What Happened
Flexible Manufacturing Solutions For Aerospace Industry
The IMTS 2026 Conference will feature a presentation on hybrid and convergent metal additive platforms for flexible, scalable production in the aerospace industry. Speakers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Mazak Corporation will discuss two architectures, including a hybrid platform combining laser hot-wire directed energy deposition (DED) with 5-axis machining, and the Flexible Unified Sustainment Ecosystem (FUSE) convergent manufacturing framework. The presentation will outline application case studies, including structural repair and life extension, rapid mold and tooling production, and expeditionary manufacturing in supply-constrained environments. This was reported by Aerospace Manufacturing and Design.