America Makes announces $4.5M IMPACT 3.0 project call winners
America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing (NCDMM) have announced the winners of their $4.5 million Improvements in Manufacturing Productivity via Additive Capabilities and Techno-Economic Analysis 3.0 (IMPACT 3.0). Awarded through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology (OSD ManTech), the call consisted of two topic areas of focus and aims to demonstrate lead time, productivity, and yield improvements for casting and forging (C&F) operations using Additive Manufacturing.
“At America Makes, we are privileged to mobilise our membership in addressing the nation’s most complex manufacturing challenges with urgency and rigour through the IMPACT 3.0 project call,” said John Martin, AM Research Director at America Makes. “We congratulate the awardees and look forward to partnering with them to strengthen sustainment strategies and accelerate the adoption of Additive Manufacturing across industry and defence sectors.”
Below is the list of award winners and related topic areas:
Topic 1: AM in the Digital Foundry
Team Lead: The Pennsylvania State University
Project Team: Donsco, Inc.; 3D Systems, Inc.; Skuld, LLC; Element Materials Technology; Tethon 3D; foundries in the Penn State Cast Metals Industrial Advisory Committee; Marotta Controls, Inc.; Parker-Hannifin Corporation
Topic 2: Wire Arc DED Process Sensing and Control
- Team Lead 1: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Project Team: GE Aerospace Research; Wason Technology, LLC
- Team Lead 2: RTX Technology Research Center Project Team: FasTech, LLC
Project teams will report on their progress at the America Makes Technical Review and Exchange (TRX) and other industry events during the execution phase of the programme.
