From Waste Steel to Materiel: Additive Manufacturing Enabled Agile Manufacturing

Abstract

The project address the FY 2018 SERDP Statement of Need WPSON-18-C4 that aims to demonstrate that waste streams generated at FOBs and battlefield scrap can be repurposed using field-capable manufacturing processes to produce replacement parts or repair equipment in the field. The Technical Objectives of this project are listed below: 1. Creating an effective sorting, chemical composition monitoring and composition adjustment process for iron wastes at FOBs that enables quality control of material. 2. Establishing additive manufacturing (AM) technology enabled investment casting (IC) using iron wastes from FOBs as the cast material. 3. Optimizing and minimizing post process treatments for required quality of cast parts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 2023
Accession Number
AD1219165

Entities

People

  • Brandon McWilliams
  • Diran Apelien
  • Jianyu Liang

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.