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Investment Casting Specialist TITAL at Paris Air Show

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Company Strengthens its Position as Supplier to Aerospace Industry Medium-sized Company now Partner of Engine Manufacturers

„The Paris Air Show in Le Bourget is a pleasant must-attend event for TITAL. We are looking forward to many good discussions with our international customers in Le Bourget“, states Philipp Jerusalem Director Sales & Marketing at TITAL, explaining the importance of the Paris Air Show for the medium-sized company based in Germany.

The titanium and aluminium investment casting specialist from Bestwig will present its comprehensive portfolio of titanium and aluminium castings for various aviation projects at the Paris Air Show.

The aviation industry is by far the largest market segment for TITAL. „We see ourselves not only as an investment casting supplier, but also as a sub-system supplier for our aviation customers. We are optimizing components in terms of cost and weight reductions for the whole product life cycle“, says Philipp Jerusalem describing the corporate philosophy at TITAL. „Our customers receive the investment castings mostly ready for integration – thus saving high costs of assembly and administration“.

During the last two years TITAL has supported the French engine manufacturer Turbomeca with the product development of a highly complex gear housing made from an aluminium investment casting. The gear housing distinguishes itself by the high number of integrated oil supplies, making it one of the most complex casting TITAL ever made in series production. These investment castings are decisive in terms of safety and must always meet highest technical demands. The close cooperation between TITAL and its customers creates synergies for both partners therefore completing the development within a very short period of time. „A reliable and good cooperation on both sides allowing both partners to bring in and properly target their know-how“, Mr Jerusalem happily comments on the timely efficient and intensive cooperation with Turbomeca which belongs to the SAFRAN Group. This gear housing will be presented at the TITAL booth (Hall 2c, booth 342).

At the fair booth TITAL will also show the so-called Channel Fitting, an aluminium part to be used in the Airbus military transporter A400M. The Channel Fitting is located in the landing gear-well and is connected to an actuator which opens and closes the wheel fairings for take-off and landing. TITAL produces the channel fitting from aluminum using the HERO Premium Casting® investment casting process. Thanks to the topology optimization process AIRBUS and TITAL succeeded in producing the channel fitting from aluminum at a weight of only 44 lbs (20 kg). At TITAL this part - with dimensions of 47”x 16” x 16” (1,200 x 400 x 400 mm) – belongs to the large aluminium investment castings portfolio. The investment casting is approximately 5% lighter than the machined version. The cost reductions amount to more than 40 percent.

Source: TITAL

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