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3D Printing

Uncharted: How 3D Printing Experiments Delivered A Better Power Plant

Maggie Sieger
January 04, 2018
Many of Kassy Hart’s first attempts at 3D printing didn’t end well.
Back in 2015, Hart was trying to print a special metal probe from a cobalt-chrome alloy at GE Power’s Advanced Manufacturing Works in Greenville, South Carolina. 3D printers build parts, step by tiny step, by fusing together superthin layers of fine metal powder with a laser or other powerful energy source.
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Cooking With Gas: GE’s Record-Breaking Turbines Prove Their Mettle

Amy Kover
September 15, 2017
In June 2016, a power plant just outside Bouchain, a town in the north of France, had its moment in the sun when it broke the Guinness world record for fuel efficiency. Not only did the plant’s newly installed GE gas turbine hit a net efficiency rate of 62.2 percent, but the turbine could also ramp up to full power within a half an hour, an important factor for utilities bringing on the grid electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar farms.
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