3D printing titanium parts need to reduce costs. Who is trying this method?
Jul 21, 2020
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As Boeing is working to reduce the cost of the 787 Dreamliner, 3D printed titanium parts may be part of it. Towway 3D printing company Norsk Titanium as meets Boeing’s demand for 3D printed parts. Through a printing process recently approved by the FAA, part manufacturing collaboration can reduce the cost of Dreamliner, saving up to 3 million US dollars per aircraft. Boeing 787 It is estimated that there are 1,000 titanium components that can be manufactured using the RPD process in China. We believe that each part can save US$2500, and each aircraft is US$2.5 million. If 144 airplanes are produced each year, that would be $360 million. This saving is a revolution. Nork also pays attention to the environmental impact of the RPD process. By reducing the amount of titanium scrap, the process can also reduce the mining and metallurgical volume of titanium ore. The FAA approved component production process is critical to reducing costs because it eliminates the need to obtain separate agency approvals on each component. Millions of processes per square meter. Boeing and Norsk Titaniun have stated that their titanium printed parts are the first printed structural elements designed to handle airframe requirements during flight. Boeing has used 3D printed parts for aerospace applications when manufacturing jet engines and space taxis, and they are also manufactured by General Electric, because group manufacturers are 3D printing aircraft engine fuel nozzles in metal. So far, this technology has shown its increasing power in the aerospace industry and other types of manufacturing
