Projects
4025 Accelerated Adoption of AM Technology in the American Foundry Industry
June 22, 2017
This project focused on accelerating additive manufacturing (AM) technology integration into the U.S. metal casting industry. This project featured training and technology awareness efforts where... Read More
4026 Development of Distortion Prediction & Compensation Methods for Metal Powder-Bed AM
June 22, 2017
The key objective of this project was to validate and help mature tools for simulating distortion in powder bed AM with the anticipated outcome of reducing the number of iterations typically... Read More
4027 In-Process Quality Assurance for Laser Powder Bed Production of Aerospace Components
June 23, 2017
The objective of this effort was to develop and advance in process monitoring technology for DMLM quality assurance. Sigma Labs PrintRite3D® IPQA® (in-process quality assurance) technology... Read More
4028 A Database Relating Powder Properties to Process Outcomes for Direct Metal AM
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to create a first-of-its kind database relating powder properties (mean particle diameter, particle diameter distribution about the mean, particle morphology, and... Read More
4029 Automatic Finishing of Metal AM Parts to Achieve Required Tolerances & Surface Finishes
June 22, 2017
The goals of this project were to:
- Develop a software solution for the integration of additive and subtractive manufacturing.
- Improve existing visibility algorithms to... Read More
4030 3D Printing Multi-Functionality: AM for Aerospace Applications
June 22, 2017
One of the fundamental challenges in additive manufacturing (AM) is that there are limitations in the final product functionality and multi-material usage that are required within a single product... Read More
4031 AM of Biomedical Devices from Bioresorbable Metallic Alloys for Medical Applications
June 22, 2017
The primary objective was to apply materials technology along with AM techniques to produce customized patient specific medical devices from novel biocompatible and bioresorbable iron (Fe) and... Read More
4032 High-Throughput Functional Material Deposition Using a Laser Hot Wire Process
June 22, 2017
The overall objective of this project was to assess the relative strengths of laser hot wire (LHW) deposition of nickel and titanium alloys as the basis of high-rate deposition methods... Read More
4033 Electron Beam Melted Ti-6Al-4V AM Demonstration & Allowables Development
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project was to develop a materials design allowables dataset for EBM Ti-6Al-4V AM material and demonstrate full-scale component fabrication with a surface finish comparable... Read More
4034 Refining Microstructure of AM Materials to Improve Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI)
June 23, 2017
This project is directed to the implementation of EB-DED additive manufacturing for structural components on the F-35 for Lockheed Martin and Sciaky Inc. by defining process changes to refine the... Read More
4035 Optimization of Parallel Consolidation Method for Industrial AM
June 23, 2017
The objective of this project is the development of a next generation 3D printing method by consolidating powder at many points on a part simultaneously. This project seeks to develop the... Read More
4037 AM Laser Powder Feed Repair (Reborn)
July 12, 2017
The goal of this project was to facilitate the adoption of AM for flight-worthy repairs by restoring the Ti-6Al-4V component function without compromising structural integrity. Restoration of the... Read More