Collins Aerospace Expands West Des Moines Additive Manufacturing Center

Collins Expands Additive Manufacturing Center

With the opening of its expanded facility, Collins Aerospace plans to develop more parts using the additive manufacturing process.

Ribbon cutting ceremony at Collins Aerospace's West Des Moines facility celebrating the opening of its expansion — (Center, l to r) Celebrating the opening of the expanded facility, Collins Aerospace Power and Controls president Henry Brooks, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, West Des Moines site lead Renee Begley, and PJ Titone, v-p Engine Control Systems. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

July 21, 2023

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds helped cut the ribbon on the opening of Collins Aerospace’s expansion of its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday. The $14 million expansion adds 9,000 sq ft to the center, which will enable Collins to explore development of additive manufacturing production for commercial and military aircraft engine components, supplementing manufacture of engine components already underway for industrial turbine engines. The West Des Moines facility specializes in design and production of engine components.

Collins began additive manufacturing at the site in 2016 with a single-laser machine that was used for research and development of the process. The latest machine installed in the facility is a 12-laser SLM Solutions NXG XII 600 that can manufacture complex components—basically anything that could fit inside a 600-cu-mm cube.

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