SBIR/STTR Research Award
Optimized High Performance Stainless Steel Powder for Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Award amount
$399,951Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SHEPRA, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-06-26
- Contract end date
- 2021-08-12
- UEI
- Q5H9FDJSSP35
- Solicitation number
- 16.A
- Topic code
- N16A-T007
Research abstract
Stainless steel is a vital component of many air, land and sea systems that support the Navy warfighter. In particular, 17-4 precipitation hardened stainless steel, (17-4 PH SS) with its extrodinary combination of strength, ductility, high temperature performance and corrosion resistance plays an important role in supporting the warfighter. When processed conventionally, 17-4 PH SS typical exhibits a martensitic microstructure that provides the aforementioned combination of high strength and ductility. However, “as fabricated” additively manufactured 17-4 PH SS is typically comprised of a meta-stable austenitic microstructure that results in significantly reduced mechanical properties. This program with develop a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite that will improve the mechanical properties of additively manufactured 17-4 PH SS.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Additive Manufacturing of Haynes 230 Carbon Nanotube Metal Matrix Composites for Propulsion Applications
- Additive Manufacturing of a Structural Thermal Protection System for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
- Additive Manufacturing of carbon nanotube metal matrix composites for dual use applications
- Additive Manufacturing of Hypersonic Thermal Protection Systems
- Additive Manufacturing of Carbon Nanotube Metal Matrix Composites
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Optimized High Performance Stainless Steel Powder for Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing (AM)
- Additive Manufacturing of 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Metal Matrix Composites using Nickel functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
- Optimized High Performance Stainless Steel Powder for Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,369,288. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense