Innovative manufacturing for greener aircraft engines
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Innovation Transport Smart, green and integrated transport Cyprus France Germany Poland Spain Sweden United Kingdomdate: 31/03/2016
Project: Development of Aero Engine Component Man...
acronym: MERLIN
See also: CORDIS
The MERLIN project has investigated how additive manufacturing could be used to produce and repair civil aircraft engine parts. Familiar from the concept of 3D printing, this method builds up parts, layer-by-layer, taking out the substantial materials waste, chemicals and tooling costs involved in traditional manufacturing methods for aircraft parts.