\n\tNorsk Titanium, Norway, recently announced agreements with Mecachrome, Thales, Boeing, and the state of New York regarding its Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) additive manufacturing process. Norsk says that these titanium parts have strengths equivalent to those of forgings, but at lower cost and shorter design-to-market times.<\/p>\n
\n\tMecachrome: Norsk will deliver finished aerospace titanium structural components produced by its RPD additive manufacturing process to current Mecachrome aerospace OEMs and their Tier One suppliers.<\/p>\n
\n\tThales: Norsk has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to develop, produce, and test RPD components weighing more than 3 kg for spaceflight.<\/p>\n
\n\tBoeing: The engineering test article order involves Norsk Titanium producing titanium Ti-6Al-4V additive manufactured preforms, and delivering them to Boeing for further testing and evaluation.<\/p>\n