Metamorphic Manufacturing: Shaping the Future of On-Demand Components

Abstract

Metamorphic manufacturing (MM) can be concisely described as a new, revolutionary approach to manufacturing that relies on closed-loop, numerically controlled, incremental forming to simultaneously achieve complex shapes, specific engineering properties and local microstructures. Metamorphic manufacturing has also been referred to as robotic blacksmithing, with the skill and force of the human blacksmith replaced by robotic systems. Five fundamental elements that provide the basis for the full implementation of metamorphic manufacturing (STARC) are: sensors, thermal control, actuators and forming tools, robotic manipulation systems, and computation.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Mar 14, 2019
• Accession Number: AD1070167

Entities

People

• Alexis Lewis
• Chuck Ward
• David Bourne
• Ed Herderick
• Elizabeth Bilitz
• Erman Tekkaya
• George Spanos
• Glenn S. Daehn
• Howard A Sizek
• Jian Cao
• John Allison
• John J. Lewandowski
• Johnnie Jr J Deloach
• Kester Clarke
• Mohsen Seifi
• Richard Fonda
• Tom Mahoney
• Tony L. Schmitz
• William Mullins

Organizations

• Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Assembly
• Computer-Aided Design
• Control Systems
• Engineered Materials
• Engineers
• Fabrication
• Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials
• Materials Engineering
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Properties
• Selective Laser Sintering

Readers

• Manufacturing Engineering.
• Robotics and Automation.
• Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
• Autonomy