America Makes Announces Winners of $6M Project Call
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining on Tuesday announced the winners of a $6 million project call.
The Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing project was funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The project is designed to further establish data-driven methods for applying the best attributes of novel additive manufacturing metal materials.
“We are embarking on an incredibly exciting era across the AM sector. Exploring the possibilities of AM material applications is a step in the right direction with considerable implications for the future of aerospace and defense,” Brandon Ribic, technology director at America Makes, said in a news release. “[America Makes] is incredibly fortunate to have the support of the Under Secretary of Defense and AFRL and the engagement of the brightest minds in the country who will be collaborating to revolutionize this technology.”
The recipients of the project award are tasked with establishing repeatable and reproducible additive manufacturing metal operations focused on operational, product and installation metal material qualifications.
Here are the winners:
Topic 1: High-Temperature Refractory Alloys
Project 1: Maturing AM Technology for C-103 in Hypersonics and Space.
- Team Lead: Castheon.
- Project Team: 3Degrees, Amaero, AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc., ATI Specialty Alloys and Components, Benchmark Space Systems, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, FormAlloy Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, NSL Analytical, Rolls-Royce Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems.
Topic 2: High-Temperature Nickel-Based Superalloys
Project 1: Accelerated Maturation of Advanced High-Performance Ni-Based Superalloy ATI-1700 for Additively Manufactured Extreme Environment Components.
- Team Lead: Boeing.
- Project Team: ATI Specialty Metals, Quintus Technologies, RPM Innovations.
Project teams will report on their progress at the America Makes Technical Review and Exchange and other industry events during the execution phase of the program.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
