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Norsk to Boost AM Production Capacity 60 Percent
Norwegian company showcases AM-made components and equipment, and announces a "significant investment" from the Triangle Holdings

Norsk Titanium (Hall 1 Stand H299) will increase its additive manufacturing (AM) production capacity 60 percent at its U.S. production facility on the heels of sealing a purchase agreement from New York’s Empire State Development corporation for more of its Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) Merke-IV machines, the company announced here at the Paris Air Show. Norsk, an FAA-approved supplier of aerospace-grade, additive manufactured structural titanium components, developed the RPD process, which can transform titanium wire into complex structures, and its Plattsburgh, New York, facility is the first industrial scale AM plant. Each of its Merke-IV machines can produce up to 20 tons of 3-D printed material per year, at a cost savings of 30- to 50 percent over legacy forging and billet production techniques, according to the Norwegian company.

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