SBIR/STTR Research Award
CAD-Based Direct Fabrication of Titanium Components
Award amount
$427,560Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- LONE PEAK ENGINEERING COMPANY
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
DARPA is interested in demonstrating the capability of freeform fabrication systems to go beyond basic metal materials, such as stainless steel, and build advanced alloy components from CAD files without part-specific tooling or operator intervention. In this Phase I project, Lone Peak proposes to develop a titanium feedstock material and develop the SFF process for two rapid prototyping systems: LOM and FDM. They will use the engineering approach they developed for stainless steel rapid prototyping to design the titanium-based feed stock materials for the LOM and FDM systems.
Technology keywords
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