THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (UAM) SOLID STATE M…
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Award details
- Award ID
- 80NSSC18C0147
- Contractor
- ULTRA TECH MACHINERY INC
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $742,793
- Period of performance
- May 23, 2018 – Apr 22, 2020
- NAICS
- 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- PSC AR11
Public award description
THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (UAM) SOLID STATE METAL 3D PRINTING TO PROVIDE IN-SPACE, ON-DEMAND MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF LONG-DURATION HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. PREVIOUS AND ONGOING WORK IN NASA SBIR PROGRAMS HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO 3D PRINT QUALITY METAL PARTS USING UAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND POWER CONSUMPTION OF CURRENT UAM MACHINE TECHNOLOGY TO 3D PRINT AEROSPACE GRADE ALUMINUMS FOR IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING. IN FACT, FOR THE UAM PROCESS, OPERATION IN A MICRO-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTES TO POWER REDUCTION GOALS EXPRESSED IN RECENT NASA DOCUMENTS (NASA, 2016).
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