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Research Team Partnering With AFS Awarded Funding for Additive Manufacturing Project
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Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) in partnership with the American Foundry Society (AFS) has been named a recipient of funds from America Makes, the National Ad- ditive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, for the research project “Accelerated Adoption of AM Technology in the American Foundry Industry.” America Makes announced the awardees of its second call
for additive manufacturing (AM) applied research and develop- ment projects on Jan. 21. Driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), America Makes will provide $9 million in funding toward these projects with $10.3 million in matching cost share from the awarded project teams for total funding worth $19.3 million. T e Institute’s second project call, which was released
on August 30, 2013, was focused on fi ve technical topic areas—design for AM; AM materials; process and equip- ment; qualifi cation and certifi cation; and knowledgebase development—each with subset focus areas. Proposals could address one or more technical topic areas, but had to address all evaluation criteria. Led by YBI in partnership with AFS, ExOne, Humtown
Products, Janney Capital Markets and the University of North- ern Iowa, the project team for “Accelerated Adoption of AM Technology in the American Foundry Industry” will support the transition of binder jet AM to the small business cast- ing industry by allowing increased access to the use of binder jet equipment and the development of design guidelines and process specifi cations. “Additive manufacturing is a transformative technology
that not only off ers reduced lead times for prototypes and new product introduction, but could revolutionize how our industry approaches low volume production and aff ord our members the ability to make complex shapes not producible by traditional mold and coremaking processes,” said T omas Prucha, vice president-technical services and project leader for the AFS team. T e technology combines the most effi cient manufac-
turing approach of metalcasting with the ability to create components directly from CAD fi les in a tool-less manufac- turing environment. “AFS is committed to developing ways to help the met-
alcasting industry work more effi ciently and better address customer demands, and this work on helping more met- alcasters use additive manufacturing is a prime example of that,” said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. T e 15 total selected America Makes projects span a
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variety of AM processes and materials with near-term technical achievements that address a comprehensive set of priorities—needs, gaps and opportunities—within the AM and 3D printing industry. T e anticipated start date of the second set of projects is
Spring 2014.
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