SBIR/STTR Research Award
Flame-assisted Additive Manufacturing of Refractory Metals
Award amount
$149,971Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2022-12-09
- Contract end date
- 2023-05-29
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- 22.B
- Topic code
- MDA22-T010
Research abstract
FLame-assisted Additive Manufacturing (FLAMe) is a new method of AM in which the desired feedstock material is synthesized in a high temperature gas-phase combustion synthesis reaction and the resulting high temperature metal particles are accelerated and deposited onto a substrate in a user-defined pattern to construct a component. Gas-phase phase precursors allow for no limit on the melting point of the feedstock material produced and allow for uniform mixing of precursors to produce alloys, making the FLAMe system ideal for the AM of refractory metals/alloys. Furthermore, by depositing the particles in a high-temperature solid state, there is no need for a melt pool, thus reducing residual stresses and microcracking in the final component. Approved for Public Release | 22-MDA-11339 (13 Dec 22)
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Magnetic Bearings for Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency