Recycling & Reusing Aerospace Materials for Additive Manufacturing (R2AM2)

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• 批准号: 10073483
• 金额: $ 6.36万
• 依托单位: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS LTD.
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073483
• 关键词: Recycling; Reusing; Aerospace; Materials; Additive

The objective of this project is to explore the feasibility and practical possibilities of using recycled metallic materials in additive manufacturing (AM). The project aims to investigate the potential benefits of using cheaper feedstocks in AM, as traditional feedstocks such as powder, wire, and bar are more expensive than their wrought variants. Although the cost of using AM can sometimes be offset by an increase in performance or simplifying bill of materials and part counts, the cost element can sometimes be too strong, leading organisations to turn to high waste production methods. To support the potential feedstock opportunities for AM, this project will investigate the ability for recycled parts to be converted into feedstock for metal AM. Parts have been selected as a starting point due to the readiness of scrap parts from aerospace, from recycling post-print waste like support structures, and the potential for out-of-service products to be regenerated.This project will deliver a technical overview of the outputs of the conversion process and an attempt to atomise using a novel process will be made. The outcome of the atomisation trial will inform the project team and allow a technical capability summary to be developed to look at further research projects for vallidation and commercialisation.

该项目的目的是探索在添加剂制造（AM）中使用可回收金属材料的可行性和实际可能性。该项目旨在调查在AM中使用较便宜的原料的潜在好处，因为诸如粉末，电线和吧台之类的传统原料比其锻造变体更昂贵。尽管使用AM的成本有时可以被绩效的提高或简化材料清单和零件计数所抵消，但成本要素有时可能太强大，导致组织转向高废物生产方法。为了支持AM的潜在原料机会，该项目将研究将回收零件转换为金属AM的原料的能力。由于航空航天的废料零件的准备就绪，从回收后印刷浪费（如支撑结构）以及再生的潜力。该项目将对转换过程的输出进行技术概述，并尝试使用新颖的过程来提供零件的潜力。雾化试验的结果将为项目团队提供通知，并允许开发技术能力摘要，以研究进一步的研究项目，以进行验证和商业化。