Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2017 to 2023

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1 Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2017 to 2023 Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace: Lowering the Total Cost of Manufacturing, Leading 3D Printing Revolution ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 16 Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Driving Forces 16 Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Shares 20 Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Forecasts ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE: MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 25 TOC-1 /blog

2 1.1 Aerospace Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process D Metallic Printing for Aerospace EBM in Aerospace Designing Value into Additive Manufacturing ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Driving Forces Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Shares Bright Laser Technologies GE Benefits of GE Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Acquisitions GE Seeks To Have Its Additive Manufacturing Business Achieve $1 Billion In Revenue by Desktop Metal Technology Höganäs Group / Digital Metal Lockheed Martin Sciaky Big Metal Experts: Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Forecasts Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Challenges Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Segment Forecasts Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications Additive Manufacturing Materials Market Forecast Additive Manufacturing, Market Segment Analysis 56 TOC-2 /blog

3 2.7 Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Pricing Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Regional Segment Analysis US Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing For Aerospace Market Significant Regional Growth In Metal Additive Manufacturing in Asia ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION D Systems Aerospace and Defense Metallic Additive Manufacturing D Systems DMP Printers Digital Metal GE 3D Metallurgy Printing in Jet Engines GE Arcam EBM GE Arcam EBM Electron Beam Melting Additive Manufacturing (AM) at GE Additive Ancor AM Powders Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing at NASA D Metallurgy Printing at SpaceX ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY D Printing Set To Revolutionize Manufacturing Processes Involving Metals D Printing Of High-Strength Aluminum Alloys Nanoparticles of Nucleants Used To Resolve Melting And Solidification Dynamics Selective Laser Melting Creates Grains Roughly Equal In Length, Width And Height Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aerospace Metallic Components and Parts 93 TOC-3 /blog

4 4.3 Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloy for Aerospace Components High-Strength Nickel Based Superalloy Metal AM Rocket Engine ProjectX Most Effective Size Range for EBAM Parts ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AEROSPACE COMPANY PROFILES D Systems D Systems Teams with Airbus Defence and Space to Produce Metal AM satellite RF Filter D Systems Revenue Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerojet Rocketdyne Breaks Ground Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville Airconic Airbus Alcoa American Standard BASF BASF SLM Solutions Boeing Boeing AM Advantages Bright Laser Technologies Carpenter Technology 135 TOC-4 /blog

5 5.11 Cerevo CFM International CFM $1.0 Billion Leap-1a Engine Order from Cathay Pacific Places Concept Laser Desktop Metal Desktop Metal Partners with Morris Group for Distribution DMG Mori EOS Farsoon GE Formation of GE Additive: Aviation s Acquisition of Metal 3D Printer Manufacturers Concept Laser and Arcam GE / Arcam AB GE Arcam Drivers for Additive Manufacturing GE AP&C State-Of-The-Art Powder Manufacturing Facility in Canada GE / Concept Laser GE AM Fuel Nozzle Concept Laser Hewlett Packard Höganäs Group / Digital Metal Honeywell Aerospace and Digital Metal Exploring Joint AM Projects Digital Metal Adds Titanium To Stainless Steels Honeywell 161 TOC-5 /blog

6 Honeywell Powder Materials Kymera Lockheed Martin Lumex Markforged Materialise NV NanoSteel NASA Norsk Titanium Norsk and Spirit Optisys Phoenix Scientific Industries Ltd (PSI), Praxair Powders Renishaw Sciaky Sciaky s Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) Sciaky Imaging And Sensing System Provides a Closed-Loop Control Sciaky EBAM Dual Wire Feed System Siemens Siemens / Materials Solutions 183 TOC-6 /blog

7 5.36 SpaceX SpaceX Iridium-3 Mission SpaceX Printed Part To Space, Creates Printed Engine Chamber H.C. Starck H.C. Starck Amberprint Stratasys World Leader in 3D Printing Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Selected by Airbus to 3D Print Polymer Serial Flying A350 XWB Parts Stratasys Defining Force in 3D Printing And Additive Manufacturing Stratasys Releases First Quarter 2017 Financial Results Tekna Group Tekna Manufacturing High-Quality Metal Powders For Additive Manufacturing Applications In Aeronautics And Space Thales Titomic Titomic Ltd, Commercializing A Process For The Additive Manufacturing Of Large Scale Titanium Parts Trumpf adds Fraunhofer s Extreme High-Speed Laser Deposition Welding Process United States Metal Powders Voestalpine AG List of Selected Metal Additive Manufacturing Companies 211 WINTERGREEN RESEARCH, 220 TOC-7 /blog

8 WinterGreen Research Methodology 221 Figure 1. Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Driving Forces 16 Figure 2. 3D printing Metallurgy Additive Direct Digital Manufacturing Benefits 17 Figure 3. Benefits of Choosing EBAM for Additive Manufacturing Process 18 Figure 4. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing Aerospace Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters Figure 5. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing Aerospace Market Shipments Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, Figure 6. Aerospace Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology Challenges 25 Figure 7. Aerospace Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology Development Opportunities 26 Figure 8. Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Market Driving Forces 30 Figure 9. 3D printing Metallurgy Additive Direct Digital Manufacturing Benefits 31 Figure 10. Benefits of Choosing EBAM for Additive Manufacturing Process 32 Figure 11. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing Aerospace Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters TOC-8 /blog

9 Figure 12. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace, Printers and Tooling, Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters Figure 13. Bright Laser Technologies 38 Figure 14. Benefits of GE Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Acquisitions 41 Figure 15. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing Aerospace Market Shipments Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, Figure 16. Metallurgy Additive Aerospace Manufacturing Market Forecasts, Dollars and Units, Worldwide, Figure 17. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing For Aerospace Market Challenges 49 Figure 18. Metallurgy Additive Aerospace Manufacturing Market Segments, Airplane Engines, Government and Defense, and Space, Forecasts, Dollars and Units, Worldwide, Figure 19. Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing Market Segment Forecasts Dollars and Units, Worldwide, Figure 20. Metallurgy Additive Aerospace Manufacturing, Regional Market Segments, Figure 21. Metallurgy Additive Aerospace Manufacturing, Regional Market Segments, Figure 22. Digital Metal DM P2500 3D Printer 63 Figure 23. CFM International s 3D-Printed Fuel Nozzle for GE Jet Engines 65 TOC-9 /blog

10 Figure 24. GE Jet Engine Nozzles 3D Printing Improvements 66 Figure 25. GE LEAP A1 Jet Engine 67 Figure 26. GE Arcam EBM Electron Beam Melting Arcam EBM Systems Architecture 70 Figure 27. GE Arcam Q20plus 3D Printing Chamber 72 Figure 28. GE Arcam EBM Electron Beam Melting Features 74 Figure 29. GE Arcam Q20plus Aerospace Low Pressure Turbine Blade Component Example 75 Figure 30. GE Arcam Q20plus Specifications Designed For Cost-Efficient Production Of Aerospace Components 76 Figure 31. Ancor AM Powders 79 Figure 32. Combustion Chamber Developed By Engineers At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center In Huntsville, Alabama, For An Additively Manufactured Demonstration Engine 80 Figure 33. NASA Metallurgy 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Components 81 Figure 34. Spacex Launches 3d-Printed Part To Space, Creates Printed Engine Chamber 83 Figure 35. SpaceX Test Firing the Raptor Engine 84 Figure 36. SpaceX Printed Engine Chamber 85 Figure 37. SpaceX Raptor System with 40% 3D Printed Parts 86 Figure 38. Airbus to Receive 3D-Printed Fuselage and Engine Pylon Parts from Alcoa 87 TOC-10 /blog

11 Figure 39. Alloys That Work for 3D Metallurgic Printing 91 Figure 40. Aluminum Alloy Powders 92 Figure 41. Titanium Alloy Specifications 95 Figure 42. Applications for Titanium Ti6Al4V: 96 Figure 43. GE Arcam Titanium Ti6Al4V (Grade 5) Powder Specification 96 Figure 44. Machining Ti6Al4V Parts Manufactured in the EBM Process 97 Figure 45. Australian Team Tests Metal AM Rocket Engine 98 Figure 46. ProjectX Engine During A Test Fire, Shock-Cell Structure In The Rocket Plume Is Visible 99 Figure 47. System Process Components for the Build Industry Specifications 101 Figure 48. 3D Systems ProX DMP 320 Metal Printer 103 Figure 49. 3D Systems Metal Additive Manufacturing Applications 105 Figure 50. 3D Systems Revenue 112 Figure 51. Aerojet Rocketdyne Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville 116 Figure 52. Aerojet Rocketdyne 3D Printed Rockets 117 Figure 53. Airbus to Equip A350 XWB Pylon with 3D Printed Bracket 118 Figure 54. Airbus to Receive 3D-Printed Fuselage and Engine Pylon Parts from Alcoa 119 Figure 55. BASF Ultrafuse 316LX Additive Manufacturing For Fused Filament TOC-11 /blog

12 Fabrication Of Metal Parts 121 Figure 56. Boeing FA-18E Super Hornet 124 Figure 57. Boeing F Figure 58. Boeing 777x, Comparative wingspans 128 Figure 59. Boeing Norsk Titanium AS to Print 787 Parts 128 Figure 60. Norsk Titanium's MERKE IV Rapid Plasma Deposition 3D Printer Creating An Aircraft Part 131 Figure 61. Bright Laser Technologies 132 Figure 62. Bright Laser Technologies Research Center 133 Figure 63. Bright Laser Technologies Aerospace Metallic Parts 134 Figure 64. Bright Laser Technologies Aerospace Fuselage Structure Parts 135 Figure 65. Cerevo Bicycle Frame 136 Figure 66. Cathay Pacific Places $1.0 Billion Cfm Leap-1a Engine Order 139 Figure 67. EOS Metal Additive Manufacturing 144 Figure 68. CFM International s 3D-Printed Fuel Nozzle Reduces Part Count 151 Figure 69. Additive Manufacturing, 3-D Printing 154 Figure 70. AM Let GE Aviation Reduce The Weight Of The Engine By 5 Percent 155 Figure 71. Concept Laser Manufactures The Largest Powder Bed Fusion Metal 3d TOC-12 /blog

13 Printer On The Market, The X Line 2000R 157 Figure 72. GE Additive Manufacturing Disruptive Technology: Changing the Product Development and Manufacturing 158 Figure 73. Honeywell HTF7000 Engine In Production at Honeywell s Phoenix Facility 162 Figure 74. Honeywell s Phoenix Additive Manufacturing Technology Centre, 163 Figure 75. Honeywell Inconel 718 Engine Mount Bracket 164 Figure 76. Markforged Metal X 3D Printed Metal Components. 169 Figure 77. Markforged Target Industries 170 Figure 78. NASA Additive Manufacturing Operations 174 Figure 79. Norsk Provides Titanium to Spirit that Builds Thousands Of Titanium Parts For Customers Around The Globe 176 Figure 80. Optisys Extreme Parts Consolidation Of Antenna Systems Enables Reduced Size, Weight, Lead Time And Cost While Boosting RF Performance 177 Figure 81. Praxair Surface Technologies Metal Powders Functions 178 Figure 82. Sciaky Offers 3D printing 180 Figure 83. EBAM Process 181 Figure 84. Siemens Metals Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace 183 Figure 85. Siemens 2017 Capacity 184 TOC-13 /blog

14 Figure 86. Markforged Metal X 3D Printed Metal Components. 185 Figure 87. SpaceX Liftoff 187 Figure 88. SpaceX Iridium-3 Mission 189 Figure 89. SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch 190 Figure 90. SpaceX 3D Printed Engine Chamber 191 Figure 91. H.C. Starck Surface Technology and Ceramic Powders GmbH Amberprint 193 Figure 92. H.C. Starck Surface Technology and Ceramic Powders GmbH Aerospace Powders 195 Figure 93. Stratasys Recent Business Highlights: 198 Figure 94. Stratasys Milestones Towards Adopting Additive Manufacturing In Complex Requirement Applications: 200 Figure 95. Stratasys Smart Multi-Cell System 201 Figure 96. Stratasys Metal Initiatives 202 Figure 97. Tekna Manufactures Turnkey Plasma Systems To Make High Quality Spherical Powder 204 Figure 98. Tekna High Quality Titanium Spherical Powder Properties and Powder SIze 205 Figure 99. Titomic TKF Titanium Rapid AM Process 207 TOC-14 /blog