3D Printed Engines

NASA

Printed Engines Propel the Next Industrial Revolution

Efforts to 3D print engines produce significant savings in rocketry and beyond A laser powder directed energy deposition (LP-DED) 3D printer at RPM Innovations’ facility additively manufactures a large-scale aerospike rocket engine nozzle from one of Elementum 3D’s specialized, 3D-printable aluminum alloys. RPM Innovations Inc. In the fall of 2023, NASA hot fire tested an aluminum 3D printed rocket engine…