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Portfolio Status: Completed Projects
4051 A Flexible Adaptive Open Architecture to Enable a Robust Third-Party Ecosystem for Metal PBFAM Systems
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to develop and demonstrate open architecture controls to foster third-party applications for PBFAM by establishing a design in which third-party developers would...
4052 Digital Threading of AM
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project is to demonstrate the use of digital thread technologies and connections to reduce the number of trial builds in small lot fabrication cycles and reduce the...
4053 A Design Guidance System for AM
June 23, 2017
The goal of this project is to address gaps in the current AM design-to-print workflow by enabling the insertion of decision tools and AM-aware design tools into an existing CAD system and...
4054 Cyber-Physical Design & AM of Custom Orthoses
June 23, 2017
The objective of this effort is to create a cyber-physical fused deposition modeling (FDM) production system enabling the mass production of individualized orthoses. The ultimate goal is to offer...
4055 A Low-cost Industrial Multi3D System for 3D Electronics Manufacturing
June 23, 2017
The goal of this project was to develop a low cost industrial system for hybrid manufacturing that is housed within a single enclosure. The system includes embedding tools for wire and foil...
4056 Rapid In-situ Multimodal Inspection (RIMI) for Direct Write Printing
August 09, 2017
The main objective of this project was the development of an in-line inspection system for the DW process to reduce time and cost and add unique capabilities for novel design applications and...
4058 Optimal Design & AM of Complex Internal Core Structures for High Performance Aerial Vehicle Production
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to reduce design times for structurally optimal 3D core structures. The design time aimed to be an order of magnitude reduction from days to hours. A further...
4059 Biomimetic Multijet Materials
June 23, 2017
The objective of the project was to establish a workflow for advanced medical modeling using newly developed segmentation software, prototype biomimetic polymer blends, and enhanced application of...
4060 Non-Empirical Predictive Model for AM Lattice Structures
June 23, 2017
While previous work homogenized behavior on the cellular level, this project sought to go a level deeper and extract data at a material level. The objective of this project was to develop...
4062 MULTI-Source/Feedstock/Meter-Scale Metal AM Machine
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to develop technology (hardware and software) enabling the commercialization of a next generation DED metal AM machine. This technology promises to position the...
4063 AM for Metal Casting (AM4MC)
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to accelerate and drive industry commercialization efforts involving sand printing for production of lighter castings which would result in vehicle platform...
4064 Multimaterial 3D Printing of Electronics & Structures
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to advance multimaterial printing of integrated 3D electronics and nonplanar structures. The goal was to work across the supply chain to characterize and improve...
