GE announced that Alexander Schmitz has been appointed as CEO of GE Additive, effective January 16, 2023. Based in Munich, Germany, Schmitz will report to GE Additive’s current chief executive, Riccardo Procacci, who takes on an expanded leadership role at GE Aerospace. Schmitz brings extensive experience in operations, product development, manufacturing, and leading global teams. […]
Shell and GE Additive show joint design and engineering project at Formnext
During Formnext 2022, Shell International B.V. and GE Additive unveiled the results of a joint design and engineering project – an additively manufactured oxygen hydrogen micromixer. This complex, non-functional, demonstration part, was printed in nickel alloy 718 on a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line system, installed at Shell’s 3D Printing CoE and Workshop, part […]
GE Additive introduces Binder Jet Line and the Series 3
GE Additive released more details about its Binder Jet Line and the Series 3 printer. With production deliveries expected to begin in the second half of 2023, the release of the system follows a four-year phase of customer discovery, collaboration and testing to ensure the system is ready and relevant for modern, high-volume, serial production […]
Large, lower weight metal 3D printed parts for aerospace
The EU’s European Green Deal sets out the need to reduce transport emissions by 90% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, with the aviation sector playing its part. Policy actions and industry efforts since 2005 have led to greater fuel efficiency per passenger. Priorities going forward include financial and regulatory measures to drive low-emissions aviation […]
GE Additive and Orchid sign agreement to drive scalable metal 3D printing innovation in large joint orthopedic implants
At RAPID + TCT, GE Additive and Orchid Orthopedic Solutions (Orchid) – a global leader in the manufacture of orthopedic implants and instruments – announced they have signed a definitive agreement to continue driving the adoption of additive manufacturing to their suite of technologies through the development of electron beam melting (EBM) solutions in the […]
BEAMIT invests in M Line system for large metal additive parts for aerospace and defense
BEAMIT Group (BEAMIT), partly owned by SANDVIK, has invested in a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line system to meet growing demand from its aerospace and defense customers for both large format metal 3D-printed components and assistance in industrializing additive production. This investment comes six months after Avio Aero, BEAMIT and GE Additive signed a […]
With 3D printing, can a part ever be obsolete?
The US Air Force (USAF) and GE recently entered the third phase of its ‘Pacer Edge’ pathfinder. Phase III has focused on 3D printing for four parts that are currently obsolete: a bellcrank, gearbox seat, anti-icing valve body, and a cross shaft arm. The first two parts, the cross shaft arm, and the bellcrank, have […]
GE Aviation Singapore first to offer metal additive for engine component repair
As metal additive technology continues to gain momentum in the design and industrial production of new aerospace components, GE Aviation’s Loyang facility is the first maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility worldwide that has been approved to use metal additive manufacturing for commercial jet engine component repairs. GE Aviation Engine Services Singapore (GE AESS) currently […]
Western Sydney and GE Additive for partnership to advance metal additive manufacturing
Workers in Western Sydney will learn to produce the next wave of space technology and high-tech componentry as part of the first industry-led short courses rolled out under the NSW Government’s $37 million New Education and Training Model (NETM). Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, and Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres announced today that […]
AP&C inks new agreement with Airbus to provide Titanium powders
AP&C – a GE Additive company, announced it has signed a new agreement with Airbus to provide Titanium powders (Ti-6AI-4V) for use in metal additive manufacturing applications. The multiyear agreement deepens AP&C’s working relationship with Airbus, which dates back several years. “The adoption of metal additive technology in aerospace continues to gather momentum. And one […]
GE Additive and Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid Department of Defense implementation
GE Additive and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding as the cornerstone of a new collaborative effort aimed at supporting the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DoD) accelerated adoption of metal additive manufacturing technology. Additive manufacturing technology within the commercial and military aerospace and defense sector has […]
GE Additive’s Amp–cloud-based, process management software
GE Additive debuted its Amp cloud-based, process management software platform. It also announced limited release from mid-November 2021 of the first two modules; Print Model and Simulation & Compensation, for Concept Laser M2 machine users, with wider release planned for the second quarter of 2022. Amp leverages the knowledge of experts at GE Additive, GE […]
How additive manufacturing helps medical innovation
Stefano Caselli, founder and CEO of Tsunami Medical, has a vision to drive spinal technology innovation forward. He uses GE Additive’s laser-based (DMLM) metal additive technology. Caselli’s investment in and early adoption of additive technology continues to bear fruit — which is driving business growth and global expansion. Since the beginning of 2021, the Mirandola, […]
GE receives Air Force airworthiness qualification in under a year for first metal 3D-printed, critical jet engine part
GE Aviation received Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) approval from the US Air Force (USAF) for an F110 additively manufactured sump cover. The latest milestone in the USAF and GE’s pathfinder Pacer Edge program, this F110 component is the first engine component designed for and produced by metal additive manufacturing to be qualified by any US […]
Taking advantage of additive manufacturing’s ability to print conformal cooling channels
Less than three months after installing a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line additive manufacturing system at its 6,500m2 mold making facility in Batalha, central Portugal, a team led by EROFIO Group’s metal additive manufacturing leader, Luís Santos successfully 3D-printed its first Mold Core. The Core was manufactured using M300 hot work tool steel – […]
How to switch from castings to metal 3D printing
Most manufacturers would never dream of switching from an investment cast part to one made by additive manufacturing, especially if they already had paid for the casting mold. Yet that is exactly what GE Aviation is doing with four bleed air parts from a land/marine turbine. They made the decision based on cost and time […]
Metal additive manufacturing speeds innovation in spinal devices
Tsunami Medical deploys a fleet of four GE Additive Concept Laser Mlab systems to drive innovation, speed and productivity gains in the spinal implant sector. Since its foundation over twenty years ago in Italy’s biomedical valley near Modena, Tsunami Medical has continued to evolve and grow its business in response to the market dynamics of […]
GE Additive and Indiana Economic Development Corporation form binder jet public-private partnership
GE Additive and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), the state of Indiana’s lead economic development agency, announced the formation of a metal Binder Jet public-private partnership, as part of a broader effort to further position Indiana’s manufacturing sector for long-term growth. A collaborative approach to innovation “We’re excited by the opportunity presented to us […]
GE Additive welcomes Sandvik into Binder Jet Beta Partner Program
GE Additive announced that Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has become a strategic partner in its Binder Jet beta partner program. Sandvik has one of the widest alloy programs for additive manufacturing on the market, marketed under the Osprey brand. Sandvik will work closely with GE Additive to become a certified powder supplier for a range of […]
What the additive process EBM can do for automotive development
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK, is focused in accelerating the UK’s industrial growth, developing and proving innovative manufacturing processes and technologies together with creating and embedding future skills. Accelerating the adoption of additive manufacturing is a specific focus for the National Centre for Additive […]
Electron beam melting enables custom orthopedic surgery at scale in China
With the Chinese population aging at a faster pace, each passing year sees an increase in patients with orthopedic conditions. Problems associated with knee joints, hip joints, and the spine have resulted in strong demand for orthopedic products in the country. AK Medical, a leading player in the domestic orthopedic implant industry, has been successfully […]
Putting the metal to the pedal with additive manufacturing
In 2010, Stevin Creeggan’s life changed forever. He was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash at Pukerua Bay, north of the New Zealand capital, Wellington. Stevin was left with multiple injuries including self-fused vertebrae in his neck and lower back, and severe damage to his right leg which has been reconstructed with plates, screws, […]
MT Ortho harnesses additive technology to manufacture custom prostheses for cranioplasty and bone cancer patients
Until recently, only standard, conventionally manufactured prostheses, or in limited cases custom prostheses, were available for patients with bone tumors. That’s changed thanks to a combination of additive manufacturing and CT imaging. These technologies are making it possible to create custom prostheses easily and affordably. At the cutting edge of this technology is MT Ortho, […]
Designing a better knee joint with additive manufacturing
Italian medical implant manufacturer REJOINT is reimagining the knee joint using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and IoT-connected sensorized wearables. The market for knee implants is now estimated at around five million implants per year worldwide. In advanced markets, already in 2011 the number of surgical procedures was 150 per 100,000 inhabitants, with peaks of 250 […]
Metal additively manufactured part takes to the skies
GE Additive AddWorks has been supporting GA-ASI’s strategy for scaling metal additive technology across its portfolio of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) platforms. Over the past nine years, GA-ASI has built deep experience with polymer-based additive technologies and over recent years has made strides in developing its metal additive roadmap and a dedicated additive manufacturing team. […]