Nikon SLM Options and ArianeGroup have entered a strategic partnership to help the manufacturing of parts 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 would hold demonstrating superior additive manufacturing know-how to extremely complicated, large-format parts needing to satisfy stringent high quality and productiveness necessities. The corporate additionally suggests it would ‘unlock new prospects’ in useful integration and efficiency optimisation.’
Nikon SLM believes its additive manufacturing know-how will minimise meeting wants, allow light-weight high-performance parts 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 international participant within the area trade. Our collaboration with ArianeGroup demonstrates the effectiveness of our know-how 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.
