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The blades from Cameri are already working inside the first GE9X engines, which GE started testing last year. These and other new materials and technologies will help make the engine 10 percent more…
When Avio Aero showed GE what it was doing with the wonder metal, the American company quickly grasped the magnitude of the breakthrough. By then, Avio Aero bought…
The 3D-printed blades that spin inside the engine at 2,500 times per minute face heat as well as titanic forces. Image credit: Avio Aero.
But early runs with ProtoCast’s laser-powered printers failed. The blades were cracking when Abrate and the team tried to separate them from the platform on which they were printed.…
That gamble required access to 3D printers, which Avio Aero obtained by partnering with ProtoCast, an Italian 3D-printing pioneer based in a workshop a short drive from Cameri. “It was really a…
The company decided to take advantage of the nearby Joint Strike Fighter assembly plant and set up its additive manufacturing shop nearby. “The location was part of our…
GE cast the blades in a foundry, but Avio Aero, which wanted to go after the emerging TiAl market, bet on 3D printing. “We could see how difficult it was to make these blades,” Abrate says. “But…
In 2016, GE took a majority stake in Arcam and launched GE Additive, a new business focusing on additive manufacturing technologies like 3D printing. Additive manufacturing is still a…
Justin Eggart and fellow engineers working inside GE Power’s Monitoring and Diagnostics Center in Atlanta were halfway through their shift a few months ago when they noticed something strange. The…
Like its famous spicy, salty, sweet, and sour flavoured cuisine, Thailand’s anticipated power generation energy mix in 2036 will be equally well-balanced, working in harmony, with no single fuel…