Passage:
Traditional aircraft structural maintenance relies heavily on replacing fatigued airframe components or applying mechanical doublers—riveted patches that add localized weight and create secondary stress concentrations. Cold spray additive manufacturing presents a restorative alternative by accelerating micro-sized metallic particles at supersonic velocities onto damaged substrates. Because the kinetic impact bonds particles without melting the base alloy, it avoids thermal distortion and preserves the metallurgical temper of heat-treated aviation metals. Consequently, maintenance depots can rebuild worn structural geometries to original tolerances directly on-site, significantly reducing depot turnaround times while maintaining baseline fatigue resistance.
Statement: The author's primary purpose in the passage is to explain how cold spray additive manufacturing addresses the metallurgical and operational limitations of traditional aircraft repair methods.
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