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Projects
5550 Common Additive Manufacturing Qualification Template (CAM-QT)
August 09, 2023
The objective of this project is to document the qualification requirements of in-service metal AM parts accepted by design authorities of three engine OEMs as part of their individual... Read More
5540.001 – Additive Manufacturing Casting Replacement Optimization (AMCRO) – Heat Treating and Chemistry
August 07, 2023
The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate an optimized wire-arc DED process and post-process heat-treating procedures for the casting replacement of HY-80 steel castings. This... Read More
5540.002 – Development & Transition of HY80 Steel for Qualification to NAVSEA WIRE-DED Tech Pub
August 07, 2023
Wire-Arc Directed Energy Deposition (DED) is capable of flexibly printing large parts at high deposition rates; coupled with advanced ICME modeling tools (e.g., thermodynamic and kinetic modeling,... Read More
5545.001 NAVSEA – Edison Welding Institute AM Qualification
August 03, 2023
The objective of this project is to provide NAVSEA with test samples and process qualification test reports (PQTRs) that can be used to develop qualification requirements and procedures for... Read More
5001.001.002.004 – Characterization of Metal AM Process Surface Features
July 24, 2023
The objective of the project was to identify which additive manufacturing (AM) sensing modalities are best suited to quantify L-PBF surface roughness. Furthermore, the focus of this program was to... Read More
5001.002.001.005 – Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing Data Package Maturation
July 24, 2023
The goal of this program was to create a statistically significant tensile data set to meet the forthcoming Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Volume II D-Basis... Read More
5536 – AM to Augment the Casting & Forging Industries
July 24, 2023
The purpose of the project is to convene the U.S. additive manufacturing (AM) ecosystem, along with the domestic casting and forging ecosystem to determine opportunities for AM to augment or... Read More
5001.002.001.003 Strategies for Real-Time Defect Mitigation for Additive Manufacturing Processes
July 21, 2023
The objective of this effort was to develop and demonstrate key processes necessary to realize interlayer repair in a LPBF system based on automated flaw detection demonstrated in prior efforts.... Read More
5537.001 – Manufacturing Innovation for Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization – Pilot Program
July 18, 2023
Identify and map recommended advanced manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness at Department of Defense (DoD) OIB facilities to sustain and/or improve next-generation... Read More
5521.003 DRIVE AM – Phase 3
July 18, 2023
Train active duty, transitioning soldiers, and DoD personnel to 1) best utilize AM to support maintenance and sustainment activities, and 2) leverage AM to maintain superiority within DoD... Read More
5502 – Advanced Manufacturing Crisis Program Response (AMCPR)
July 17, 2023
Create and demonstrate an enduring, strategic infrastructure that provides a means to rapidly respond to national, regional, and local supply chain shortages in times of crisis, ultimately... Read More
1141.000 Digital Data Management for Transcribing Structural Part Performance Across AM Platforms
July 05, 2023
The multi-year, long-term goal is to qualify structural parts for use straight from the manufacturing process, without the need for a nondestructive evaluation or lot acceptance testing step. This... Read More
