Metal Additive Manufacturing
Advancing the material discovery for metal additive manufacturing (AM) to create sustainable and cleaner manufacturing solutions for high value metal products.
Areas of Research:
- Alloy formulation development using/for metal AM
- Machine-learning accelerated metallic materials discovery using metal AM
- High performance magnetic materials development using metal AM
- Metal powder synthesis and production for metal AM
- Metal waste recycling for metal AM
Capabilities
1. Rapid alloy prototyping using powder bed selective laser melting
Technology overview and benefits
- Rapid screening of alloy compositions
- High throughput characterization and performance evaluation
2. In-situ alloy development using laser engineering net shaping
Technology overview and benefits- In-situ alloying using 4 hopper powder blow laser melting system
- Rapid fabrication of testing coupons for mechanical performance evaluation

3. Powder synthesis and production
Technology overview and benefits- Powder synthesis and Production system to support the metal AM development
- Customized low-volume powder synthesis
4. Magnetic alloy and prototyping
Technology overview and benefits- Magnetic alloy development using metal AM
- 3D printing of magnetic components for electrification
Applicable Industries
- Precision Engineering
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Construction
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