The first production aluminium casting machine going through commissioning The first production aluminium casting machine going through commissioning Leading aerospace design, engineering and manufacturing business Sylatech has announced that its Digital Liquid Metal Manufacturing project has been awarded £2.07m of grant funding from the ATI Programme. Sylatech’s £3.4m project, delivered in collaboration with Cranfield University, Alloyed and the University of Sheffield, aims to deliver ultra-high quality aluminium components, with dramatic performance and manufacturing repeatability, exceeding current technologies. Aluminium shape casting remains heavily under exploited in the aerospace industry, primarily due to concerns over process and product consistency and mechanical performance. Together with its collaboration partners, Sylatech’s Digital Liquid Metal Manufacturing project will focus on elevating the mechanical properties of post-consumer aluminium to reduce weight and increase the in-service life of each casting. The novel aluminium casting process will also drive aluminium circularity in line with net zero sustainability targets. Read more: aero-mag.com/...