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GE's Purpose Award for “Invent the Future of Flight"

Aef - "Hard to see how it isn't going to go up once ge starts purchasing higher quantities of machines."

33Sailor - "Agree... and where GE goes others will follow."

In the recent Avio Aero's digital magazine at magazineabout.com - Avio Aero awards at 2017 ALM - Jan 2017

The introduction and a selected excerpt:

“I can’t remember a year in which we made as much progress in different areas as we did last year: just looking at additives alone, if we compare where we were in January 2016 and where we are now, we can see what an extraordinary year it has been” - David Joyce, Chairman and CEO of GE Aviation, opening the annual Aviation Leadership Meeting.
And it really was a great year: starting from the successful outcome of the first full test of the biggest new generation engine, the GE9X, followed by the production of the 30 thousandth CFM6, an output record for this family of engines, the certification of the LEAP with all deadlines met, the opening of the new digital Collaboration Centers with over 100 customers using Predix, the acquisition of two European companies specializing in additives (Concept Laser and Arcam AB), the launch of TrueChoice for commercial services and finally the certification, commissioning and development of numerous engines for civil and military use.
During the usual awards ceremony for outstanding teams and individuals, Avio Aero won, as it does every year, various awards.
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The Purpose Award for the “Invent the Future of Flight” category went instead to the ATP IT Implementation team, which has various members from Avio Aero IT.
The team developed a smart process for the realization of the first global digital solution for parts which require authorization from the European Union, allowing them to be dispatched in just 10 months.
The complex ATP programme went through 18,000 compliance tests with zero defects; and 200 engineers from 9 facilities joined forces to design more than 4,000 parts for the programme.
A true reflection of the team’s dedication to “inventing the future” of aviation.




From GE Reports - Da Vinci Code 2.0: How 3D Printing And Digital Technologies Are Altering The Face Of Aircraft Engine Manufacturing In Italy - Feb 26, 2017

But printing is just the first step in the additive manufacturing process. Once the the turbine blades are printed in Cameri, they travel south to Pomigliano d’Arco, an industrial suburb of Naples located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Pomigliano has long been home to one of Avio Aero’s largest factories. Today, it’s also one of GE Aviation’s “centers of excellence,” where engineers are testing the best and fastest ways to finish 3D-printed parts and prepare them for production. The parts include the blades from Cameri as well as components for an advanced turboprop engine (ATP), which is using more additive parts that any other engine in GE Aviation’s history. Additive manufacturing has enabled designers to consolidate some 800 parts into just a dozen components. In total, some 35 percent of the engine will be “printed,” says Carlo Silvestro, an engineering manager in at the Pomigliano plant.

The reduction in complexity will help decrease the engine’s fuel burn by up to 20 percent and lower its weight while achieving 10 percent more power and helping speed up production. Silvestro and his team are designing the best ways to finish large and complex printed parts like the ATP combustor. “This is the first time we are doing something like this,” he says.


A pair of Arcam machines at Avio Aero’s additive manufacturing factory in Cameri. “This factory has helped us understand what the art of the possible is with additive manufacturing,” David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, said during a recent visit. “This is the cutting edge.” Image credit: Avio Aero



GE’s ATP and H Series turboprop technology breakthroughs
Published on Nov 1, 2016

GE’s Advanced Turboprop for the Cessna Denali will include more additive parts than any engine in aviation history. On October 25, GE’s electronic engine and propulsion control ushered in a new era for turboprop pilots, utilizing a single-lever control to integrate engine and propeller operation, eliminate overtemping and overtorquing and improve engine life.