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Troy Allen, Wenkang Huange, Jack R. Tanner, Wenda Tan, James Fraser, Brian Simonds
Understanding the underlying physics of laser welding and metal additive manufacturing (AM) is crucial to the advancement of laser-based manufacturing. One aspect that especially requires careful attention and control is the formation and evolution of
Carl Simon, Josh Hunsberger, Claudia Zylberberg, Preveen Ramamoorthy, Thomas Tubon, Crystal Ruff, Ram Bedi, Kurt Gielen, Lynn Fisher, Jed Johnson, Priya Barankiak, Behzad Mahdavi, Michael Hadjisavas, Shannon Eaker, Cameron Miller
Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society (RMMS), is the first and only professional society dedicated specifically towards advancing manufacturing solutions for the field of regenerative medicine. RMMS' vision is to provide greater patient access to
Brandon M. Lane, Shawn P. Moylan, Ho Yeung, Josephine J. Chavez-Chao, Jorge E. Neira
The Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT) is a fully customized laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM) research platform designed and constructed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This system incorporates
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) uses a focused, high power laser to repeatedly scan geometric patterns on thin layers of metal powder, which build up to a final, solid 3D part. This process is somewhat limited in that the parts tend to have poorer surface
In this study a feedforward control method for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM) process is demonstrated. It minimizes the meltpool variation by updating the scan strategy based on a data-driven predictive meltpool model. A
Anne Francoise H. Obaton, Bryan Butsch, Stephen McDonough, Nans Laroche, Yves Gaillard, Jared Tarr, Patrick Bouvet, Rodolfo Cruz, Alkan Donmez
Additive manufacturing enables the production of customized and complex parts. These two aspects are very attractive for aerospace and medical sectors. However, in these critical sectors, governed by strict safety requirements, the quality of the parts is
Cheng Luo, Xiang Wang, Kalman D. Migler, Jonathan Seppala
This study explores the effects of feed rates on temperature profiles and feed forces in material extrusion additive manufacturing of polymers. The relations between temperature distributions and feed rates are first derived, for both the solid and melted
Ho Yeung, Brandon M. Lane, M A. Donmez, Shawn P. Moylan
Laser powder bed fusion systems use a high-power laser, steered by two galvanometer (galvo) mirrors to scan a pattern on metal powder layers. Part geometric tolerances depend on the positioning accuracy of the laser/galvo system. This paper describes an in
Louis-Philippe Lefebvre, Justin Whiting, Boris Nijikovski, Sallah Eddine Brika, Haniyeh Fayazfar, Ola Lyckfeldt
Powder metallurgy processes rely on powder flowability. However, flowability is not an intrinsic property and depends on the measurement conditions. Standards have been developed to adjust measurement methods to various flow conditions but there is
Lichen Fang, Yishu Yan, Ojaswi Agarwal, Jonathan Seppala, Kevin Hemker, Sung Hoon Kang
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is one of the most popular additive manufacturing processes. However, advanced applications of FFF are still limited by the large variation of mechanical property and macroscale geometry of printed parts. To obtain a
Callie I. Higgins, Jason P. Killgore, Frank W. DelRio, Stephanie J. Bryant, Robert R. McLeod
Mimicking the three-dimensional (3D) mechanical and chemical properties of distinctly different, adjacent biological tissues is crucial to study and to understand these regions. 3D printing is a technique often employed to spatially control the
The quality of AM built parts is highly correlated to the melt pool characteristics. Hence melt pool monitoring and control can potentially improve AM part quality. This paper presents a neighboring-effect modeling method (NBEM) that uses scan strategy to
Edward Garboczi, Todd Henry, Francis Phillips, Daniel Cole, Robert Haynes, Terrence Johnson
This work describes an experimental validation set for assessing the real-time fatigue behavior ofmetallic additive manufacturing (AM) maraging steel structures. Maraging steel AM beams were fabricated with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and characterized
Shawn H. Chen, Amanda J. Souna, Christopher L. Soles, Stephan J. Stranick, Edwin P. Chan
The dynamic impact between a particle and a planar material is important in many high impact events, andthereisagrowingneedtocharacterizethemechanicalpropertiesoflight-weightpolymeric materials at dynamic loading conditions. Here, a laser-induced
Iman Mehdipour, Hakan Atahan, Narayanan Neithalath, Mathieu Bauchy, Edward Garboczi, Gaurav Sant
The remarkable increase in the flow resistance of dense suspensions (jamming) can hinder 3D- printing processes on account of flow cessation and filament fragility/rupture in the extruder. Understanding the nature of rheological changes that occur is
The microstructures or additively manufactured (AM) precipitation-hardenable stainless steels 17-4 and 15-5 were investigated and compared to conventionally produced material. The residual nitrogen found in N2-atomized 17-4 powder feedstock is inherited by
Mark R. Stoudt, Maureen E. Williams, Lyle E. Levine, Adam Abel Creuziger, Sandra A. Young, Jarred C. Heigel, Brandon Lane, Thien Q. Phan
Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals creates segregated microstructures with significant differences from those of traditional wrought alloys. Understanding how the local build conditions generate specific microstructures is essential for developing post
David C. Deisenroth, Sergey Mekhontsev, Brandon M. Lane
Laser powder bed fusion processes are driven by scanned, focused laser beams. Along with selectively melting the metal powder, laser energy may be converted and transferred through physical mechanisms such as reflection from the metal surface, heat
Cheng Luo, Xiang Wang, Kalman D. Migler, Jonathan Seppala
In this work, we develop a simple model to determine the upper bound of feed rates that do not cause jamming in materials extrusion based additive manufacturing, also known as fused deposition modeling (FDM) or fused-filament fabrication (FFF). We first
Arvind Shankar Raman, Karl Haapala, Kamyar Raoufi, Barbara S. Linke, William Z. Bernstein, KC Morris
Over the past century, research has focused on continuously improving the performance of manufacturing processes and systems - often measured in terms of cost, quality, productivity, and material and energy efficiency. With the advent of smart
This work provides results and analysis of the in situ thermal measurement acquired during the 3D builds performed for the 2018 Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Tests. The objective is to provide context for post process characterization of distortion
Lyle E. Levine, Brandon M. Lane, Jarred C. Heigel, Kalman D. Migler, Mark R. Stoudt, Thien Q. Phan, Richard E. Ricker, Maria Strantza, Michael R. Hill, Fan Zhang, Jonathan E. Seppala, Edward J. Garboczi, Erich D. Bain, Daniel Cole, Andrew J. Allen, Jason C. Fox, Carelyn E. Campbell
The Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM-Bench) was established to provide rigorous measurement test data for validating additive manufacturing (AM) simulations for a broad range of AM technologies and material systems. AM-Bench includes
Eduardo M. Trejo, Xavier Jimenez, Kazi M. Billah, Jonathan Seppala, Ryan Wicker, David Esplain
In large area pellet extrusion additive manufacturing, the temperature of the substrate just before the deposition of a new subsequent layer affects the overall structure of the part. Warping and cracking occur if the substrate temperature is below a
Brandon M. Lane, Jarred C. Heigel, Richard E. Ricker, Ivan Zhirnov, Vladimir Khromchenko, Jordan S. Weaver, Thien Q. Phan, Mark R. Stoudt, Sergey Mekhontsev, Lyle E. Levine
The complex physical nature of the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process warrants use of multiphysics computational simulations to predict or design optimal operating parameters or resultant part qualities such as microstructure or defect concentration
Tugrul Ozel, Ayca Altay, Bilgin Kaftanoglu, Richard Leach, Alkan Donmez
The powder bed fusion based additive manufacturing process uses a laser to melt and fuse powder metal material together and creates parts with intricate surface topography that are often influenced by laser path, layer-to-layer scanning strategies, and