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    Pratt & Whitney Reveals 3D Printed GTF Engine Parts To Speed Up Maintenance - This includes a new additive repair solution that will reduce the processing time by more than 60%, with the company leveraging a 3D printing method known as ‘Directed Energy Disposition.’
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    Pratt & Whitney Reveals 3D Printed GTF Engine Parts To Speed Up Maintenance – This includes a new additive repair solution that will reduce the processing time by more than 60%, with the company leveraging a 3D printing method known as ‘Directed Energy Disposition.’


    Pratt & Whitney Reveals 3D Printed GTF Engine Parts To Speed Up Maintenance – This includes a new additive repair solution that will reduce the processing time by more than 60%, with the company leveraging a 3D printing method known as ‘Directed Energy Disposition.’

    https://simpleflying.com/pratt-whitney-3d-printed-gtf-engine-parts-speed-up-maintenance/

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      On April 8, Pratt & Whitney announced that it has developed a new additive manufacturing repair process for critical components of the [GTF](https://simpleflying.com/tag/gtf/) aircraft engine family, which power the **Airbus A220** (PW1500G), A320neo (PW1100G), and **Embraer E2** (PW1900G) aircraft families.

      However, while the company noted that it was currently working to industrialize the repair process, which would be scaled and applied throughout the global GTF repair network, it expects that once complete, it will recover $100 million worth of parts through additive repairs over the next five years.

      The technology, which was developed by Pratt & Whitney’s North American Technology Accelerator in Jupiter, Florida, will enable maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations to repair GTF structural case features using a 3D printing method known as ‘Directed Energy Disposition.’