Additive Manufacturing: Enabling DoD Readiness through Emerging Materials and Applications
Additive manufacturing (AM) has become accepted as a proven manufacturing process for many segments of industry, as well as the Department of Defense. AM Applications and materials run far and wide, and include energetics, metals, polymers, and ceramics among others. The DoD sees AM as a means of improving warfighter readiness, as well as a way to reduce massive logistics tails in the repair and replacement of essential parts and components. This technical session covered several aspects of additive manufacturing looking at the vast potential of this technology.
Session Chair: Mr. Marc Pepi, DEVCOM-ARL | |
Introduction by Session Chair | Mr. Marc Pepi, DEVCOM-ARL |
Metals Additive Manufacturing R&D for Army Modernization and Readiness | Dr. Brandon McWilliams, DEVCOM-ARL |
Energetic Material AM at DEVCOM-ARL | Dr. Ian McAninch, DEVCOM-ARL |
AM for Advanced Ceramics: Beyond Near-Net-Shape Manufacturing | Mr. Nick Ku, DEVCOM-ARL |
Environmental Advantages of an Additively Manufactured Micro-Turbine Engine | Mr. Mike Froning, AFLCMC |
Development of an Agile, Novel Expeditionary Battlefield Manufacturing Plant Using Recycled and Reclaimed Thermoplastic Materials – AM of Recycled Polymers (rPET) | Dr. Prabhat Krishnaswamy, EMC2 |
Solid-State Additive Repair of Airfield Matting | Dr. Paul Allison, University of Alabama |
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