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Tuesday, September 05, 2017 6:04:13 AM
The silent revolution
The article is all about how Avio Aero uses Arcam's Electron Beam Melting technology. There's not one mention of lasers.
At Avio Aero's magazineabout.com - The silent revolution - AUG 2017
One section of the text:
There are currently 21 Arcam machines at the Cameri Avio Aero plant, and this number is expected to grow, but not simply to face the production of turbine blades for the brand new GE9X engine, components for helicopter engines or other components of new aircraft engines. Their number will also grow to "boost production and capabilities in terms of additive manufacturing for Avio Aero, with larger, more powerful and even faster machines", said Mathias Kremer, Arcam's Key Account Manager dedicated to our business, which for him represents a paramount customer. "I've admired Avio Aero from the moment they started working with us, as a pioneer in using this technology, all the more because they used it for moving, rotating parts."
To produce a batch of 6 blades for the GE9X's low pressure turbine at Cameri with an Arcam EBM machine, it takes about 3 days once the designs are sent to the machine and processed as a path for the electron beams to operate on a pile of metallic powder (in the case of these blades, it uses TiAl, Titanium Aluminide, an extremely valuable alloy) to create from the bottom up a product that will fly on an engine. As a fanciful parallel, a 3D printer uses metallic powder in the place of ink like a classic printer would.
The article is all about how Avio Aero uses Arcam's Electron Beam Melting technology. There's not one mention of lasers.
At Avio Aero's magazineabout.com - The silent revolution - AUG 2017
One section of the text:
There are currently 21 Arcam machines at the Cameri Avio Aero plant, and this number is expected to grow, but not simply to face the production of turbine blades for the brand new GE9X engine, components for helicopter engines or other components of new aircraft engines. Their number will also grow to "boost production and capabilities in terms of additive manufacturing for Avio Aero, with larger, more powerful and even faster machines", said Mathias Kremer, Arcam's Key Account Manager dedicated to our business, which for him represents a paramount customer. "I've admired Avio Aero from the moment they started working with us, as a pioneer in using this technology, all the more because they used it for moving, rotating parts."
To produce a batch of 6 blades for the GE9X's low pressure turbine at Cameri with an Arcam EBM machine, it takes about 3 days once the designs are sent to the machine and processed as a path for the electron beams to operate on a pile of metallic powder (in the case of these blades, it uses TiAl, Titanium Aluminide, an extremely valuable alloy) to create from the bottom up a product that will fly on an engine. As a fanciful parallel, a 3D printer uses metallic powder in the place of ink like a classic printer would.
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