ORNL 3D Prints Steel Mold for Boeing Aircraft Work

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Boeing have produced a steel Stamp Form Die (SFD) mold using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The tool stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide, weighs close to 2 tons, and took eight weeks to print. Boeing will use it in its work for NASA‘s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing…