy, and sturdy, equivalent to seat bezels, housings, inside trims, or ducts, are significantly sturdy candidates. They typically should be repaired or changed, however in small portions. These are necessities that align completely with key advantages of metallic 3D printing, together with the flexibility to have digital ‘on-demand’ inventory for quicker, extra dependable sourcing, and cost-efficient manufacturing of small collection elements.
“The standard and course of management system we’ve got in place simplifies the digital thread obligatory for qualifying 3D-printed metallic elements. And that’s one thing we’re extremely enthusiastic about. We’re prepared to speak to and work with our in depth community of companions in house and aviation to establish, produce, and develop the proper purposes for metallic AM. Collectively, we will certainly see an entire raft of latest alternatives fairly actually take flight.”
It’s Materialise’s second important aerospace-related replace of 2025 after the opening of an Aerospace Competence Middle in Delft, Netherlands.
