EOS是一家德国的激光烧结3d印制机生产商。该公司称其产品已经被汽车制造者，航空企业和生产消费产品的公司用来制造塑料和金属部件。
EOS, a German supplier of laser-sintering 3d printers, says they are already being used to make plastic and metal production parts by carmakers, aerospace firms and consumer-products companies.
就在几周前，飞机工程师才发现他们并没有完全了解金属疲劳——四月一日，西北航空公司812航班使用的波音737-300型客机在从凤凰城飞往萨克拉门托的途中发现在机身的上半部有一个五英尺的裂纹，不得不紧急迫降。
Over the past few weeks, aircraft engineers have found they do not know quite as much about metal fatigue as they thought.
新型轻质陶瓷的使用将进一步减少飞机制造中的金属需求，乔伊•德•丽萨说道，她是AT K航空航天公司的副总，他们分公司正在开发这种材料。
New, lightweight ceramics will further reduce the need for metals in aircraft, says Joy DE Lisser, vice-president of ATK Aerospace Structures, the division developing them.
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