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Tapping into the new laboratory, GE Aviation aims to support technology development efforts in Turkey
and help train competent engineers and researchers and strengthen the additive manufacturing solutions it
offers to companies.
Additive manufacturing is disrupting industries and accelerating the way products are designed and
manufactured. The transformative approach to industrial production enables the creation of lighter,
stronger parts and systems. GE has more than 20 years of experience in additive manufacturing and is
uniquely poised to lead in this manufacturing process. Utilizing the GE Aviation Additive Manufacturing
Technologies R&D Lab, GE extends its global knowledge in Turkey by contributing to its goal to
increase the intensity of R&D efforts.
GE has taken yet another step to contribute to aviation R&D structure in Turkey. Established under the
GE Aviation Turkey Technology Center, located in Tubitak Marmara Teknokent Free Zone, the Additive
Manufacturing Technologies R&D Lab was inaugurated on November 16 2018 with the participation of
Mr. Mustafa Varank, Minister of Technology and GE executives. Technology development efforts at the
laboratory will focus on next-gen manufacturing technologies performed on industrial metal additive
manufacturing machines manufactured by GE Additive.
Some of the biggest benefits offered by additive manufacturing is that it offers freedom in companies’
processes, minimizing materials waste and offering engineers the opportunity to design things in novel
ways.
CFM International*’s LEAP aircraft engine marks the first step of the additive manufacturing journey in
the aviation industry. For the first time, this engine features an additively manufactured fuel nozzle tip.
This part used to be made up of 20 different parts, and with additive it is now manufactured in one single
piece. This development was followed by GE’s Catalyst Turboprop engine, which includes more printed
components than any production engine in aviation history. More than 800 conventionally manufactured
parts has been reduced to 12 additive parts, reducing the Catalyst's weight by 5 percent while contributing
a 1 percent improvement in specific fuel consumption.
With the contributions from the GE Aviation Additive Manufacturing Technologies R&D Lab opened,
development activities will be undertaken to contribute to the future of this technology. Future aircraft
engine technologies will be developed in this laboratory.
International Congress on 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing) Technologies and Digital Industry
3D-PTC2019
Onur Önder