DLE teams up with Sedaxis Advanced Materials
The agreement will allow DLE members access to Sedaxis’s expertise, as well as research institutes and companies across the composites sector
The Drone Logistics Ecosystem (DLE) industry association has announced a partnership with Sedaxis Advanced Materials, an Indian firm which specializes in composite equipment and 3D printing. DLE stated that the partnership would ‘bring the latest developments in composites and additive manufacturing’ to its members.
It added that the arrangement would ‘further help set up collaborations with companies, research institutes and universities involved in the AM Centre of Excellence’ – an institution jointly founded by Sedaxis and the Chennai-based Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT).
‘Collaborations can include education on additive manufacturing of composites, technology implementation, pilot studies, and scaling up activities’ in fields such as ‘selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, continuous fiber co-extrusion, and resin’, DLE continued.
It added that its members can now ‘tap into the extensive benefits provided by Sedaxis’s additive manufacturing arm for their drone design enhancement, performance optimization, supply chain optimization, prototyping, research and development, and series production activities’.
“The global drone industry has important ramifications for border security, food security, near-mile and last-mile deliveries, healthcare supply chains and more,” said Vishwanath Godavarty, Business Head, Sedaxis 3D Printing. “As with any aerial vehicle, weight reduction is a critical aspect to improve both range and payloads. Composites have been proven to do just that and it’s time the drone industry adopts this as a standard for most of their products.”
Uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in fields such as healthcare, policing, and aerial firefighting – in part due to their having lower fuel costs than conventional rotorcraft. This is no less true in India – in the city of Noida, drones are being trialed for the delivery of blood products, while in Chennai, the police recently launched their own UAV unit.
Oliver Cuenca
Oliver Cuenca is a Junior Editor at AirMed&Rescue. He was previously a News and Features Journalist for the rail magazine IRJ until 2021, and studied MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. His favourite helicopter is the AW169 – the workhorse of the UK air ambulance sector! He also led the creation of Waypoint: The AirMed&Rescue podcast, serving as its Production Editor and co-host.