Aiming high: Australia makes world’s first 3D-printed jet engines

Australian researchers have created two jet engines using 3D printing, a breakthrough that proves the technology can create high-quality products from a variety of metals.

Using a gas turbine engine as a template, researchers from Melbourne's Monash University, and staff from the CSIRO and Deakin University, congratulated themselves for successfully printing an “aircraft quality” product, which could revolutionize the way aircraft are built in the future.

"The significance... is the recognition by major manufacturers and engineering companies like Safran and Airbus that the material you can print using 3D metal printing is of aircraft quality and I think that's hugely significant," Monash university's vice provost for research, Ian Smith, told AFP .... http://rt.com