Additive Manufacturing Materials Testing

Abstract

Additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3D Printing, is a method of manufacturing that makes objects by sequentially layering materials by a computer controlled device. AM could be used by the Coast Guard to improve mission effectiveness and reduce operating cost by allowing uniqueparts to be developed and printed on demand.However, there are some unique challenges inherent in the AM process that need to be accounted for in the design and development of AM parts. Quality Assurance (QA) in AM parts can also be a challenge since each part is a discrete manufacturing process.Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) is developing guidelines for part validation and certification. RDCs STIC Branch, supported the Industrial Production Facility (IPF) New Orleans effort to evaluate various materials and methods to help inform personnel and to ensure the policy they were developing was adequate for AM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1212558

Entities

People

  • J. Story

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Coast Guard
  • Fabrication
  • Industrial Production
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Printing
  • Production
  • United States

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering.