加拿大制造服务局Burloak Technologies和通信公司MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates（MDA）已同意合作，以开发3D打印的卫星零件。
这笔交易将使这些公司继续使用添加剂制造来优化各种天线技术的设计和制造性，至少将继续进行持续的合作伙伴关系。总体而言，该项目的目的是证明3D印刷零件在苛刻的空间环境中应用程序的可行性，这一结果有望为双方带来“重大利益”。
MDA首席执行官迈克·格林利（Mike Greenley）表示：“有了充满挑战的技术需求，我们必须找到合适的合作伙伴，以帮助我们充分利用添加剂制造的潜力来实现太空应用。”“这项合作是MDA在其LaunchPad计划下发展的合作伙伴关系的完美典范。”
“We’re confident Burloak Technologies is the ideal supplier to continue supporting our efforts.”
Burloak的添加性航空航天能力
Formed in 2005, Burloak is a subsidiary of global metal manufacturing network塞缪尔, Son & Co. Limited, and provides a range of 3D printing engineering and design services. The company’s wide solutions offering includes materials development and precision CNC machining in addition to the post-processing and metrology of printed parts.
Most relevantly, Burloak has worked with a number of aerospace and automotive businesses in recent years, to improve the speed and scalability of its additive manufacturing operations. The service provider began its involvement in the 3D printing industry in 2014, when it opened a new $104 millionAdditive Manufacturing Center of Excellencein Ontario, Canada. In a sense of what was to come, the facility was designed to enhance Burloak’s technology for aerospace applications, and to house all of its systems and expertise in one place.
Later, in July 2018, the company became part ofGE添加剂’sManufacturing Partner Network(或然数)。作为集团的创始成员之一,钻loak purchased GE Additive equipment, materials, software and technology, in order to expand upon its 3D printing capabilities. Not long after joining the MPN, the companyordered further machines来自电子梁添加剂制造（EBAM）业务Sciaky，具有类似的陈述，目的是增强对客户的服务。
More recently, Burloak has begun collaborating with French aviation businessSafran着陆系统to expand upon the aerospace applications of its technology, and develop3D printed landing gear parts。Burloak在寻求新颖的服务中迈出了一步，开始与MDA合作，在2018年创建增材航空航天组件。
Burloak and MDA’s continued collaboration
与MDA合作已被证明对Burloak有利，这是航空公司在太空机器人，传感器，卫星有效载荷和天线方面的专业知识。已于1969年成立Maxar Technologies, MDA has already worked on a number ofsimilar research programs，同时在加拿大拥有五个太空设施，而在英国则拥有一个。
当公司共同授予合同时，这些公司开始合作加拿大航天局的Space Technology Development Program (STDP) in 2018. Working on the project, the partners aimed to scale up the application of 3D printing technology, in order to develop more complex aerospace components, specifically targeting parts on the sub-system level.
Following the success of their previous engagement, the businesses have now announced a new deal which will see them continue working together for five more years, to optimize the design of printed satellite parts. Specifically, working as part of MDA’sLaunchPad program, the pair will examine how to further improve the size and performance of antenna components for the Canadian government.
塞缪尔总裁兼首席执行官Colin Osborne总结说：“在过去的两年中，我们与MDA的Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue业务密切合作，以应用和进化为其产品的添加剂制造。”“这种合作使我们能够优化天线设计，从大小，质量和性能方面，为该行业创造了一套新的可能性。”
The nominations for the2020 3D Printing Industry Awards现在开放。您认为谁应该在今年的演出中列出入围名单？现在有发言权。
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Featured image shows a satellite built by MDA subsidiary Space Systems Loral (SSL), being refuelled. Image via SSL.
