Developing Smart Agile Manufacturing System for Improved Sustainability: From Waste Steel to Materiel

Abstract

This project aimed to establish an additive manufacturing (AM) enabled investment casting process using ferrous scrap from forward operating bases (FOB). Ferrous waste materials were first characterized, and a waste material database was created to store critical information about scrap for sorting and recycling. A blending model was created to select scrap for remelting and making target steel alloys in the field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 2023
Accession Number
AD1219171

Entities

People

  • Brandon McWilliams
  • Diran Apelian
  • Jianyu Liang

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Metallurgy