STTR Phase I: A Multi-Axis Planning System (MAPS) for Direct Fabrication Processes

该小型企业技术转让 (STTR) 第一阶段项目将研究和开发用于分层制造流程的创新多轴规划系统 (MAPS)。该第一阶段研究项目的目标是探索开发高效 MAPS 算法来驱动制造系统的可行性，并与参与的工业合作伙伴在生产机器中实际测试该算法。这项拟议的研究将证明为多轴机器开发高效、稳健的规划和控制系统以构建通用 3D 机械零件的可行性。如果成功，该项目将把全自动多轴控制能力带入分层制造行业，以生产形状复杂的功能性金属零件。这种能力将大大缩短高价值、小批量部件的交货时间和制造成本，例如燃气涡轮发动机壳体、复杂的组合式机身以及其他由昂贵原材料制成或需要高成本精加工操作的产品。这种创新的制造技术还将能够建立前沿部署的组件修复和系统可持续性。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will research and develop an innovative Multi- Axis Planning System, or MAPS, for layered manufacturing processes. The objectives of this Phase I research project is to explore the feasibility of developing an efficient MAPS algorithm to drive the manufacturing system and to actually test the algorithm in a production machine with the participating industrial partners. This proposed research will demonstrate the feasibility to develop an efficient and robust planning and control system for a multi-axis machine to build general 3-D mechanical parts. If successful, the proposed project will bring fully automated multi-axis control capability into layered manufacturing industry to produce functional metal parts with complicated shapes. Such a capability will lead to dramatic reductions in lead time and manufacturing costs for high-value, low-volume components, such as gas turbine engine cases, complex unitized airframes, and other products built from expensive raw materials or requiring high-cost finishing operations. This innovative manufacturing technology will also enable establishment of forward-deployed component repair and system sustainability.