Renishaw, a global manufacturer of metal 3D printing machines, which recently opened its new North American headquarters in West Dundee, has announced that its Spanish subsidiary, Renishaw Ibérica, S.A.U. is working with other Spanish engineering companies and research centres in a ground-breaking project which could change the way aerospace turbines are manufactured.
The objective of the Futuralve project is to create advanced material and manufacturing technologies for the new generation of high-speed turbines for the aerospace sector. Renishaw will specifically be working alongside CATEC (Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technologies), based in Seville, to develop machine parameters for nickel based alloys, study the mechanical properties of the material and optimize the additive manufacturing processes.