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Siemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades (GE, SIE)
Arcam and GE are not without competition. It looks like the Siemens public relations/marketing departments have done an excellent job producing this polished piece of news. Outside of aeronautics and orthopedics, too.
It's time for Arcam and GE to step up and show the world their mettle/metal. Enough of the cool CG graphics - let's see what's real and what's hot now.
Siemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades (GE, SIE) - Feb. 6, 2017
The introduction:
FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German engineering group Siemens has run a successful test of power generation gas turbine blades produced wholly by metal-based 3D printing by UK-based Materials Solutions, which it bought last year.
Siemens said on Monday it was the first to test such blades under full-load engine conditions at 13,000 revolutions per minutes and temperatures above 1,250 Celsius (2,282 Fahrenheit). It called the test a "breakthrough".
3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, involves making a three-dimensional object by adding ultra-thin layers of material one by one, following a digital design, in contrast to conventional manufacturing, where excess material is cut away.
"This is a breakthrough success for the use of additive manufacturing in the power generation field, which is one of the most challenging applications for this technology," Willi Meixner, head of Siemens' Power and Gas division, said.
Siemens' U.S. rival General Electric bought two 3D printing firms last year for over $1 billion and introduced its first 3D-printed aircraft engine component into service last July.
"Technology is moving rapidly. All vendors across the supply chain need to be on their toes," capital goods analyst James Stettler of Barclays said.
More about Materials Solutions Limited, a Siemens Business. They use selective laser melting technology. A couple of EOS machine models are identified on their home page.
Arcam and GE are not without competition. It looks like the Siemens public relations/marketing departments have done an excellent job producing this polished piece of news. Outside of aeronautics and orthopedics, too.
It's time for Arcam and GE to step up and show the world their mettle/metal. Enough of the cool CG graphics - let's see what's real and what's hot now.
Siemens completes key test of 3D-printed gas-turbine blades (GE, SIE) - Feb. 6, 2017
The introduction:
FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German engineering group Siemens has run a successful test of power generation gas turbine blades produced wholly by metal-based 3D printing by UK-based Materials Solutions, which it bought last year.
Siemens said on Monday it was the first to test such blades under full-load engine conditions at 13,000 revolutions per minutes and temperatures above 1,250 Celsius (2,282 Fahrenheit). It called the test a "breakthrough".
3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, involves making a three-dimensional object by adding ultra-thin layers of material one by one, following a digital design, in contrast to conventional manufacturing, where excess material is cut away.
"This is a breakthrough success for the use of additive manufacturing in the power generation field, which is one of the most challenging applications for this technology," Willi Meixner, head of Siemens' Power and Gas division, said.
Siemens' U.S. rival General Electric bought two 3D printing firms last year for over $1 billion and introduced its first 3D-printed aircraft engine component into service last July.
"Technology is moving rapidly. All vendors across the supply chain need to be on their toes," capital goods analyst James Stettler of Barclays said.
More about Materials Solutions Limited, a Siemens Business. They use selective laser melting technology. A couple of EOS machine models are identified on their home page.
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