Manufacturing Minute: Boeing Considers 3D Printing Parts For Its Dreamliner

In this episode, Boeing considers 3D printed titanium parts for its Dreamliner and a hydrophobic material.

Apr 18th, 2017

Rachelle Blair-Frasier

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

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Russia Launches Lab Module to Space Station

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The purchase is part of a modernization program for Greece’s military.

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The Amazon founder said the company's employees "paid for all this" following his brief trip into space.

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