OPTOMEC AWARDED $500K TO REPAIR AIR FORCE TURBINE BLADES USING LENS 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
The deal will see Optomec develop a set of optimized 3D printing process parameters to repair the jet engine turbine blades found on the Air Force’s F-15 and F-16 fighters. The project is centered around Optomec’s Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) process, the company’s take on powder-based Directed Energy Deposition (DED). It will also involve additional technologies such as vision and distortion compensation software, controlled atmosphere processing...
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