Divergent builds factory around 64 metal 3D printers for aerospace and defense

Divergent Technologies is expanding its DAPS platform—automated design, metal 3D printing and robotic assembly—into aerospace and defense manufacturing. The company announced its 12-laser Monolith One printer and a 430,000-square-foot facility in Long Beach, California, that will house 64 systems. With Saab it produced a 15-foot fuselage from 26 printed parts, and with America Makes and NASA it is working on part qualification.

• Long Beach facility of 430,000 sq ft will house 64 Monolith One printers
• Monolith One uses 12 lasers and was developed in-house
• Saab fuselage was assembled from 26 3D-printed parts without tooling
• Printer saw over 546 design changes in 20 months, reaching 4th generation