SBIR/STTR Research Award
On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing Using Recycled Waste
Award amount
$141,658Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- RE3D, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-01-12
- Contract end date
- 2023-07-11
- UEI
- W6N4D7JMXA35
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 5-Recyc
Research abstract
re:3D Inc. proposes developing a recycling system centered on a 3D printer capable of turning thermoplastic waste generated on orbit into functional and useful objects through the use of material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM).Guided by the analysis of available on-orbit waste streams and their potential printability, a low size, weight and power (SWaP) engineering prototype printer, based on re:3D's Gigabot X (GBX) technology, will be designed and demonstrated. The GBX is a commercial printer capable of printing directly from ground plastic flakes. Printing from flake eliminates the need for the extra space, resources and energy required for an intermediate step of producing filament - the most common approach to recycling plastics for 3D printing.
In addition to the prototype printer demonstration, re:3D will deliver the engineering specifications for a low-SWaP integrated recycling system to include waste granulation and other required steps in the waste-to-print AM process.
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