First titanium 3D-printed part installed into serial production aircraft
![ALM Bracket Assembly 2](https://mediarenditions.airbus.com/_DrAnHcpYdTZdQfaGo0l9jynT1q1RGNzn2uWZSja1dc/resize?src=kpkp://airbus/38/526/526435-r8o0u00gfk.jpg&w=608&h=608&t=fit)
Airbus to equip A350 XWB pylon with bracket
Airbus completed for the first time the installation of a titanium 3D-printed bracket on an in-series production A350 XWB. The bracket, built using additive-layer manufacturing (ALM) technologies (also known as 3D-printing), is part of the aircraft pylon, the junction section between wings and engines.
Additive-layer manufacturing “grows” products from a fine base material powder – such as aluminium, titanium, stainless steel and plastics – by adding thin layers of material in incremental stages, which enables complex components to be produced directly from computer-aided design (CAD) information.
3D-printed parts are already flying on some of Airbus A320neo and A350 XWB test aircraft. These include metal printed cabin brackets and bleed pipes.
![ALM Bracket Assembly 1 ALM Bracket Assembly 1](https://mediarenditions.airbus.com/HrNeFaLphfOcUdDTDEQggpTS99HerDFhT0n7QRNJLJ4/resize?src=kpkp://airbus/38/532/532159-nuj1no5xak.jpg&w=608&h=608&t=fit)
3D printed bracket installed on A350 XWB pylon