Revolutionary Fabrication Techniques May Significantly Reduce Cost
To reduce airframe material and fabrication
costs, a laser lithography process is being
developed by AeroMet Corporation to
construct a part with “additive” machining.
- Properties are equivalent to cast or wrought
- Ideally suited to constant cross-section parts with nominal surface finish requirements
- Process is highly automated, hence minimal labor cost
- Fabrication of titanium components (at right) using this process is being evaluated for use on Boeing products
Conventionally-Machined Ti-6Al-4V Part