An method for the rapid manufacturing of aerospace replacement parts 100 is
provided, including removing an in-service aerospace part from an
aerospace system 120. The present invention further includes placing the
in-service aerospace part into a three-dimensional scanning device 130.
The invention then scans the in-service aerospace part utilizing the
three-dimensional scanning device to develop a three-dimensional scan 140.
A computer-aided-design model is then developed based on the
three-dimensional scan 150. The invention then direct metal fabricates a
replacement aerospace part from the computer-aided-design model utilizing
layer-build technology device 170. Finally the replacement aerospace part
is installed back into the aerospace system 180.
