The Big One?15 Jul 2014 21:34
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 15 news from the Air show appears not to be far off.......GE also announced on Tuesday it would be investing $50 million in a facility for additive manufacturing - also known as 3D printing - at its plant in Auburn, Alabama.
The facility, which will make the fuel nozzles for the Leap engines GE makes as part of the CFM joint venture with France's Safran, will have as many as 10 printing machines by the end of 2015, with the potential to increase this to over 50.
Greg Morris, general manager, additive technologies, says the group had not yet decided which company would provide the printing machines. GE currently uses EOS, SLM, Phoenix and Arcam machines.
"We're in the final stages of selecting the equipment manufacturers," Morris told Reuters.