Italian Air Force successfully tests metal AM aircraft component
July 30, 2024
The Italian Air Force has successfully tested an additively manufactured aircraft air intake component on board an operational T-346A aircraft as part of the Acceptability of Aeronautical Components Produced by AM (ACARMA) project.
Making use of its experience in Additive Manufacturing, BEAMIT contributed to the research on the design and characterisation of the component.
Beamit explained, “The successful outcome of the tests demonstrates the advantages of adopting AM to produce optimised and performing components.”
The ACARMA project is undertaken through the support of collaborators BEAMIT SpA; DASAS, a branch of the Italian Air Force focused on novel technology; the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio’s Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; and Techdyn Engineering.
Financed by Ministry of Defence through PNRM programme, Cassino University coordinated the group with the goal to implement a methodology for characterisation and predictive analysis aimed at aeronautical certification of components in aluminium and titanium alloys produced via Additive Manufacturing. This is carried out according to a multi-scale approach based on targeted experimentation and numerical simulation.