MINES22068 - MINES22068 Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing Machine DQ

Mines requires an integrated wire-arc additive manufacturing (“WAAM”) machine capable in support of a project exploring metal additive manufacturing for fabricating structural components for the US defense community.  Equipment shall be delivered on a “FOB Destination, prepay and add” basis.

This project requires extensive data correlation between input parameters, independent process monitoring system(s), and the resultant deposited material.

Colorado School of Mines (“Mines”) has established the Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (“ADAPT”) to explore process-structure-property (“PSP”) relationships in additive materials (“AM”) with the goal of developing streamlined qualification pathways. To fully understand PSP relationships in AM processes, equipment and tools are needed that can resolve process inputs and capture process signals at any location in three-dimensional space within the build volume. ADAPT seeks a WAAM tool that will allow correlations to be made regarding material and process inputs, in-process measurements, and material outcomes which will allow data-driven predictive models to be developed in support of streamlined qualification.