# How Additive Manufacturing (AM) is Enabling the Next Leap in Aerospace Innovation

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2022-02-23
- Length: 33m
- Episode: 4
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/98e247b6

## Summary

Brian Neff, CEO of Sintavia and Chairman of the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), explains how additive manufacturing (AM) enables next-generation aerospace innovations, including rocket engines and electric aircraft. He details Sintavia's strategy of combining aerospace quality standards with additive expertise to produce complex components like heat exchangers and thrust chambers, overcoming industry inertia through technical competence. Neff also discusses the AMGTA's role in quantifying sustainability via lifecycle analyses and highlights emerging capabilities such as large-format printing and pure copper processing for high-power-density electric motors.

## Chapters

- [0:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=5) Introduction: Brian Neff and Sintavia's Role in Aerospace
- [2:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=128) Multi-generational Modality Changes in Flight and Engines
- [4:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=288) Sintavia's Differentiation: Product Manufacturer vs. Generalist
- [8:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=514) Overcoming Aerospace Inertia Through Technical Competence
- [11:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=665) Sustainability, AMGTA, and Lifecycle Analyses
- [22:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=1372) Design Authority and Heat Exchanger Innovation
- [26:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2022-02-23-how-additive-manufacturing-am-is-enabling-the-next-leap-in-aerospace-innovation#t=1593) Future Capabilities: Large Systems, Copper, and Space Manufacturing

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Sintavia (company)
- AMGTA (company)
- EOS (company)
- MTU Engines (company)
- Wisk (company)
- Relativity Space (company)
- EOS M270 (product)
- AS 9100 (other)

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- [21. AI Rescues Firefighters, NASA Prints Spacecraft Parts, Plug & Play Prosthetics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-06-08-21-ai-rescues-firefighters-nasa-prints-spacecraft-parts-plug-play-prosthetics) (The Next Byte Podcast)
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