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GE Aviation qualified the first additively manufactured part for commercial jet engines and has since built a turboprop engine with over a third of its parts produced additively. This led to the creation of GE Additive to help other businesses transform their design and manufacturing using additive technologies. GE Additive has expertise in qualifying and implementing additive technologies due to their work with GE Aviation. They can help clients transform parts, products, processes and businesses through all aspects of an additive transformation from business case definition to production and qualification.

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GE9X Additive Parts

GE Aviation qualified the first additively manufactured part for commercial jet engines and has since built a turboprop engine with over a third of its parts produced additively. This led to the creation of GE Additive to help other businesses transform their design and manufacturing using additive technologies. GE Additive has expertise in qualifying and implementing additive technologies due to their work with GE Aviation. They can help clients transform parts, products, processes and businesses through all aspects of an additive transformation from business case definition to production and qualification.

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OUR JOURNEY

GE Aviation qualified the first additively manufactured part


for commercial jet engines. And now, they've built a
turboprop engine with more than a third of its parts produced
additively. But it didn’t stop there – GE Additive was born and
we started helping businesses, just like yours, transform how
they design and build.

The minds of GE Additive are the same minds that launched


GE Aviation’s additive transformation. We are users of
additive technology and understand first-hand how this
technology can help transform businesses by improving
products and manufacturing operations. We have deep
domain expertise and we know what it takes to implement
this change in your organization.

From defining the business case, to teaching design, to


enabling production, to managing qualification, we can help
you transform any part, product, process or business.

ADVANTAGES
• Lower costs and simplified supply chains
• Improved product performance
• Faster time to market
• Faster cycle times

GE9X
Our engineers have decades of
experience incorporating additive
technologies into the aviation
sector. That gives us an unparalleled
understanding of this highly
regulated industry.

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FUEL NOZZLES
Fuel nozzle tip
WHY ADDITIVE?:

• Solving for fuel mixing, fuel


emissions and cost savings
ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:

• 5X more durable
• 20 parts printed as one

MACHINE:
Concept Laser M2
POWDER:
Cobalt-chrome alloy

*Compared to traditional manufacturing


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STAGE 5 & 6
Low pressure turbine
(LTP) blades
WHY ADDITIVE?:
• Reduce weight
LPT BLADES
ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:
• Hot process allows production
of crack-prone materials

• 50% weight reduction


MACHINE:
Arcam EBM A2X
POWDER:
Titanium aluminide (TiAl)

*Compared to traditional manufacturing


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First FAA certified additive part
(on the GE90 engine in 2015) T25 Sensor Housing
WHY ADDITIVE?:
T25 SENSOR • Improved precision enabled through
complex geometries
Housing
ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:
• 30% more precise

• 10 parts printed as one


MACHINE:
Concept Laser M2

POWDER:
Cobalt-chrome alloy

*Compared to traditional manufacturing


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COMBUSTION
Combustion Mixer
WHY ADDITIVE?:

• Reduce part to part variation


MIXER ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:
• 3X more durable

• 6% lighter
MACHINE:
Concept Laser M2
POWDER:
Cobalt-chrome alloy

*Compared to traditional manufacturing


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INDUCERS
Cyclonic Inducer
WHY ADDITIVE?:

• Enable reduction of cooling air


debris to improve durability
• Complex geometries

ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:
• 2X more durable

• 13 parts printed as one part


MACHINE:
Concept Laser M2
POWDER:
Cobalt-chrome alloy

*Compared to traditional manufacturing


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HEAT
Heat Exchanger
WHY ADDITIVE?:

• Smaller, lighter, cheaper, improved


EXCHANGER durability
ADDITIVE BENEFITS*:

• 40% lighter
• 163 traditionally manufactured
parts, now additively printed as
one part
• 25% less cost to produce

MACHINE:
Concept Laser M2

POWDER:
Aluminum (F357)

*Compared to traditional manufacturing

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