Projects
5529 Site Specific Cold Spray Implementation Approval and Building Best Practices for Future Implementations
June 08, 2022
The objective of this project was to provide the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), all individual Services (Air Force, Army, Navy), and other United States Government (USG) locations with... Read More
5512 Additive Manufacturing Qualified Low-Volume Production (QLVP) for Expeditionary and Small Manufacturer Applications
May 09, 2022
The objective of this project was to improve the operational readiness of the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems by enabling faster and lower-cost access to replacement parts. The program sought to... Read More
5001.001.002.006 Development of Test Artifacts for the Characterization of AM In-Situ Process Monitoring System
February 28, 2022
The objective of this project was to develop test artifacts and protocols for characterization of MPM system performance for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The developed approach was... Read More
5001.002.001.003 Strategies for Real-Time Defect Mitigation for Additive Manufacturing (AM) Processes
February 28, 2022
The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate key processes necessary to realize interlayer repair in an LPBF system based on automated flaw detection demonstrated in prior efforts.... Read More
5001.001.001.004 Open Analytics Platform for Multi-Sensor In-Situ Monitoring
February 28, 2022
The objective of this program was to apply a developed recoat algorithm for greater access to in-situ data and resulting analytics. Specifically the program sought to provide live and actionable... Read More
5001.001.001.001 Machine Learning (ML) to Enable Rapid Design Allowables Development for Additive Manufacturing
February 17, 2022
The primary objective of this project was to develop two mechanical property design allowables for AM using a single set of empirical data. The project sought to establish an approach to AM design... Read More
5001.001.001.006 Reducing “Time to First Good AM Part” Through In-Situ Sensor Driven NDE
February 16, 2022
The objective of this project was to reduce the time and associated costs of obtaining the first good metal AM part. By correlating in-situ data to ground truth NDE data, the project identified... Read More
5519.001 Metal Additive Manufacturing & Topology Optimization of Self-Propelled Howitzer System Selected Components
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project is to leverage advanced optimization methods, materials, and manufacturing processes to identify SPH parts that can be redesigned for topology optimization and weight... Read More
5001.001.002.003 Development of a Pedigree Informatic System for America Makes Materials
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project was to develop a human-readable, searchable, and extendable XML-based database to systematically archive various types of data from America Makes projects. The... Read More
5001.001.001.002 Correlating In-Situ Sensor Data to Defect Locations and Part Quality for Additively Manufactured Parts Using Machine Learning
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project was to establish a quantifiable correlation between the in-situ sensor footprint, process anomalies (i.e. build flaws), and part quality as derived from fatigue... Read More
5514.001 Data Driven Qualification for Additive Manufacturing
June 24, 2021
This project is developing a data-driven qualification process that allows relationships across instruments, platforms, suppliers, and even alloy systems to be inferred using intelligent machine... Read More
5518.002 Design Guide for Scramjet Flowpath Features Fabricated via Large Format PBFAM
June 07, 2021
The objective of this project is to use the Rapid Large Area Metal Printer (RLAMP)—developed under a separate Army funded program—to scale up the AM technology for full-scale scramjet... Read More