Oak Ridge National Laboratory（ORNL），田纳西州和俄亥俄州焊接产品制造商林肯电气(NASDAQ: LECO), have announced a new agreement to advance the development of large-scale metal additive manufacturing technology.
建立在Department of Energy（doe）高级制造创新X实验室峰会，该协作旨在增加大规模制造的工业金属结构（例如工具，模具和模具）的吞吐量。它还旨在提高质量并降低组件的成本。组织共同计划通过利用数据分析来实现这些目标，从而释放每小时超过100磅的金属组件的快速制造。
“Working with Lincoln Electric is an important step in advancing manufacturing in the U.S.,” ORNL Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environmental Science Moe Khaleel explained.
“Approximately 60-80% of molds for the manufacturing of metallic components are produced overseas. With this new collaboration, U.S. manufacturers will be able to showcase their ability to manufacture tools, dies and molds additively with reduced costs and lead times while maintaining speed and a quality build.”
林肯电气和ORNL正在进行的合作
林肯电气成立于1895年,是一个多国的al designer, developer and manufacturer of arc welding products, as well as robotic arc welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment.
进一步启动自己的计划金属添加剂制造服务在2019年中，该公司一直与该公司合作Manufacturing Demonstration Teamat ORNL for the last three years to develop metal additive manufacturing processes. ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility is supported by the DOE’sAdvanced Manufacturing Office(AMO), which focuses on helping “early-stage research to advance innovation in U.S. manufacturing and promote American economic growth and energy security.”
With the updated collaboration alongside ORNL, Lincoln looks set to commercialize the processes developed by the two organizations, allowing the U.S. manufacturing sector to benefit from the reduced costs and lead times to additively manufacture metallic tooling.
A series of additive manufacturing developments for ORNL
The development of its collaboration with Lincoln Electric is the latest in a series of updates surrounding ORNL and its efforts in advancing additive manufacturing technology. Earlier in May 2019, leading industrial 3D printer providerExone宣布正在与Ornl合作预付活页夹技术for sand and metal 3D printers. The two organizations have been working on developing binder jet technology since 2015.
Ornl还获得了2000万美元的美国联邦资金University of Maine（Umaine）为了创建联合计划bio-based 3D materialfor large-scale additive manufacturing. Also supported by the AMO, the project aims to assist the declining forest products industry in the state, as well as foster a new generation of bio-based 3D printable materials.
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Featured image shows Tom Matthews of Lincoln Electric, left, and ORNL Director Thomas Zacharia signing提高大型金属添加剂制造技术的协议。通过Genevieve Martin/Oak Ridge国家实验室照片。
