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Defence and Security

Defence and Security

3D Printing in the Defence Industry

Propel your product development process for the defence and security industry through industrial 3D printing. Our cutting-edge technologies empower you to tailor your product’s attributes, while avoiding the high costs associated with altering traditional production lines. Our team of engineers can support you from the initial design stages to the part finishing.

Advantages of Solaxis 3D Printing in the Defence Industry:

  • Enhanced responsiveness and military readiness.
  • Innovation acceleration.
  • Cost reduction.
  • Shortened supply chains.
  • Design freedom for complex geometries.
  • On-demand part production.
  • Rapid design of low-volume prototypes and tooling.
3D Printing in the Defence Industry
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3D Low-volume Production

3D Low-volume Production

Thanks to the use of engineering thermoplastics, 3D printing is able to produce solid and reliable parts. This technology also helps optimize turnaround times and resources both at the development and production stages.

  • Exterior and interior parts for vehicles
  • Parts for drones
  • Radar and fiber-optic components
  • Protective clothing accessories
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3D-Printed Functional Prototypes

3D-Printed Functional Prototypes

The engineering thermoplastics we use allow us to print 3D prototypes with similar properties to that of the final parts. Thanks to our cutting-edge technologies, you can print prototypes of the following parts in no time:

  • Parts for marketing, sales and photo shoots
  • Interior and exterior parts for vehicles
  • Substitution parts
    • While waiting to receive the original
    • To validate machining programs
    • To validate CMM inspection programs
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3D-Printed Tooling and Jigs

3D-Printed Tooling and Jigs

At Solaxis, we make sure that equipment and jig production meet the most stringent industry standards in terms of stability, manoeuvrability, lightness and optimal user protection.

  • Assembly fixtures
  • Thermoforming molds
  • Cutting jigs
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Quality
THE HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESS, IT STRUCTURE AND DATA AUTOMATION DEVELOPED BY SOLAXIS ASSURE GOOD MANAGEMENT AND TRACEABILITY OF PROJECTS IN THE DEFENCE SECTOR.
Quality assurance

Quality assurance

  • Continuous improvement program
  • Solaxis’s quality policy
  • Efficient and automated quality system
  • Focus on industry 4.0: innovation, automation and excellent reliability
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Product compliance management

Product compliance management

  • Dimensional Inspection
  • Conformity of raw materials
  • Conformity procedure
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High-quality production

High-quality production

  • Understanding phase
  • Design and programming phase
  • Production phase
  • Quality phase
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Certifications

Certifications

  • ISO 9001:2015
  • AS 9100:2016
  • Controlled Goods Program
  • Aero Montreal – MACH 3
  • Cybersecurity
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Example of achievement

Aerospace Duct with Industrial 3D Printing

Aerospace Duct with Industrial 3D Printing

Customer

Aerospace

Mandate

To optimize the design of a complex part and validating the consolidation possibilities.

Goals

Initially the part was designed in a dozen sections formed and welded, which caused delays and problems of repeatability.

  • Consolidate different parts to reduce assembly and certain costs.
  • Reduce costs and the number of operators (machining of different sections, forming for other sections, other supplier for assembly …).
  • Maintain the functionality of the product.
  • Application requiring a high performance material, such as PEKK, with ESD properties.

Results

  • Optimal consolidation: Complex part of 10 sections with one-piece hardware.
  • Reduction of the number of suppliers required to one: Thanks to Solaxis’ expertise and technologies, the entire project was taken care of by our team.
  • Optimized design facilitating assembly, while respecting geometric constraints.
  • Repeatable parts: This pilot project then led to other 3D printing projects.
  • PEKK – Antero 840CN03 met high mechanical properties requirements.

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Case study

 

DEEP SPACE WITH HUMANS ON BOARD

DEEP SPACE WITH HUMANS ON BOARD

Customer

Aerospace

Mandate

Prototypes parts rigorous testing up to final production parts meeting exemplary repeatability

Goals

The conditions of deep space require a multi-mission approach with rigorous parts testing and the construction of a new spacecraft for each mission. This ensures both the integrity of the parts but also poses a challenge for Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Orion vehicle: repeatability.

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Return on investment

Return on investment

  • Unlike traditional methods (machining, injection, liquid resin casting, etc.), the Solaxis solution avoids expenses associated with programming and investing in complex and expensive tooling to produce small quantities.
  • Flexible delivery also yields the benefits of LEAN Manufacturing, thanks to just-in- time (JIT) sourcing.
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Defence and Security | Manufacturing of high-performance protection solutions

“I'm continually impressed with the promptness and engagement that Solaxis o°ers us. Even with my own large in-house printers and printing partners nearby, there are many emergency and priority projects I simply could not complete without Solaxis at our side. Solaxis delivers for us time and time again, without fault, and constantly ahead of the competition. I could not be more satisfied with our relationship!"
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FDM Additive Manufacturing

FDM Additive Manufacturing

  • 7 x Fortus F900 GEN III
  • 2 x Fortus 400mc
  • Aircraft Interior Solution
  • Stratasys Parts Provider Program Tiers 1
  • Large build envelop (3 X 2 X 3 feet)
  • Different high-performance material options
  • Large production capacity – Quick turnaround
Engineering support

Engineering support

  • Support and analysis of the needs
  • Coaching on design for additive manufacturing
  • Quality GD&T interpretation and analysis
  • Qualification of raw materials and equipment
  • Qualification with destructive testing of coupons and analysis of test results
  • Joint research projects (University, OEM)
  • Beta testing of materials
Professionnal finishing

Professionnal finishing

  • Aerospace standards
  • Components assembly
  • Turnkey projects
  • One-stop shop

The Solaxis Difference

Expertise

  • Advanced additive manufacturing for the defense sector
  • Finishing that meets the aerospace and military standards
  • Cybersecurity
  • First Article Inspection – FAIR
  • Certificate of conformity – CoC
  • ISO 9001, AS 9100 and Controlled Goods Programs certifications
  • High-performance thermoplastics
    • Impact, heat, mechanical, chemical, UV and dielectric resistance
    • Antistatic
    • Self-lubricating to minimize wear
    • FST- FAR 25.853

Modern Facilities

  • A variety of cutting-edge manufacturing equipment
  • Finishing department that meets the aerospace and military standards
  • Reliability guaranteed by our auxiliary equipment:
    • Industrial generator and UPS backup, as well as high-performance servers
    • ERP system and EPDM vault
The Solaxis Difference
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