Manufacturing Milestone: 30,000 Additive Fuel Nozzles
GE Aviation’s manufacturing plant in Auburn, Alabama, celebrates its 30,000th 3D-printed fuel nozzle tip for the LEAP engine.
3D Dreamers: Meet the Aviation Design Engineers Who are Thinking Differently
Additive technology has radically changed the way the world thinks about design, materials, processes and manufacturing — and GE is leading the way. GE Additive’s machines build parts layer-by-layer, enabling geometric freedom and previously unheard-of design possibilities.
The LEAP Engine: 10 Years On
A decade after the LEAP-X engine program was launched, more than 890 LEAP engines and counting are now installed on aircraft worldwide.
The devil is in the details: So, you 3D-printed a part for a jet engine part. Now what?
3D printing has rightfully gotten a lot of buzz because of the marvels it can do.
Innovation comes full circle: CFM LEAP engine recognized with Edison award
The leading-edge technology of CFM International’s advanced LEAP engine was recently recognized with an award inspired by Thomas Edison’s creativity and inventiveness.
Factory floor to classroom: GE Aviation managers in growing Auburn plant share teaching duties with Alabama State Training program
Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community College near Auburn to prepare GE’s growing foster of hourly workers.
3D inside: A new additive manufacturing facility in the south of Italy will build parts for the GE Catalyst engine
Over the coming months, any visitors to Avio Aero's Brindisi plant will be struck by a 1,000 square meter new construction site. The site in Apulia is about to host a second Cameri, the modern plant inaugurated in 2013 and dedicated to additive manufacturing.
Passport for parts: How the world's next great engine is taking shape all over the world
"The supply chain for the GE9X engine has a wide global footprint, stretching from our facilities in Canada, Italy, Poland and the US to our international participants located in Belgium, France, Germany and Japan," said Ted Ingling, general manager of the GE9X engine program at GE Aviation. "Several sites, such as Peebles, Durham, Batesville and Avio Aero's Pomigliano, had to make significant changes to accommodate the engine's large size."
Get to know: GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop engine
One of GE Aviation’s smallest engines has been making big headlines around the world. The Advanced Turboprop engine, designed and developed in just over two years, ran for the first time on Dec. 22 at GE Aviation’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic. The engine, which features advanced technology not seen in the Business and General Aviation market, is expected to enter service in 2019.