Manufacturing Technology Support (MATES). Task Order 0021: Air Force Technology and Industrial Base Research and Analysis, Subtask Order 06: Direct Digital Manufacturing

Abstract

The project included a review of the Direct Digital Manufacturing industry, which included additive, subtractive, and hybrid manufacturing. The review also included reverse engineering, part information data storage, diagnostics, and CAD/CAM technologies. There was a significant amount of information gained on all of the above technologies. The key area of development for this industry is advancing additive manufacturing technology. This area of the Direct Digital Manufacturing industry provides the most promise on direct part fabrication but also requires additional development in materials qualification, machine to machine consistency, inline processing monitoring, increased deposition rates, and improve part surface finish.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA551779

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  • Kevin Hartke

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Assembly
  • Chemistry
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Fabrication
  • Fused Deposition Modeling
  • Inks
  • Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
  • Lasers
  • Lithography
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Selective Laser Sintering
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
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