Nikon SLM Options and ArianeGroup have entered a strategic partnership to help the manufacturing of elements over 1 cubic metre utilizing steel additive manufacturing.
Deploying Nikon SLM’s steel powder mattress fusion expertise, ArianeGroup expects to set a brand new benchmark within the aerospace and defence sectors.
Having secured this strategic alliance, Nikon SLM Options says it’ll hold demonstrating superior additive manufacturing expertise to extremely complicated, large-format elements needing to satisfy stringent high quality and productiveness necessities. The corporate additionally suggests it’ll ‘unlock new potentialities’ in practical integration and efficiency optimisation.’
Nikon SLM believes its additive manufacturing expertise will minimise meeting wants, allow light-weight high-performance elements and open up new geometries to ArianeGroup. With this suite of capabilities, the additive manufacturing OEM suggests ArianeGroup will profit from new alternatives to scale back prices on complicated and large-scale {hardware} for crucial liquid propulsion functions.
“Ariane Group is a key world participant within the area business. Our collaboration with ArianeGroup demonstrates the effectiveness of our expertise and exhibits how Nikon SLM’s improvements can meet the demanding wants of strategic, high-tech buyer,” mentioned Julien Frugier, Gross sales Supervisor, Nikon SLM Options.