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 know-how, ArianeGroup expects to set a brand new benchmark within the aerospace and defence sectors.
Having secured this strategic alliance, Nikon SLM Options says it should maintain demonstrating superior additive manufacturing know-how to extremely complicated, large-format elements needing to fulfill stringent high quality and productiveness necessities. The corporate additionally suggests it should ‘unlock new prospects’ in purposeful integration and efficiency optimisation.’
Nikon SLM believes its additive manufacturing know-how 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 important liquid propulsion functions.
“Ariane Group is a key international participant within the house business. Our collaboration with ArianeGroup demonstrates the effectiveness of our know-how and reveals how Nikon SLM’s improvements can meet the demanding wants of strategic, high-tech buyer,” stated Julien Frugier, Gross sales Supervisor, Nikon SLM Options.
