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Re: HIIGUY post# 41449

Monday, 03/28/2016 8:47:22 PM

Monday, March 28, 2016 8:47:22 PM

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I agree HIIGUY. I have challenged the board a few times already and no alternative has been found. I guess it's time to do this again. Can anyone find Greg Morris contradicting this statement?


"Today, post-build inspection procedures account for as much as 25 percent of the time required to produce an additively manufactured engine component," said Greg Morris, GE Aviation's business development leader for additive manufacturing. "By conducting those inspection procedures while the component is being built, GE Aviation and Sigma labs will expedite production rates for GE's additive manufactured engine components like the LEAP fuel nozzle."



http://www.geaviation.com/press/other/other_20130524.html

Can someone find Christine Furstoss contradicting her statement here.

In 2016, GE will enter a new jet engine into service called the CFM LEAP—the first in GE’s line to incorporate 3D-printed parts. Specifically, it will be a combustion component that would not be possible to make using conventional processes. By 2020, more than 100,000 additive parts are expected to be in service. GE also has plans to produce a low-cost ultrasound transducer for Healthcare through additive manufacturing, and expects to find more applications through other businesses, which will add significantly to the workload within our production facility.

The promise of additive is palpable; realizing its full potential will require us to address gaps and enable new capabilities.

As an industry, we have to find ways to go faster. For all of the time you can save in the design phase, the actual printing or production of parts using additive technologies is still too slow. To help address this challenge we have a joint technology development agreement with Sigma Labs Inc., to develop in-process inspection technologies of additive components with the goal of reducing production time up to 25 percent.



For those who are not familiar, Christine Furstoss is GE’s Global Technology Director of Manufacturing & Materials Technologies.

I'm looking for someone to quote a GE decision maker. I'll give credence then and only then to another alternative.