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• Rolls-Royce Opens Additive Manufacturing Cell in Bristol With UK Defence Funding April 24
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Rolls-Royce has opened a new Additive Manufacturing Development Cell at its Defence Assembly and Operations facility in Bristol, with Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry. Claire Hazelgrove, MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, also attended the opening.
The cell, funded by the UK Ministry of Defence, uses German-engineered machinery housed in a custom-built 350 square metre space where humidity, temperature and air pressure are tightly controlled. It manufactures aerospace components layer by layer using metal super-alloy powders, melting them with laser beams to construct complex parts. Rolls-Royce says the process delivers reduced lead times, lower costs and greater efficiency compared to traditional methods.
The facility is expected to play a role in the Global Co