Carpenter Technology Corp., Philadelphia, and Belgium-based BMT Aerospace announce that they are cooperating in the development of an additively manufactured aerospace pinion made of Carpenter’s Custom 465 Stainless.
Parts were printed by Carpenter Technology’s business unit Carpenter Additive, using its high-strength, Custom 465 Stainless. Design, validation and post-processing for the redesigned pinion were done by BMT Aerospace. The result is an optimized and simplified manufacturing process. It introduces the opportunity to expand AM part production further across multiple applications.
“As a small player in the market, we strongly believe in cooperation opportunities where each partner can rely and build on a project, starting from its own expertise,” explains Ewald Goossens, Business Unit Manager of BMT Additive. “Our specific knowledge in design and manufacturing in aerospace, and our abilities in custom design for metal additive manufacturing, are a perfect match with Carpenter Technology’s knowledge of high quality and innovative products.”
“Collaborations like the one with BMT Aerospace demonstrate how partnerships across raw material, production, validation and design can rapidly bring to commercial reality new parts with next-step performance potential,” says Marshall Akins, Carpenter’s Vice President, Aerospace Markets. “Carpenter Additive’s suite of capabilities presents powerful tools to accelerate our customer’s additive aspirations.”
