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3D-printed demonstrator for industrial gas turbines

The next generation of gas turbines will be a real game changer - and additive technologies and their advantages are key to build more sustainable turbines. Learn more about how future industrial gas turbines will benefit from additive manufacturing.

  • Very complex shapes: hollow and thin-walled structures next to thick areas all in one part
    Very complex shapes: hollow and thin-walled structures next to thick areas all in one part
  • With product development and process expertise, we can integrate multiple functions into one part
    With product development and process expertise, we can integrate multiple functions into one part
  • The printing job in full swing: In the DMP Factory 500 offered by GF Machining Solutions
    The printing job in full swing: In the DMP Factory 500 offered by GF Machining Solutions

New Technologies, new Solutions

The GF Casting Solutions 3D-printed demonstrator for industrial gas turbines was printed in a printing space as big as 500 x 500 x 500 mm and realized to an optimzed IGT solution thanks to our expert teams and certified manufacturing environment: 

Material Density Weight Volume
Alloy X 8.2 g/cm³ 29.7 kg 3626 cm³

The advantages: 

  • Extreme shapes: Hollow structures and very thin walls <1mm
  • Very complex shapes from thick to thin in one part
  • Topological optimization: reducing weight and material 
  • Conformal cooling channels in near net shape design instead of a straight line
  • Cost advantage through geometry and performance of the application and the reduction of process steps
  • Surface enlargement to achieve improved cooling of the component from the outside
  • Flow optimization on the surface with direct impact on air or liquid flow

Our expert teams and certified manufacturing environment are ready to realize your 3D-printing challenge. Learn more abut the IGT Demonstrator and our AM-Offer on GF Casting Solutions´ Website.

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