Australian Researchers Create First 3D-Printed Jet Engine

March 2, 2015
Development hailed as a potential breakthrough in aircraft manufacture after university-CSIRO joint project prints two gas turbine engines.

Australian researchers have created the world’s first 3D-printed jet engines, a breakthrough that could change the way aircraft are constructed.

Researchers from Monash University, aided by staff from the CSIRO and Deakin University, have printed two engines and put one of them on display at the International Air Show in Avalon, Victoria.

Monash and its spin-off company Amaero Engineering have registered interest from Airbus, Boeing and Raytheon, the defence manufacturer.

Researchers were given an old gas turbine engine by French firm Safran to copy, printing out two versions.

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