在过去的一周中America Makes, and the UK’s innovation agency,Innovate UK。
America Makes has awarded $2.3 million in funding across three project calls which are seeking to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing and address supply chain needs. A total of 10 teams have been selected to participate in the project calls, which wereinitially announced in July。
Meanwhile, Innovate UK has awardedFixie, a 24/7 3D printing service for built environment professionals, and启用制造这是一家位于英国的金属3D打印服务提供商，授予其在各自部门内扩展其添加剂制造活动。
美国打电话和获奖者
The successful project teams will receive funding worth a collective $2.3 million from the空军研究实验室（AFRL）‘s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate,Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and EngineeringOUSD(R&E)。
“With the July project call announcements, we also unveiled a new project call process to further enhance collaboration among our membership community and stakeholders, streamlining engagement with the Insitute,” said Brandon Ribic, America Makes technology director. “This change made a difference in the strong member response and high-impact submissions we received. As a result, we identified and secured additional funding from OUSD(R&E) to award more projects in these critical areas.”
Open Project Call
The Open Project Call 2020 was divided into three focused technical areas, the first of which revolved around utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the quality of 3D printed material. The first of the teams chosen to participate in this area is made up ofSenvol和Northrop Grumman,国家航空研究所(NIAR),威奇托州立大学(WSU),Stratasys直接制造, andPilgrim Consulting。
Pennsylvania State Universityand theApplied Research Laboratory（ARL）组成另一个团队，而Open Additive,Addiguru, andWright State Universitymake up another. The fourth and final team to focus on this technical area is made up of the代顿大学研究所(UDRI) with Northrop Grumman,ZEISS, Open Additive, and Macy Consulting.
The second technical area under the Open Project Call centers around the cross-validation of physics-based modeling and in-situ process monitoring of metal 3D printing. The team investigating this area include Pennsylvania State University ARL andApplied Optimization Inc。对于第三技术领域，ASTM InternationalandAuburn Universitywill collaborate to explore cybersecurity for additive manufacturing training.
高音项目呼叫
The Hypersonic Project Call aims to overcome the identified shortcomings of traditional manufacturing processes through maturing technologies surrounding the 3D printing of high-temperature metals for hypersonic capabilities, namely through improving cost, performance, and lead time.
The project call is split into two technical areas, the first of which seeks to achieve reliable manufacturing of complexscramjetflowpath components.GE Additive,Aerojet Rocketdyne, andNASA Marshall Space Flight Center被选为该项目的一个团队，而3D SystemsandLockheed Martinform a second.
The second technical area, which will investigate the gradient printing of material systems relevant to hypersonic applications, will see input fromBoeing,QuesTek Innovations, andRPM Innovations(RPMI).
Rapid Innovation Call (RIC)
由政府驱动的RIC的技术重点是由U.S. Armyalongside theFood and Drug Administration (FDA)to quantify the tensile behavior of 3D printed metal lattice structures.俄亥俄州立大学has been announced as the chosen team to embark upon this project.
The earlier-announcedMember Driven Rapid Innovation Callis expected to get underway soon.
Fixie awarded £100K from Innovate UK to open up 3D printing to architects
As part of its Sustainable Innovation Fund, Innovate UK has awarded Fixie£100,000 in funding为了构建一个自动化的在线平台，该平台将大大加快建筑师数字3D设计创建物理模型的过程。公司，是founded in 2019, will be supported by the上海大学effield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centreduring the project, which seeks to make 3D printing a more accessible and affordable tool for architects.
Fixie联合创始人Ronan O’Boyle说：“我们开始FIXIE，使更多的建筑师有机会从快速原型制作中受益。”“我们的平台意味着您不需要任何先验知识即可为3D打印准备设计 - 向没有利基技能，时间和资源的人开放技术。”
该平台将通过删除耗时重塑建筑师的设计为3D可打印版本来简化体系结构3D打印过程。建筑师将能够在数小时而不是几天内生产数字3D设计，这将随后削减整个供应链中的成本，并在整个建筑和建筑环境领域增加价值。
Fixie首席执行官Michelle Greeff补充说：“这项赠款奖表彰了Fixie平台在建筑师重新思考城市如何使用和设计时的潜在社会和经济影响。”“这是对我们的愿景的认可，也是为建筑师提供实用和更广泛使用新兴技术的工具的承诺。”
Enable granted funding to prove Additive Casting process concept
The second funding grant from Innovate UK was delivered to Enable to embark upon a project to prove the concept of its Additive Casting process, scheduled to run until April 2021.
Through its Additive Casting process, Enable essentially offers the material choices of traditional casting, without the limitation and high cost of tooling, as the molds are produced via additive manufacturing.
During the project, the firm will be designing and manufacturing parts via its three available Additive Casting processes, including sandcasting for large parts, investment casting for fine detail, and investment detail for ultra-fine detail. The parts will be produced in four different materials, of which one is magnesium – a material currently unable to be used in direct 3D metal printing processes due to its volatile nature.
Enable的主要目标是证明添加剂铸件是当前使用加性制造技术在几乎任何尺寸或生产量中生产高度复杂的金属零件的唯一制造方法。6月，该公司宣布现在能够以其添加铸造过程生产金属零件超过130种金属。
“我们坚信，增材铸造是一项改变游戏规则的技术，它将帮助英国公司更快地创新，制造更好的产品并重新开发生产，从而为更可持续的制造模型进行重新生产，” Enable技术经理乔恩·赖特（Jon Wright）说。“从这个意义上讲，添加剂铸件可能在英国的复苏后的复苏和我们迈向零排放经济的旅程中发挥重要作用。
“But for us at Enable this grant also means that there are people and organizations who believe in our technology and are prepared to help bring it to the market successfully. And for this we want to thank Innovate UK.”
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