SBIR/STTR Research Award
Additively Manufactured Engineered Molds For Investment Cast Turbine Airfoils Using Ceramic Stereolithography
Award amount
$149,996Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT & TRANSFER, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-07-01
- Contract end date
- 2015-03-27
- UEI
- MNGNMTT66L71
- Solicitation number
- 2014.1
- Topic code
- AF141-151
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: In this Phase I SBIR project TA & T will use ceramic stereolithography to fabricate engineered molds for investment cast turbine airfoils with the goals of reduced dimensional and metallurgical variability, finer cast features, and improved yield. The application target will be advanced high pressure turbine (HPT) airfoils cast in single crystal superalloys, the most difficult to fabricate and the highest value components in a turbine engine. The Phase I work will involve mold design, casting process modeling, mold fabrication, casting and characterization. BENEFIT: CSL reduces the number of process steps to get to metal from 12 to 3 and eliminates two tool sets (wax and ceramic). The primary commercial application is civilian aircraft that use turbine engines.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Extended Life Coatings for Electrochemical Machining Tools
- CMC COMBUSTOR ON THE PATH TO 3100oF
- High Payoff 3D Printed Ceramic Heat Exchangers for HVAC
- High Payoff 3D Printed Ceramic Heat Exchangers for HVAC
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Engineered Process Materials for Casting of Aerospace Components
- Engineered Process Materials for Casting of Aerospace Components
Research funding history
147 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2024). Reported award amounts total $42,308,149. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation