Additive manufacturing to redefine aircraft wings

Posted on 24 Aug 2016 by Jonny Williamson

Renishaw is contributing its additive manufacturing expertise to a new £17.7m project to develop an innovative way of designing and manufacturing aircraft wings, which will encourage a “right first time approach” and reduce development time.

Renishaw will provide its expertise in metal additive manufacturing and precision measurement to a project that will be led by a team from Airbus in Bristol, a global centre of excellence for wing design, development and testing. Approximately 100,000 jobs are supported in the UK by Airbus wing manufacture. More than…

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