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Smart Baseplate for Additive Manufacturing

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Logistics Agency
Contract: SP4701-19-C-0056
Agency Tracking Number: L2-0227
Amount: $999,996.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: DLA18A-001
Solicitation Number: 18.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2018
Award Year: 2019
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2019-09-25
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2021-09-24
Small Business Information
301 1st Street SW Suite 200
Roanoke, VA 24011
United States
DUNS: 627132913
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Daniel Kominsky
 Principal Investigator
 (540) 553-0865
 kominskyd@lunainc.com
Business Contact
 Michael Pruzan
Phone: (540) 769-8430
Email: submissions@lunainc.com
Research Institution
 EWI
 Mr. Bob Kratzenberg Mr. Bob Kratzenberg
 
1250 Arthur E. Adams Drive
Columbus, OH 43221
United States

 (614) 688-5000
 Federally Funded R&D Center (FFRDC)
Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) has rapidly evolved into a valuable technique for making parts which, at times, cannot be fabricated through conventional machining methods, or for fabrication of small quantities of complex parts. One challenge in the area of AM is the lack of real-time feedback on the fabrication process and the quality of the part being made. This is especially critical given the relatively long periods of time that complex parts can require to construct. Hidden flaws in a part, which can be caused by excessive residual stresses, voids, and inconsistent material deposition can result in the final part being unusable, wasting valuable time, resources, and AM machine life. This proposed work will refine the “smart” additive manufacturing (AM) baseplate for monitoring internal residual stresses and temperatures for multiple metal AM processes. This smart baseplate will allow monitoring unseen problematic areas by building a COTS distributed fiber optic sensing network directly into the baseplate with Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM). A quality control toolkit will be developed which utilizes the data output from the smart baseplate with other sensors to provide build assessments to end users.

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