Norsk Titanium US Inc. says it plans to open a nearly 70,000 square-foot production and training facility in Plattsburgh, N.Y., during the fourth quarter of 2016. The Plattsburgh Demonstration & Qualification Center (PDQC) will complement the company’s headquarters and manufacturing plant, which is currently in the design and planning phase with completion scheduled for 2017.

Norsk Titanium funded Plattsburgh Demonstration and Qualification Center in Plattsburgh, NY. Image source: Business WireBased in Norway, Norsk Titanium AS is a supplier of aerospace-grade, additive manufactured, structural titanium components. Norsk Titanium US is one of its subsidiary companies.

The new Norsk Titanium additive manufacturing PDQC facility will include the company’s Ultra lean cell (ULC), which demonstrates a production line that turns CAD files into finished aerospace parts in a space of approximately 120 feet. The ULC showcases the 3D printing, heat treatment, non-destructive testing ,and final machining of aerospace-grade titanium parts in a process time of less than 40 hours.

The facility will also include space and facilities for up to 10 Merke IV rapid plasma deposition (RPD) machines. The Merke IV RPD machine enables production of titanium components used in aircraft.

Each production machine weighs 11 metric tons and takes several weeks to assemble upon arrival at the PDQC. Each one can produce approximately 20 metric tons of aerospace-grade structural titanium components per year.