With our 20 years legacy in production for rocket propulsion, we are a reliable partner in the development of new engines. We offer serial production of large additive manufactured components such as combustion chambers, with extremely complex geometries in proven NADCAP quality levels.
For about 20 years, GF Casting Solutions has been supplying the Ariane Group, among others, with highly complex casting solutions.
We offer the full additive manufacturing process as well as certified post processing in-house: including surface treatment, heat treatment and non-destructive testing.
In the following, we describe our key features and technologies behind optimized space solutions like the 3D-printed GF combustion chamber.
Click on the + to learn more:
Characterization of material properties
Support and consulting in the product development process
Additive Manufacturing oriented and compliant designs
Integration of additional functions and neighbour parts
Topology optimization and FEM simulation
Static and dynamic validation of components also under thermal boundary conditions
Leakage testing
Metallurgical analysis of components
Density: almost no inner porosities (in AM evenly >99.5)
Depending on material and scope, AM can avoid HIP-treatment (cost intensive process step)
Microstructure is finer than cast ones: the tensile strength of AM material is higher
High repeatability in Additive Manufacturing
** not in-house
The choice for the perfect technology depends on the specific project requirements and needs. GF brings long-standing experience with similar component families from the casting process which is now built upon when offering additive solutions: of course at the same high quality level.
