Ascent Aerospace Gets A Thermwood LSAM Machine

Ascent Aerospace apprises of its recent investment of a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) machine from Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind., U.S.). As a new tooling option for its customers, Ascent intends to utilize the LSAM machine to bring tools such as layup molds, masters, trimming/drilling fixtures and vacuum holding fixtures to market faster than ever before. The LSAM machine will be co-located with the company’s composite tooling shop, autoclave and clean room in Santa Ana, Calif. By combining the LSAM with Ascent’s in-house tooling expertise and heritage engineering, the company aims to fabricate and deliver fully functional select fixtures and molds with significantly reduced lead-times compared to a traditional metallic tool. Ascent says the wide variety of LSAM compatible materials, such as ABS, Polycarbonate, Nylon, and PESU resins with reinforcing compounds, will further expand the company’s selection of tooling solutions. For identifying growth opportunities in the global epoxy tooling board market, please visit http://www.lucintel.com/epoxy_tooling_board_market_2021.aspx