Aerostructures supplier Premium AEROTEC has opened its first production facility for in-house 3D printing of titanium aircraft components at its Varel site. At the same time, the company has started serial production of components using the additive manufacturing principle. From now on, Premium AEROTEC will use this modern production technique to manufacture complex components for the A400M military transport aircraft.

Premium AEROTEC will be exhibiting at AIRTEC, the international trade fair for suppliers to the aerospace industry from 3 - 5 November in Munich. The corporate presentation will focus on innovations in the area of CFRP technology and 3D printing of metallic aircraft components (ALM, Additive Layer Manufacturing).

Premium AEROTEC has handed over the rear side shells for the first A350-1000 to Airbus at its Augsburg site. Each of the two side shells is over 17 metres in length and almost 5.5 metres wide. This makes them the largest aircraft components to be manufactured in CFRP in Europe. Together with the floor structure and the CFRP pressure bulkhead, which are both developed and produced in Augsburg, this will be assembled by Airbus in Hamburg to create the complete rear fuselage section of the first A350-1000.

Premium AEROTEC has handed over the rear side shells for the first A350-1000 to Airbus at its Augsburg site. Each of the two side shells is over 17 metres in length and almost 5.5 metres wide. This makes them the largest aircraft components to be manufactured in CFRP in Europe. Together with the floor structure and the CFRP pressure bulkhead, which are both developed and produced in Augsburg, this will be assembled by Airbus in Hamburg to create the complete rear fuselage section of the first A350-1000.

Premium AEROTEC's Nordenham site has handed over the complete front fuselage section for the first A350-1000, the biggest version of the A350 XWB long haul aircraft which is largely manufactured from carbon fibre composite material (CFRP), to Airbus. Airbus will incorporate the section into the first -1000 test machine (MSN59). This fuselage section will be completed by a CFRP door frame, bringing significant savings in weight and costs. Delivery of the rear fuselage section from Augsburg is scheduled for the end of September.