Chip Chester
Diamond
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2007
- Location
- Central Ohio USA
"Norsk said it will print initially in Norway, but aims to have nine printers running by year-end at a 67,000-square-foot (6,220-square-meter) facility in Plattsburgh, New York."
Printed titanium parts expected to save millions in Boeing Dreamliner costs
| Reuters
According to the article, in the crosshairs are forged parts. Not enough of an armchair metallurgist to know if the particular properties of forging can be replicated with printing, or if the design is modified to suit. FAA approval of four parts so far, and they're shooting for a kind of "type acceptance" of the process to streamline future approvals.
Hmmm...
Chip
Printed titanium parts expected to save millions in Boeing Dreamliner costs
| Reuters
According to the article, in the crosshairs are forged parts. Not enough of an armchair metallurgist to know if the particular properties of forging can be replicated with printing, or if the design is modified to suit. FAA approval of four parts so far, and they're shooting for a kind of "type acceptance" of the process to streamline future approvals.
Hmmm...
Chip