TRP: Low Cost, High Performance Tooling by Three Dimensional Printing

Information

• NSF Award
• 9420964

Owner

• United Technologies Corporation

• Award Id

  9420964

• Award Effective Date

  8/1/1994 - 29 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  10/31/1999 - 24 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 2,678,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Cooperative Agreement

9420964 Aubin This award provides funding for the development of a proprietary Solid Freeform Fabrication Technology called 3 Dimensional Printing (3DP), which will be used for a variety of injection mold tooling applications. Three Dimensional Printing creates tooling inserts, mold, and/or component parts directly from a computer model in an additive layer-by-layer process. Each layer is created by spreading a powder and selectively joining the powder by ink-jet printing of a liquid binder material. Within this program, mold inserts will be produced in two ways: 1) by direct printing powder metal or metal/ceramic, and 2) by printing ceramic molds into which tool steel is cast. The 3DP process could result in significant cost reduction in injection mold tooling applications. The technology would have application in many manufacturing processes.

• Program Officer

  Kesh S. Narayanan

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/19/1994 - 29 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  2/4/2000 - 24 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  United Technologies Research Ctr

• City

  East Hartford

• State

  CT

• Country

  United States

• Postal Code

  06108

• First Name

  Richard

• Last Name

  Aubin

• Email Address

  RFA@UTRC.UTC.COM

• Start Date

  8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  10/23/1995

• First Name

  Wayde

• Last Name

  Schmidt

• Start Date

  9/12/1997 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  01/10/1998

• First Name

  James

• Last Name

  Irish

• Start Date

  9/12/1997 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  01/10/1998

• Name

  Engineering NEC

• Code

  59