美国航空制造商繁荣的超音速has unveiled a new engine that’s set to enable its upcoming Overture airliner to hit speeds of up to 1,300 mph.
繁荣的超音速’s Symphony propulsion system will largely feature the same basic architecture as the engines of other commercial aircraft, only it’ll also be fitted with sustainability and cost-optimizing axisymmetric supersonic intakes, variable-geometry low-noise exhaust nozzles, and passively-cooled high-pressure turbines.
此外，为了帮助将序曲的设计从绘图板中融入现实，该公司已邀请GE添加剂, which will not only offer advice around the build, but seek to identify opportunities for 3D printing in the process.
“We are excited to support Overture and Symphony,” said Chris Schuppe, General Manager of Engineering and Technology at GE Additive. “GE Additive will bring industry-leading capabilities to Symphony, providing additive manufacturing design consulting and technology, while looking for additional areas to potentially collaborate.”
Boom的超音速飞行计划
在过去的八年中，Boom Supersonic通过开发高速乘客飞机来大大减少进行长途旅行所需的时间。该公司的1.7速飞机被称为“序曲，正在建造65-80人的距离超过4800英里的距离，距离土地的速度快20％，而在水上的速度快了两倍。
In order to prove the viability of its Overture design, the company is first producing a demonstrator craft called the XB-1. Already, additive manufacturing has become a key enabler of the aircraft’s manufacturing process, withBoom Supersonic和Stratasys合作to develop some of its end-use parts as long ago as 2017.
最近，有人透露Velo3d 3D打印XB-1的21个部分, including vanes, ducts, and louvres, designed to channel air at high temperatures. Fabricated largely using a蓝宝石3D printer，这些构建不仅展示了Velo3D的技术如何使创建不太脆弱，易发的钛合金组件，而且反映了Boom Supersonic的未来计划中3D打印的重要性。
Reaching out to realize a Symphony
根据Boom Supersonic的说法，交响曲将是中型型涡轮扇发动机，其基本布局为所有现代商用飞机提供动力。但是，新的推进系统还设置为独特的设计创新，从而提高其超音速飞行性能和效率，同时允许其满足14章噪声限制并使碳净零零。
In terms of performance, the Symphony is expected to deliver a 25% increase in ‘time on wing’ and significantly lower engine maintenance costs, in addition to helping lower airplane operating costs by 10% for its airline customers. Practically, it’s said the engine will be able to achieve this thanks to its 100% sustainable fuel, quietly-operating single-stage fan and passively-cooled high-pressure turbine.
To aid its engine production efforts, the company is partnering with industry leaders, in the form of佛罗里达涡轮技术(FTT),StandardAeroand GE Additive. While the former are set to assist Boom Supersonic’s Symphony design and maintenance plans, the latter will be consulted on how best to use 3D printing within part consolidation as well as lightweighting, and reducing assembly costs.
Given its longstanding expertise in aerospace 3D printing, GE Additive could prove to be a key partner on the project. In fact, theGE-3D printed fuel nozzle tipis one of most successful use cases for the technology in the sector. As revealed in3D印刷行业参观GE的辛辛那提设施，它制造了超过140,000个组件，据说比标准效率高15％。
前劳斯莱斯CTO和新加坡航空航天计划主席里克·帕克（Ric Parker）补充说：“ Boom与交响乐的战略相当创新。”“他们的方法使顶级供应商有机会有机会为这项令人兴奋的突破性超音速发动机计划贡献其专业知识和能力。”
3D打印的部分合并，轻巧和热弹性增强功能，意味着它毫不奇怪地继续找到高速航空航天应用。本月初，据透露中国在其战斗机的构建中使用3D打印。尽管这些飞机的模型尚未透露，但他们的制造商却是Shenyang FC-31隐身战斗机的背后。
在其他地方，在更面向平民的用例中，Hermeusis deploying the technology in the production of itspartially-3D printed Chimera jet engine。Set to power the firm’s upcoming supersonic Quarterhorse aircraft, the propulsion system recently completed testing, in which it proved capable of repeatedly transitioning from a turbojet mode designed for launch, into a high-Mach speed ramjet mode.
To stay up to date with the latest 3D printing news, don’t forget to subscribe to the3D打印行业通讯or follow us on推特or liking our page onFacebook。
当您在这里时，为什么不订阅我们Youtube渠道？包括讨论，汇报，视频短裤和网络研讨会重播。
您是否正在寻找添加剂制造业的工作？雷电竞充值访问3D打印作业在行业中选择一系列角色。
特色图片显示了繁荣的超音速序曲客机的渲染。通过繁荣的超音速图像。
