Ti64 Advanced Processes for Aerospace Structures (TAPAS)

附加制造(AM)在零件几何形状、材料组成和生产量方面提供了无与伦比的灵活性。它将给高价值制造业带来革命性的变化，尤其是航空航天和医疗植入物行业，能够以更少的材料浪费和更经济的方式生产复杂、轻便、高性能的部件。不幸的是，尽管有明显的潜力，直到最近，AM在很大程度上还局限于原型和试验台部件的生产。在TAPAS，将开展一项全面的实验、理论和开发工作方案，以解决在民用航空航天和医疗植入物部门中广泛采用AM制造生产部件所必须克服的一些关键挑战。

Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers unrivalled flexibility in terms of part geometry, material composition and production volumes. It will revolutionise the high value manufacturing sector and in particular the aerospace and medical implant industry, enabling complex, lightweight, high performance parts to be produced with less material waste and more economically. Unfortunately, despite the clear potential, until recently AM has been largely restricted to the production of prototypes, and components for test rigs. In TAPAS a comprehensive programme of experimental, theoretical and development work will be conducted to address some of the critical challenges which must be overcome for widespread adoption of AM for the manufacture of production parts within the civil aerospace and medical implant sectors.