SBIR/STTR Research Award
MELD Mobile Metal Manufacturing Technologies For Repair And Retrofit of Infrastructure Systems
Award amount
$166,499Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MELD MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2020-03-20
- Contract end date
- 2020-09-20
- UEI
- C6L4JK7BBAP1
- Solicitation number
- 19.B
- Topic code
- A19B-T012
Research abstract
America’s infrastructure is aging, and in countless instances there is a critical need to address the degradation of structural components before disaster strikes. Two main infrastructure components are bridges and railways. MELD can fabricate or repair unweldable metals, yields wrought properties, is portable, and has significantly lower operating costs than other processes. MELD, formerly known as Additive Friction Stir, is a viable, safe method for field repair of large metallic components.
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.
- Robotic Metal Additive Mobile Solution for Repair and Upgrade of Components using MELD®
- Integration and Evaluation of MELD® for Naval Additive Manufacturing and Repair Use
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Mobile Metal Manufacturing Technologies for Repair and Retrofit of Infrastructure Systems
- Mobile Metal Manufacturing Technologies For Repair And Retrofit of Infrastructure Systems
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2021). Reported award amounts total $2,766,469. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense