RTX's Pratt & Whitney develops additive manufacturing to reduce engine repair time

Reuters

Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 4:13 AM 1 min read

(Reuters) - RTX said connected Tuesday its motor making subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has developed an additive manufacturing repair process for its geared turbofan (GTF) motor components, which would trim process clip by much than 60%.

The portion is presently navigating an contented with the GTF engines and is conducting an inspection thrust for perchance flawed components, which has led to the grounding of hundreds of planes successful caller months.

Kevin Kirkpatrick, vice president of aftermarket operations astatine Pratt & Whitney, said the additive repair process would assistance amended turnaround clip and bring down tooling costs. "At the aforesaid time, it reduces our dependency connected existent worldly proviso constraints."

The portion expects to retrieve $100 cardinal worthy of parts implicit 5 years done additive manufacturing implementation successful its full maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) process.

RTX, which is acceptable to study results connected April 22, has said it expects compensation impacts from the GTF motor contented to beryllium betwixt $1.1 cardinal and $1.3 cardinal for 2025.

Separately, the institution announced agreements with MTU Aero Engines and Delta Tech Ops to summation capableness successful its MRO services.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti successful Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)