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GE Renewable Energy plans on 3D printing turbine components
Official Press Release GE Renewable Energy:
GE Renewable Energy, Fraunhofer IGCV, and voxeljet AG plan to develop world’s largest sand binder jetting 3D printer for offshore wind turbines
Project to accelerate and optimize the production of a key casting components of the GE Haliade-X Offshore Turbine / 3D Printing provides flexibility to produce large turbine components near offshore wind projects, lowering transportation costs and bringing environmental benefits / Trials of new technology expected to begin in Q1 2022
GE (NYSE: GE), Fraunhofer IGCV and voxeljet AG (NASDAQ: VJET) today announced a research partnership to develop the world’s largest 3D printer for offshore wind applications in order to streamline the production of key components of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. The Advance Casting Cell (ACC) 3D printer under development will... ... More: Official Press Release GE Renewable Energy
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- GE Renewable Energy, offshore, Haliade-X, turbine, component, printer, 3D, Fraunhofer IGCV, voxeljet, sand binder jetting 3D printer, ACC
