总部位于墨尔本Titomic，提供商Titomic Kinetic Fusion(TKF) metal 3D printing, has partnered with fellow Australian space company吉尔莫太空技术to produce ‘high-performance’ rocket and space components using additive manufacturing.
两家公司签署了战略意图和技术发展的声明，同意在全球空间行业的各个领域进行合作。这将包括TITomic的数字制造解决方案（例如TKF）的开发和实施，以为Gilmour Space的发射车生产火箭和航空航天组件。
TITOMIC强调了该协议与澳大利亚未来太空经济和勘探活动有关的重要性。该公司还指出，使用3D打印和其他高级技术在全球范围内表示“澳大利亚主权能力”。TITOMIC创始人兼董事总经理Jeff Lang解释说：“这是Titomic的一个令人兴奋的新发展，可以分享商业战略性的愿景，以提供高级技术的独特能力，以确保澳大利亚太空生态系统的增长。”
“It’s also gratifying that Gilmour, one of the pioneers in the Australian space industry, has recognised the potential of the TKF process and wants to cooperate with Titomic to explore how we can fully utilise it to produce high-performance rocket and space components.”
Commercializing the TKF additive manufacturing process
Founded in 2014, Titomic was established with the purpose of commercializing TKF, a solid-state metal additive manufacturing technology developed and patented byAustralia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation（CSIRO）。
TKF添雷电竞充值加剂制造能够使用冷喷雾制造在单个部分中将多种不同的金属融合在一起。凭借这种能力，TITOMIC可能会引入不同的高性能材料，否则这些材料将无法使用其他制造技术。
TITOMIC是商业化TKF流程的权利的独家持有者。它通往CSIRO技术商业化的途径，该公司签署了与无人机制造商Tauv的180万美元交易, and agree to help减少采矿业公司的生产停机时间withFLSmidth, a leading equipment supplier for the industry.
最近在2019年9月，TITOMIC进一步宣布了与GE添加剂的粉末供应协议company,AP&C, a Québec-based materials producer, for the TKF process. The two companies also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) todevelop materials for TKF systems. “Titomic is increasingly becoming a significant player in the global Aerospace, Defence and Space industries and by partnering with Gilmour Space it is further evidence that TKF technology has the potential for a multiplicity of未来行业的申请，以改善制造可负担性和资源的可持续性。” Lang补充说。
Launching TKF additive manufacturing into space
Based in Queensland, Gilmour Space is a venture-funded firm founded in 2013 with the aim of making access to space cheaper for the global small satellite industry, and eventually human spaceflight and exploration. To this end, the company is developing new hybrid-engine rockets and associated technology to support the development of低成本太空发射车，使用3D印刷火箭燃料. James Gilmour, Co-Founder and COO of Gilmour Space, comments “Gilmour Space is developing new launch vehicles to support today’s global small satellite market, and this partnershipcould see us leveraging on Titomic’s innovative manufacturing processes to produce lighter and stronger components for our orbital launch vehicles.”
Its agreement with Titomic will see the two companies cooperate to perform R&D practices surrounding the fabrication of rocket components using TKF additive manufacturing systems. Both firms will also explore, design and develop a digital manufacturing process to deliver high performance rocket components that can potentially benefit Australia’s future space exploration activities.
由于TKF技术的功能，TITomic声称这是唯一可以在一块中生产火箭和其他空间组件的金属添加剂制造过程。雷电竞充值“ Gilmour太空策略，通过负担得起的高性能火箭的发射卫星的成本较低，与TITomic的能力保持了协同作用通过利用TKF技术的独特功能，为传统制造业提供了负担得起的替代方案。” Lang总结道。
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特色图像显示了Gilmour太空技术的火箭。通过Gilmour太空技术照片。
