Accession Number:

AD1031372

Title:

Selection of Additive Manufacturing (AM) Equipment

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

AMRDEC Redstone Arsenal United States

Personal Author(s):

• Hall,Lance E

Report Date:

2017-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Recent advancements in technology have enabled Additive Manufacturing AM, also known as Three-Dimensional 3-D printing, to become a powerful, viable tool in the research, development, and overall engineering of many products in the world today. This report will give an overview of the selection of AM equipment for the United States U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center AMRDEC to use as a tool in the design, test, and fabrication of the systems within the AMRDEC portfolio.

Descriptors:

• ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
• three dimensional
• PRINTING EQUIPMENT
• lasers
• control systems
• fabrication
• PRODUCTION MODELS

Subject Categories:

• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE