UTC Aerospace Systems is set to unveil on Thursday its $8 million advanced-manufacturing laboratory in Windsor Locks, where the next generation of Connecticut aircraft-systems designers/builders will undergo training.
The materials and processing engineering lab at 1 Hamilton Road, in the shadow of Bradley International Airport, features the latest in additive manufacturing, or so-called 3D printing, equipment and technology, UTAS officials said.
UTAS combines what was previously United Technologies Corp.’s Hamilton Sundstrand aircraft systems division with assets of the former Goodrich Corp. that UTC acquired for $16.5 billion in 2012.
During Thursday’s scheduled 1:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting and plant tour, which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to attend, UTAS and UConn also will announce a $1 million partnership to, among other things, teach hands-on junior and senior engineering pupils about 3D printing and design processes and manufacturing techniques for future aircraft.
