Rolls-Royce has ordered a additively manufactured titanium component from Norsk Titanium. The part is made of Ti-6Al-4V, a titanium alloy widely used in aero engines. According to the report, the component could be used across Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace engine programmes. The source material does not give quantities, delivery dates, contract value or technical details of the part's production. The order shows continued uptake of metal additive manufacturing for qualified flight hardware in the commercial engine sector, where titanium parts must meet strict certification requirements.
HP has described its CFIP process, a method aimed at making parts printed with Multi Jet Fusion suitable for flight use. The reporting focuses on structural drone airframes, where engineers often find that the base PA12 polymer does not offer enough mechanical performance for repeated stress or impact while keeping weight low. Multi Jet Fusion offers good dimensional accuracy for complex PA12 geometries, but the source material gives limited technical detail on how CFIP changes the material properties. Readers who need the specifics should consult HP's own documentation or the full original article for process parameters, test results and qualification data.
US defence technology company Kratos has purchased a metal 3D printer of the AMCM M 8K type. The machine is to be installed at its facility in Odon, Indiana. The company plans to expand its capacity for large metal components, particularly for development and test programmes in hypersonic technology. The report describes the AMCM machine as a large-format system, but the source excerpt is cut off before giving further technical specifications such as build volume or process details.