Summary

Aerospace Metal Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) Integrated Solutions

Aiming at aerospace products with unique characteristics such as great varieties, small batch and complex structure, as well as meeting the urgent demand of lightweight, low-cost and rapid development, Avimetal provides users with one-stop metal additive manufacturing/remanufacturing solutions including equipment, materials and processes.

Technical advantages

Customized Design

100% actualization of customized design

Lightweight Design

Topology optimization design that simplifies the structure of components and reduces product weight

Rapid Forming

Integrated molding of complex structure: no assembly needed, high product consistency and reliability

Multi-size

Meeting the needs of multi-size forming from millimeter to meter for component manufacturing

High Performance

Rapid forming and repair of any missing or damaged component

Short Cycle

Drastically reducing processes, procedures and supply chain for shorter manufacturing cycle

Low Cost

High material utilization and basic net forming; high manufacturing efficiency and low cost

Application Cases

Fuel Nozzle

Scheme

Equipment:

MT-280

Material Science:

Considering the strict requirements of the aero-engine on the mechanical properties and high temperature resistance of the material, Avimetal chooses MT-GH3536 with excellent performance, carries out powder composition optimization, aiming at the problems of alloy cracking in the deposition state and low elongation at high temperature, so as to achieve the elimination of powder micro-cracking.

Technology:

Reasonable structure design & optimized component structure

Result

Batch application of fuel nozzle for a certain type of aircraft engine
Reasonable structure design, multi-component integration and overall weight reduction of key engine parts
Efficiency of a certain type of aircraft engine improved

A certain type of liquid oxygen methane engine electric pump assembly

Scheme

Equipment:

MT-330

Material Science:

Considering the strict requirements of the aero-engine on the mechanical properties and high temperature resistance of the material, Avimetal chooses MT-GH4169 with excellent performance, optimizes the high temperature elongation of the alloy, and increases 650 ℃ elongation to more than 12% through composition and process optimization and raw material selection.

Technology:

Optimizing process design for printing support, placement, etc.

Result

Product performance optimized, Number of processes and components reduced, production efficiency and consistency of finished products improved
Customer verified that engine thrust and pressure data are stable and pump system performance meets expectations.

Special Materials

Titanium & Titanium Alloy Powder

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Ti Cp, Ti64 G5, BT9, BT20, Ti6242, TC31, Ti4822, NiTi50, etc.

Superalloy Powder

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In718, In625, Hastelloy X, GH3230, GH4099, HA188, etc.

Aluminum Alloy Powder

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AISi7Mg, AISi10Mg, HSAl (High strength aluminum) etc.

Stainless Steel Powder

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17-4PH, 15-5PH, 316L, etc.

Copper Alloy Powder

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CuCrZr, GRcop-42, CuSn10, etc.

Refractory Metal Powder

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W, Mo, Ta, Nb, etc.

LC Powder

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Iron based alloy powder, nickel based alloy powder, cobalt based alloy powder, etc.

Preferred Equipment

MT280

Laser Selective Melting Equipment

Build Size：250mm×250mm×300mm (L×W×H)
Laser Type：IPG 500W×1 /×2
Application: Aerospace & Aviation, Automobile, Molding and Tooling, Health, Education, R&D etc.

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MT330

Laser Selective Melting Equipment

Build Size：325mm×325mm×420mm (L×W×H)
Laser Type：IPG 500W×2
Application: Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Molds and Tooling, Petroleum & Nuclear Power, Lifestyle, etc.

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MT450

Laser Selective Melting Equipment

Build Size：450mm×450mm×500mm (L×W×H)
Laser Type：IPG 500W×2 /×4
Application: Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Molds and Tooling, Petrochemicals, Nuclear Power, etc.

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MT650

Laser Selective Melting Equipment

Build Size：650mm×650mm×800mm (L×W×H)
Laser Type：IPG 500W×4/×6
Application: Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Molds and Tooling, Petrochemicals, Nuclear Power, etc.

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