Sciaky to provide additive manufacturing system to FAMAero

Chicago-based Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries Inc. and provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, will provide an Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) system to FAMAero (Future Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace), a privately owned metal 3-D-printed parts bureau located in Fenton, Mich.

FAMAero will use the technology to produce large-scale, 3-D-printed parts and prototype for manufacturers in the aerospace, defense, oil and gas, and sea-exploration industries.

The custom system will be the largest production metal 3-D printer in the world, according to the company, with a nominal part envelope of 146 in. wide by 62 in. deep by 62 in. high. With the machine, the company will be able to produce metal parts more than 12 ft. long.