Abstract
Additive manufacturing (AM) promises to redesign traditional manufacturing by enabling the ultimate in agility for rapid component design changes in commercial products and for fabricating complex integrated parts. By significantly increasing quality and yield of metallic alloy powders, the pace for design, development, and deployment of the most promising AM approaches can be greatly accelerated, resulting in rapid commercialization of these advanced manufacturing methods. By successful completion of a critical suite of processing research tasks that are intended to greatly enhance gas atomized powder quality and the precision and efficiency of powder production, researchers can help promote continued rapid growth of AM. Other powder-based or spray-based advanced manufacturing methods could also benefit from these research outcomes, promoting the next wave of sustainable manufacturing technologies for conventional and advanced materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8-15 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2018 |
Funding
The authors appreciate the detailed experimental preparations and performance of the gas atomization trial that was reported by Ross Anderson, Dave Byrd, Trevor Riedemann and Jordan Tiarks. We also are grateful for the microstructural analysis results of Tim Prost and extended discussions with Bill Peter, Mike Kirka, and Todd Palmer. Work performed with support from the USDOE-EERE-Advanced Manufacturing Office through Ames Laboratory contract no. DE-AC02-07CH11358. Appendix A
| Funders | Funder number |
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| USDOE-EERE-Advanced Manufacturing Office |
Keywords
- Additive manufacturing
- Gas atomization
- Metal powders
