GE Additive cooperates with Oak Ridge Laboratory to jointly promote the industrial application of additive manufacturing

October 30, 20193D printingEngine manufacturer GE Additive has signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy. The two parties agreed to focus research on processes, materials and software to promote industrialization and support the widespread adoption of additive manufacturing technologies. Josh Mook, head of innovation at GE Additive, said: “We very much hope to use the collective wisdom and expertise of the two companies to meet the challenges of industrialization, but we are also full of expectations for the future.

ORNL cooperates with GE

ORNL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and carries out scientific programs related to materials, neutron science, energy, high-performance computing, systems biology, and national security.Previously, ORNL and3D printingMachine manufacturer Arcam EBM signed a CRADA agreement, which was later acquired by GE.

ORNL purchased the first Arcam EBM system in 2009 for the U.S. Department of Energy’s manufacturing demonstration plant in Knoxville, Tennessee. ORNL cooperates with the Arcam EBM team and is committed to enabling multiple manufacturing companies in the United States to adopt EBM technology. ORNL adopted Arcam EBM in 2012 to improve the process reliability of EBM technology, extend the technology to new material systems and verify the performance of Ti-6Al-4V titanium materials. Now, GE Additive replaces the old agreement between ORNL and Arcam EBM. It covers all of GE Additive’s materials and engineering services, with a focus on developing novel additive manufacturing technologies and using them to produce commercial products. Specifically, the two companies will study process simulation methods, on-site monitoring and quality control for EBM and DMLM systems, material modeling and development, and the commercialization of equipment and processes.

Moe Khaleel, deputy director of ORNL’s Energy and Environmental Science Laboratory, added: “We are very happy to work with GE again to lower the barriers to widespread adoption of more efficient and low-cost manufacturing technologies.”

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