SBIR/STTR Research Award
On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing Using Recycled Waste
Award amount
$811,046Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- RE3D, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-09-18
- Contract end date
- 2025-09-17
- UEI
- W6N4D7JMXA35
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 5-Recyc
Research abstract
re:3D Inc. proposes to build a functional benchtop demonstration unit of an integrated waste-to-print recycling system based on a granulation mechanism and 3D printer capacble of turning thermoplastic waste generated from logistics foam available from in-space applications into functional and useful objects through the use of material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM).This will be a low size, weight and power (SWaP) engineering prototype based on re:3D's commercial Gigabot X (GBX) technology and new innovative methods to shred the bulk foam and transport the resulting loose granulate in a contained system.The design will address the unique challenges of operating in microgravity with limited space and power resources.
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.
- 3D Printing Army Supplies Directly From Discarded Plastic Waste
- On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing Using Recycled Waste
- 3D Printing of High Temperature Thermoset Foams for Space Vehicular Thermal Protection Systems
- Off Grid 3D Printing of Army Supplies Directly From Discarded Plastic Waste
- Creating Value from Base Waste with Translation to Austere Environments: 3D Printing in Mobile Recycling Facilities
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Catalytic Conversion of Waste Plastic to Hydrogen
- Catalytic Conversion of Waste Plastic to Hydrogen and Performance Carbon
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2024). Reported award amounts total $8,098,887. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation