Norsk Titanium (OTCQX:NORSF) announced that it is developing larger titanium parts for commercial aerospace customers using its new large format Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) machine.
The company, a global leader in additive manufacturing for aerospace-grade structural titanium components using its patented RPD technology, said it is commissioning two larger format G4L RPD machines to develop parts for a leading commercial aerospace player.
It said it has already produced the first larger component for the undisclosed aerospace manufacturer which is 1.4 meters in length and weighs nearly 100 kilograms.
The company is already in recurring production with its G4L RPD machine, which is qualified for both Airbus and Boeing applications.
“Together with our customers and partners, we are identifying more and more parts suitable for our additive titanium RPD manufacturing process,” Norsk Titanium (OTCQX:NORSF) vice president of commercial Nicholas Mayer said.
“We are already transitioning parts into production with our G4B machine, and the ability to produce larger parts on the G4L enables us to expand our market scope with the commercial aerospace OEMs further.”
Norsk Titanium (OTCQX:NORSF) also announced that it achieved the qualification of structural flight components for Department of Defense hardware.
It said with partner Northrop Grumman, it printed a qualified near-net-shape preform for the subsequently finished component. The company highlighted that this dramatically reduces raw material lead times and allows for significantly fewer machining hours to produce the final part.
It is expected that two structural titanium components will undergo first flight in the second quarter of 2024.
“This was a tremendous achievement for our team. It is a critical demonstration of our RPD material performance and our ability to rapidly print parts for use in defense applications,” Mayer commented.
“The defense sector is one of our strategic growth areas, and this demonstration builds confidence among customers evaluating our process to displace legacy subtractive methods.”