FT, you wrote-
"I also learned the reason we did not get the other sections of the GE9X LPT, it has to do with the heat levels in those other sections as well as the business case for the using EBM for blades that had to be made of Inconel."
That's been the case for some time. Arcam Ti-Al alloy is optimal for one and only one stage of their turbine engine, not zero, not two or more.
FT, you wrote-
"This has ramifications for the number of machines they will need… whereas we were estimating the number to be 90 or 100 it is likely more in the area of 30 of which they have or have ordered 20 so I am not expecting much more out of Avio for some time to come… "
You're jumping to an assumption and a conclusion. I see no evidence for a revision up nor down is unless you can give us a citation to back up your assumption, that EBM blades were being considered for more than one stage of GE9X, and that therefore a downward revision is necessary.
