SPACEID 385643

Hypersonic Precooler

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Industry: Space
Year: 2025
Country: United Arab Emirates

Summary

The LEAP 71 Hypersonic Precooler is a 1.5 metre tall heat exchanger designed to enable Mach 5+ flight by "flash-cooling" superheated intake air before it reaches the engine. Developed using Noyron, an AI-driven computational engineering model, the device features a complex, 3D-printed fractal geometry that provides the massive surface area necessary for rapid thermal exchange.

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Technology Details

Printer Technology: DMLS
Printer Category: Powder Bed Fusion
Material: Stainless Steel
Feedstock Form: Powder
Finishing: Bead Blasting

Process Steps

Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion

1
Step 1Printing
Technology
DMLS
Material
Stainless Steel
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Step 2Post-processing
Post-processing Type
Bead Blasting

Application Profile

Cost per Part

€€€€€

€500 plus

Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.

Project Scale

Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs

Product Type

Component

Sustainability Rating

★★☆

Can depend on fossil fuels and high energy use, but allows unconsumed material to be directly reused for printing without reprocessing, significantly reducing manufacturing waste. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.

Key Advantages

Complex Geometry

Points of Interest

Scale

Recognition

Press

Providers Involved

Providers

FarsoonHardware Manufacturer

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