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Feature19 March 2018,
updated13 December 2018Siemens AG / Gas and PowerMunich
Additive manufacturing has the potential to become a new key technology. For example it opens up new attractive prospects in the manufacture of gas turbines. This is why Siemens has been investing in this innovative technology right from its inception, and is now driving the industrialization and commercialization of these processes. Additive Manufacturing is a process that builds parts layer-by-layer from sliced CAD models to form solid objects. This enables highly precise solutions to be formed from powdered high-performance materials. Siemens is a pioneer in Additive Manufacturing and already uses the technology for rapid prototyping. Furthermore the company is now developing solutions ready for series-production for manufacturing gas turbine burner nozzles and repairing burner heads. Just recently Siemens achieved yet another breakthrough: the first gas turbine blades ever to be produced using Additive Manufacturing have successfully finished performance testing under full-load conditions.
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Siemens is driving the industrialization of additive manufacturing
The investment of €30 million in the state-of-the-art 3D printing facility at Materials Solutions Ltd. in the U.K enables the growth of the business by doubling the capacity of 3D-printing machines to 50. The new factory has a footprint of 4,500 m
2 and is adopting a true industrial approach, housing multiple machines across a shop floor.
Reverse Engineering using Additive Manufacturing - bringing a 100-year-old, Ruston Hornsby vintage car onto the road again
Siemens was able to demonstrate the real opportunities of high-efficiency metals additive manufacturing by bringing a 100-year-old, Ruston Hornsby vintage car back to life using reverse engineering to recreate its steering box - all without any original technical drawings. Using the latest scanning technology, Siemens was able to digitally reassemble the parts of the broken steering box back together and create a working model which could be additive manufactured. It showed that customers can use AM to design components that can’t be manufactured traditionally. During a summer fest at the Lincoln site (UK) in August 2018, the vintage car was exhibited and admired by the audience.
Siemens Additive Manufacturing – Industrialization is happening
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Siemens is well-positioned to be the leader of the industrialization of Additive Manufacturing because it is one of the only companies that combines all necessary competencies: Siemens experts are successfully applying their skills to the materials and processes used to create the company's high-tech products, and it provides software and automation solutions to seamlessly integrate and industrialize Additive Manufacturing to other industries. Individualized mass production, functional design, high energy and resource efficiency as well as shorter innovation cycles – the advantages of Additive Manufacturing are being leveraged more and more in the industrial environment.
Just one of many examples: High-efficient gas turbine blades must withstand extreme conditions. Inside a turbine, high pressures, tremendous centrifugal forces, and high temperatures prevail. Additive Manufacturing revolutionized the way developing this component and prototyping but also offers potentials for refurbishment and spare parts on demand. As a supplier, Siemens provides market-leading solutions to fully digitalize Additive Manufacturing, from design and engineering software through cutting-edge simulation tools to full machine and shop-floor automation.
Just one of many examples: High-efficient gas turbine blades must withstand extreme conditions. Inside a turbine, high pressures, tremendous centrifugal forces, and high temperatures prevail. Additive Manufacturing revolutionized the way developing this component and prototyping but also offers potentials for refurbishment and spare parts on demand. As a supplier, Siemens provides market-leading solutions to fully digitalize Additive Manufacturing, from design and engineering software through cutting-edge simulation tools to full machine and shop-floor automation.
Further Information
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- Website: Materials Solutions – a Siemens business
- Feature: Siemens achieves breakthrough with 3D-printed combustion component for SGT-A05
- Feature: Siemens sets innovation milestone with first 3D-printed parts for industrial steam turbine
- Topic Area: Additive Manufacturing for the Energy Business (Englisch)
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