Safran Group launched the engine technology verification machine Add+, with 30% of its components using additive manufacturing (3D printing) Technical manufacturing. Add+ is based on the cooperation between several Safran group companies in order to make these3D printingThe components can be applied to the engines produced by the group. The research and development work of the project started in early 2018 and is currently in the assembly stage. The verification machine will conduct a local interview next fall.
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Etienne Hesse, Safran Helicopter Engines R&D and Technology Project Manager and Add+ Project Coordinator, said: “Add+ brings together Safran Group’s additive manufacturing expertise. We started to research existing engine models and redesign them using additive manufacturing technology. Almost 30% of the parts are designed to integrate these parts into the assembly line production. We will evaluate the running status of these new parts when we start interviewing the car.”
Based on the Arrius helicopter engine, the Add+ project will evaluate the main components manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM) technology.
Since the beginning of 2018, experts have been working at the Safran Group’s plant in Boulder (Pyrénées-Atlantique). The additive manufacturing capabilities of Boulder, Sacré (Essonne) and Corbe (Essonne) are used on Add+.
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