Ti64 Advanced Processes for Aerospace Structures (TAPAS)

增材制造（AM）在零件几何形状、材料组成和产量方面提供了无与伦比的灵活性。它将彻底改变高价值制造业，特别是航空航天和医疗植入物行业，使复杂、轻质、高性能的部件能够以更少的材料浪费和更经济的方式生产。不幸的是，尽管潜力巨大，但直到最近，增材制造在很大程度上还局限于原型和测试平台组件的生产。在TAPAS中，将开展一项实验、理论和开发工作的综合方案，以解决必须克服的一些关键挑战，以便在民用航空航天和医疗植入物部门广泛采用增材制造制造生产部件。

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.