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Friday, March 17, 2017 2:22:26 PM
Airbus completes new additive manufacturing facility at Airbus’ Filton facility
From airbus.com #15 - Quick news - March 2017 --- Airbus completes new additive manufacturing facility at Airbus’ Filton facility
Airbus completes new additive manufacturing facility at Airbus’ Filton facility
Preparation has been completed at Airbus’ Filton UK site for a new additive manufacturing (AM) / 3D printing facility, one of a small number of such facilities across Airbus. The new facility at Filton has two temperature and humidity-controlled rooms housing two cutting-edge machines – one using Arcam’s electron-beam technology and another using Renishaw’s latest laser melting platform. Before any AM parts are used on its aircraft, Airbus will master the AM process and understand every aspect of production, both to satisfy the regulatory authorities and to ensure consistency in the supply chain. This qualification work is one of the activities which will be carried out in the new facility. Batches of additively-manufactured specimens produced on these machines are already being tested as part of a series of trials to demonstrate that they meet the design requirements. Initially there will be no change to fit, form or function of the components being qualified as a first step towards the goal of design optimisation of aircraft parts to take full advantage of AM technology, leading to weight and cost reductions.
The new Airbus Additive Manufacturing AM Plateau at Filton
New additive manufacturing facility puts Airbus's Filton facility at the forefront of new technology industrialization
Static test of an EBM additively manufactured prototype A320 Flap Track Failsafe bracket
From airbus.com #15 - Quick news - March 2017 --- Airbus completes new additive manufacturing facility at Airbus’ Filton facility
Airbus completes new additive manufacturing facility at Airbus’ Filton facility
Preparation has been completed at Airbus’ Filton UK site for a new additive manufacturing (AM) / 3D printing facility, one of a small number of such facilities across Airbus. The new facility at Filton has two temperature and humidity-controlled rooms housing two cutting-edge machines – one using Arcam’s electron-beam technology and another using Renishaw’s latest laser melting platform. Before any AM parts are used on its aircraft, Airbus will master the AM process and understand every aspect of production, both to satisfy the regulatory authorities and to ensure consistency in the supply chain. This qualification work is one of the activities which will be carried out in the new facility. Batches of additively-manufactured specimens produced on these machines are already being tested as part of a series of trials to demonstrate that they meet the design requirements. Initially there will be no change to fit, form or function of the components being qualified as a first step towards the goal of design optimisation of aircraft parts to take full advantage of AM technology, leading to weight and cost reductions.
The new Airbus Additive Manufacturing AM Plateau at Filton
New additive manufacturing facility puts Airbus's Filton facility at the forefront of new technology industrialization
Static test of an EBM additively manufactured prototype A320 Flap Track Failsafe bracket
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