Made-to-order machine from AMCM builds Launcher rocket engine chamber

The Brooklyn company Launcher built this rocket engine chamber on an AMCM 3D printer.

Launcher’s E-2 liquid rocket engine chamber was printed as a single part on the M4K, a metal 3D printer from Additive Manufacturing Customized Machines.

Launcher, a Brooklyn builder of engines for small satellite launchers, says the engine generates 10 tons of force and is 85 cm (33.5”) high by 40 cm (15.7”) in diameter.

Building a rocket chamber and nozzle as a single part via 3D printing reportedly is critical to ensuring the highest performance possible in terms of the nozzle design and to reduce part count, complexity, and cost. It also increases the speed of manufacturing.

Click here to see a test of Launcher's 3D-printed E-1 engine.

AMCM, part of the EOS group, produces customized 3D printing machines. Launcher is its first customer to acquire an M4K.