Italian Air Force successfully tests metal AM aircraft component

ApplicationsNews
July 30, 2024

July 30, 2024

The Italian Air Force has successfully tested an additively manufactured aircraft component as part of the ACARMA project (Courtesy BEAMIT)
The Italian Air Force has successfully tested an additively manufactured aircraft component as part of the ACARMA project (Courtesy BEAMIT)

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 WORLD OF METAL AM TO YOUR INBOX
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
Sign up

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.

www.beam-it.eu/

Download Metal AM magazine
ApplicationsNews
July 30, 2024

About Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine

Metal AM magazine, published quarterly in digital and print formats, is read by a rapidly expanding international audience.

Our audience includes component manufacturers, end-users, materials and equipment suppliers, analysts, researchers and more.

In addition to providing extensive industry news coverage, Metal AM magazine is known for exclusive, in-depth articles and technical reports.

Our focus is the entire metal AM process from design to application.

Each issue is available as an easy-to-navigate digital edition and a high-quality print publication.

In the latest issue of Metal AM magazine

Download PDF
 

Extensive AM industry news coverage, as well as the following exclusive deep-dive articles:

  • Fly-by-wire: How Additive Manufacturing took to the skies with Norsk Titanium
  • Dynamic beam shaping: Unlocking productivity for cost-effective Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion
  • Enabling the fusion energy revolution: Mastering tungsten with PBF-EB Additive Manufacturing
  • Patents and Additive Manufacturing: What insights can mining PBF-EB data reveal about the industry and the technology?
  • Additive Manufacturing for Semiconductor Capital Equipment: Unlocking critical supply chains
  • Can Additive Manufacturing lower the carbon footprint of parts for the energy and maritime industries?
  • Inspect Additive Manufacturing, stop monitoring: Phase3D’s unit-based, in-process inspection solution for powder bed AM

The world of metal AM to your inbox

Don't miss any new issue of Metal AM magazine, and get the latest industry news. Sign up to our twice weekly newsletter.

Sign up

Looking for AM machines, metal powders or part manufacturing services?

Discover suppliers of these and more in our comprehensive advertisers’ index and buyer’s guide, available in the back of Metal AM magazine.

  • AM machines
  • Process monitoring & calibration
  • Heat treatment & sintering
  • HIP systems & services
  • Pre- & post-processing technology
  • Powders, powder production and analysis
  • Part manufacturers
  • Consulting, training & market data
View online

Discover our magazine archive…

The free to access Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine archive offers unparalleled insight into the world of metal Additive Manufacturing from a commercial and technological perspective through:

  • Reports on visits to leading metal AM part manufacturers and industry suppliers
  • Articles on technology and application trends
  • Information on materials developments
  • Reviews of key technical presentations from the international conference circuit
  • International industry news

All past issues are available to download as free PDFs or view in your browser.

Browse the archive

Share via
Copy link
Powered by Social Snap