MELBOURNE - Australian researchers Thursday it had manufactured for the first time two jet engines with three-dimensional printing, sparking major international companies interest.
Gear - replicas of the engine gas turbines of the French aerospace supplier Safran, which provides the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and US Boeing - are demonstrating the potential of 3D printing to produce high quality, the researchers said Monash University in Melbourne.
"The important thing is the recognition by the leading manufacturers and engineering companies such as Airbus and Safran that the equipment that you can design using printed metal aircraft quality," said AFP Ian Smith, member of the scientific team.
"It's a pretty disruptive technology. We have seen many things happen in the field of plastic and polymer, but what is exciting is that it now concerns metals and light metals such as titanium, nickel and aluminum, "a- he said.
Invented in the 1980s, 3D printing can produce layer by layer a solid object, from a 3D file. It uses an additive manufacturing process, both the injection and solidification of material, plastic or metal.
Wu Xinhua University Monash University indicated that his team spent a year on the project, had created the engine by removing piece by piece old copies and scanning each component.
One of the drivers is currently on display at the Australian International Airshow in Melbourne and the other is located in Toulouse, at the headquarters of the French company Microturbo, specializing in small gas turbines.
"Xinhua Wu and his team of Monash University have demonstrated their mastery of additive manufacturing in the metal," said Jean-François Rideau, responsible for research and technology Microturbo.
The technology could be used to build quickly and cheaply prototypes and custom components, say researchers.
3D printers metals could also be used in the biomedical industry to create prostheses or equipment.
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