Take to the skies with metal additive solutions

Additive manufacturing is disrupting the aerospace industry and accelerating the way parts are designed and manufactured. AM out-rivals traditional manufacturing because it allows production of lighter, more-durable and more-efficient designs for the aerospace industry.

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Now is the time to leave molds and dies in the dust. To pave your path to full metal additive production—faster. Or risk falling behind. Leaders in aerospace are already realizing their competitive advantage with metal additive. As your trusted partner with more than 10 years in metal additive industrialization, we’ll help you realize your additive advantage and get to full production faster.

Download our playbook Planning a Successful Transition to Serial Additive Production in which we share some lessons learned on our own additive journey to help others as they take steps to shift to industrialization.

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AM benefits for aerospace

Improved part performance
Leverage GE’s technical design and material parameters expertise and design for part performance, rather than for the manufacturing process. It has been shown that additive components and systems can outperform their traditional predecessors with respect to material properties and performance-oriented designs that are less restricted by manufacturing constraints.

Simplified supply chains
Produce low-volume replacement parts in-house, streamlining the supply chain and reducing the time it takes to acquire spare parts for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO).

Return on investment
Uncover all the opportunities for ROI that go beyond part cost and consolidation.

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Customer Stories

GE AViation

GE Aviation and GE Additive engineers have switched four existing parts from castings to metal 3D printing—and see potential for hundreds more

US Air Force

US Air Force and GE’s collaboration on metal additive reaches first technology milestone with 3D printed sump cover for F110 engine

GE AVIATION

The Turbocharger: 3D printing and data help this engineer design parts for planes at warp speed

GENERAL ATOMICS

Genral Atomics marks an important technology milestone as its first metal additively manufactured part takes to the skies.

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Uplifting News: The world’s largest jet engine takes maiden flight, utilizing 28 3D-printed fuel nozzles.

Avio aero

Additive at Scale: Avio Aero flies into the future using EBM technology, making 60,000 TiAl turbine blades a year.

AddWorks™ Engineering Support

Wherever you are on your path to full metal additive production, our team is ready to help you bring new innovation to market faster.

What are AddWorks Workshops? 
Learn foundational knowledge and additive strategies in a classroom environment. Workshops typically run three to five days.

What are the Application Sprints? 
Get comprehensive support anywhere on your path to production with workshops and training, and/or hands-on consulting with GE’s AddWorks experts.

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Powders for Aerospace

We’ve carefully developed our powders to seamlessly fit into the entire GE Additive ecosystem and provide total compatibility with our machines. We provide metal powder, process settings and support for these materials ideal for the aerospace industry:

  • Stainless Steels
  • Maraging Steel 
  • Aluminums
  • Nickel Alloys
  • Titanium 
  • Cobalt Chrome
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Machine Solutions

Concept Laser M2 Series 5:

Enabling consistent and repeatable part quality at scale

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Concept Laser M Line:

Modular machine architecture that enables economical serial production.

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Arcam EBM Spectra H:

Designed to produce high heat for crack prone materials.

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Arcam EBM Q20plus:

Designed for cost-efficient production of aerospace components.

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 Take to the skies with proven metal additive solutions.

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Tomas Kellner
19 September 2019