The AM CoE partnership supports activities in 8 locations worldwide, directly involving about 100 global experts. While all the partners work collaboratively, each has a primary role, based on demonstrated capabilities and expertise.
Founding Partners
In late 2017, ASTM International began seeking key strategic partners to help launch the AM CoE. Through an RFP process conducted in early 2018, four organizations were selected as founding partners.
(Global)
Serves as a facilitator of R&D, standards development, enabling qualification, and certification
- Standards development
- Education and training
- Certification
- Proficiency testing
(Alabama)
Performs AM R&D and develops education and training resources and tools.
Design for AM
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Design for different applications
Feedstock Materials
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Metal AM powder
AM Processes
- 3X EOS M290 machines
- Renishaw AM250
- TRUMPF TruPrint 3000
- Optomec LENS 750
AM Post Processing
- Heat treatment development
- Surface characterization and modifications
AM Characterization & Qualification
- Powder characterization:
- FT4 powder rheometer
- Materials testing:
- Static properties
- Fatigue; several uniaxial and multiaxial test frames
- Force-controlled and strain-controlled testing
- High temperature testing capabilities
- Microstructural characterization:
- Keyence VHX-6000 optical microscope
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD)
Crosscutting
- AM R&D
- Education and training development and tools
(Ohio, Colorado, New York)
Bringing together AM industry leaders, via consortia, and working with them to identify challenges, advance groundbreaking standards, and drive innovation in AM, leveraging its proven track record of developing, testing, and implementing advanced manufacturing technologies
Design for AM
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Processes, materials, and machines
Feedstock Materials
- Powder production/modification
- Metal AM
AM Processes
- Materials processing/development
- Process monitoring/metrology (e.g., in-process sensing, quality control, and automation)
- Powder bed fusion processes
- Directed energy deposition processes
- Solid state AM processes
AM Characterization
- Powder characterization
- Materials testing
AM Post Processing
- NDT/NDE, including UT, EC, X-Ray CT
- Heat treatment development
Crosscutting
- Computational modeling and data analytics
- Material/property database development
- Qualification, certification, and design allowable generation
(United Kingdom)
Fills industry gaps in AM standardization and bridges the gap between academia and industry by supporting R&D and training
Design for AM
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Benchmarking a full suite of design for manufacture and assembly packages
Feedstock Materials
- Powder management
- Powder recovery
- Feedstock testing
AM Processes
- Process simulation
- Melt process
AM Characterization
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Metals, polymeric, and ceramic AM equipment
AM Post Processing
- Post processing (heat treatment, HIP, automated finishing)
- AM part cleaning
- Part inspection (in-process and ex-situ NDT and metrology)
- Heat treatment development
Crosscutting
- Property databases
- AM data management and Informatics
- Pilot production and simulation
AM Characterization
- Static properties
AM Processes
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Process qualification
Strategic Partners
Identified and selected by the management team, a limited number of strategic partners will bring specific material, industry sector, or regional expertise to the AM CoE. Two such partners were added in late 2018.
(Singapore)
Coordinate R&D and related activities for the Asia-Pacific region
AM Processes
- Fused Depositing Modeling (FDM)
- Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
- Stereo Lithography Apparatus (SLA)
- Electron Beam Melting (EBM)
- Selective Laser Melting (SLM)
- Jetting (Materials/Binder)
(Kansas)
Lead efforts to qualify additively-manufactured materials and to further strengthen relationships with key aerospace regulators worldwide
Feedstock Materials
- Non-metallic AM testing
- Materials for simple prototypes to high strength and high temperature parts
AM Processes
- Big Area AM (BAAM)
- Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printers from consumer grade to industrial grade qualities
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)
- PolyJet Printer for high resolution and smooth surface quality
AM Characterization
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Fatigue of additively manufactured parts
Crosscutting
- Qualification of AM materials
- Statistics of AM materials
- Full color 3D printing
Program Partners
The AM CoE also plans to partner organizations that can uniquely support one or more of its programs, such as R&D projects, workforce training, certificate programs, or other significant offering. These partners would also be identified and selected by the management team.
