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Custom solutions designed to seamlessly integrate into your cabin to minimize aircraft downtime and ensure longevity and durability.
Custom solutions designed to seamlessly integrate into your cabin to minimize aircraft downtime and ensure longevity and durability.
Advanced In-House 3D Printer Line-Up
Advanced In-House 3D Printer Line-Up
Carbon Fiber Printing with Unparalleled Accuracy & Reliability
Carbon Fiber Printing with Unparalleled Accuracy & Reliability
Spectrum Networks’ utilizes cutting edge carbon fiber infused 3D printing technologies to create custom designed mechanical drop-in replacements to minimize aircraft integration efforts and downtime.
Spectrum Networks’ utilizes cutting edge carbon fiber infused 3D printing technologies to create custom designed mechanical drop-in replacements to minimize aircraft integration efforts and downtime.
With over 10,000 parts produced in 2024 alone, Spectrum Networks stands as one of the largest aerospace-focused 3D printing manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest.
With over 10,000 parts produced in 2024 alone, Spectrum Networks stands as one of the largest aerospace-focused 3D printing manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest.
Our in-house production is powered by a fleet of advanced Markforged industrial printers, including several X7 Industrial Series units and two of the latest large-format 2024 FX10 composite and metal systems.
Our in-house production is powered by a fleet of advanced Markforged industrial printers, including several X7 Industrial Series units and two of the latest large-format 2024 FX10 composite and metal systems.
Purpose built for Aerospace Flammability & Traceability requirements under 14 CFR 25.853.
Purpose built for Aerospace Flammability & Traceability requirements under 14 CFR 25.853.
We source raw materials by the pallet, maintaining single-lot traceability to streamline documentation, testing, and quality assurance—ensuring consistency across every part we manufacture.
We source raw materials by the pallet, maintaining single-lot traceability to streamline documentation, testing, and quality assurance—ensuring consistency across every part we manufacture.
Extraordinarily strong, extremely stiff, ultra-light an incredibly versatile.
Extraordinarily strong, extremely stiff, ultra-light an incredibly versatile.
Parts offer unmatched performance without compromise.
Parts offer unmatched performance without compromise.
o Onyx is a proprietary filament of Nylon with reinforced carbon fiber (20% stronger than ABS)
o Additional continuous carbon fiber, fiberglass or Kevlar can be woven in the base filament.
o Tensile strength up to 800MPa (2.5x stronger than 6061-T6 aluminum)
o Laser-assisted leveling & In-process inspection
o Max build size:
o 14.8" x 11.8" x 11.8" (375mm x 300mm x 300mm)
o High Resolution:
o 10-micron dimensional accuracy
o 50-micron Z-layer resolution
o Attributes include:
o Flame Resistance
o Chemical Resistance
o Energy Absorption
o Aerospace Traceability
Utilizing some of the most advanced 3D printers available today. Including the world's first industrial metal and composite printer.
Utilizing some of the most advanced 3D printers available today. Including the world's first industrial metal and composite printer.
o Fused Filament Fabrication, Continuous Fiber Reinforcement
o Metal Fused Filament Fabrication:
o 127-micron Z-layer resolution
Materials
Materials
Composite Base
Markforged Composite Base materials print like conventional FFF thermoplastics. They can be printed by themselves, or reinforced with any of our continuous fibers, including Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, and Fiberglass.
Onyx: Flexural Strength: 71 MPa
Onyx is a micro carbon fiber filled nylon. It’s 1.4 times stronger and stiffer than ABS and can be reinforced with any continuous fiber. Onyx sets the bar for surface finish, chemical resistivity, and heat tolerance.
Onyx FR: Flexural Strength: 71 Mpa
Onyx FR is a Blue Card certified UL94 V-0 material that possesses similar mechanical properties to Onyx but purpose built for requirements of the aerospace, transportation, and automotive industries. FR-A materials establish lot-level material traceability and pass test suite necessary for qualification. It’s best for applications in which flame retardancy, light weight, and strength are required.
Onyx ESD: Flexural Strength: 83 Mpa
Onyx ESD is a static dissipative safe variant of Onyx — meeting stringent ESD safety requirements while offering excellent strength, stiffness, and surface finish. It’s best used in applications that require ESD safe materials.
Smooth TPU: >500% Elongation and 95A Shore A hardness
Rubber like material that offers the ability to create flexible, impact-absorbent parts.
Precise PLA: Flexural Strength: 43 Mpa
Based on the most common 3D printing prototyping material, Precision PLA is used for precision concept modeling and validation. *Not compatible with fiber reinforcement.
Nylon: Flexural Strength: 50 Mpa
Nylon White parts are smooth, non-abrasive, and easily painted. They can be reinforced with any continuous fiber and work best for non-marring work holding, repeated handling, and cosmetic parts.
Continuous Fiber
Continuous Fibers are laid down on the inside of parts through a second fiber nozzle. They cannot be printed by themselves — instead, they are used to reinforce parts printed out of a composite base material like Onyx.
Carbon Fiber: Flexural Strength: 540 Mpa
Carbon Fiber has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of our reinforcing fibers. Six times stronger and eighteen times stiffer than Onyx, Carbon Fiber reinforcement is commonly used for parts that replace machined aluminum.
Carbon Fiber FR: Flexural Strength: 540 Mpa
Same strength as Carbon Fiber, but purpose built for requirements of the aerospace, transportation, and automotive industries. FR-A materials establish lot-level material traceability and pass test suite necessary for qualification.
Fiberglass: Flexural Strength: 200 Mpa
Fiberglass is our entry level continuous fiber, providing high strength at an accessible price. 2.5 times stronger and eight times stiffer than Onyx, Fiberglass reinforcement results in strong, robust tools.
Kevlar®: Flexural Strength: 240 MPa
Kevlar® possesses excellent durability, making it optimal for parts that experience repeated and sudden loading. As stiff as fiberglass and much more ductile, it can be used for a wide variety of applications.
HSHT Fiberglass: Flexural Strength: 420 MPa
High Strength High Temperature (HSHT) Fiberglass exhibits aluminum strength and high heat tolerance. Five times as strong and seven times as stiff as Onyx, it’s best used for parts loaded in high operating temperatures.
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