Innovation in Canadian companies with additive manufacturing

加拿大公司的增材制造创新

• 批准号: 484526-2015
• 负责人: Marin, Gheorghe
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: Cégep de Trois-Rivières
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: College and Community Innovation Program
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695171
• 关键词: Innovation; Canadian; companies; additive; manufacturing

The interest of additive manufacturing resides with the idea that parts can be obtained directly from using a 3D model and fabricated to near net shape as opposed to have multiple steps of manufacturing which can be detrimental for a rapid production of parts. Additive manufacturing technologies have the potential of replacing traditional manufacturing techniques in cases where the material used has a value and it becomes more profitable to use AM and also when new designs of parts can be used to either lighten the part while maintaining the same properties or providing the part with properties that could not be obtained through traditional processing. AM technologies tend to not be justifiable for parts made in huge production number using low cost materials as those parts are already made using technologies which had multiple decades of optimization. Furthermore, low cost materials can be easily machine to obtain a part and as such, it does not matter that a significant amount of material is wasted. To create sustainable world-class expertise in additive manufacturing processes (AM), the CMQ wishes to train specialists who can provide a complete service over the whole AM process, from research to implementation. The CMQ will make certain processes a priority for the next five years: directed energy deposition AM (LENS, www.optomec.com) and ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM, www.fabrisonic.com). The Centre wants to develop a pool of knowledge and unique expertise in Canada precisely surrounding these technologies. The CMQ will support the aspirations of companies exploiting its capacity for innovation and its relationship with universities, other research centers, as CRIQ (Quebec 3D Network), École de technologie supérieure de Montreal, Laval and McGill universities and equipment suppliers. Specifically, the Centre will do so by focusing on the needs of manufacturing SMEs to invest in improving the productivity and development of international niche markets. This project, highly scientific and technological, was created at the request of companies. The Quebec Metallurgy Center (CMQ) proposes to develop the expertise in metallic additive manufacturing along two different axis of research: (1) Development of ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) and (2) Development of Laser-engineered net shaped (LENS).

增材制造的兴趣在于这样的想法，即零件可以直接从使用3D模型获得并制造成近净形状，而不是具有多个制造步骤，这可能不利于零件的快速生产。增材制造技术有可能取代传统的制造技术，在这种情况下，所使用的材料具有价值，使用增材制造变得更有利可图，并且当新的零件设计可以用来减轻零件的重量，同时保持相同的性能，或者为零件提供通过传统加工无法获得的性能。增材制造技术往往不适合使用低成本材料大量生产的零件，因为这些零件已经使用了几十年的优化技术。此外，低成本材料可以容易地加工以获得零件，因此，浪费大量材料并不重要。为了在增材制造过程（AM）中创造可持续的世界级专业知识，CMQ希望培养能够在整个AM过程中提供从研究到实施的完整服务的专家。CMQ将在未来五年内优先考虑某些工艺：定向能量沉积AM（透镜，www.optomec.com）和超声增材制造（UAM，www.fabrisonic.com）。该中心希望在加拿大建立一个专门围绕这些技术的知识库和独特的专门知识。CMQ将支持公司利用其创新能力及其与大学，其他研究中心，如CRIQ（魁北克3D网络），蒙特利尔高等技术学院，拉瓦尔和麦吉尔大学和设备供应商的关系的愿望。具体而言，该中心将侧重于中小制造企业的投资需求，以提高生产力和开发国际利基市场。该项目是应公司的要求而创建的，具有很高的科学性和技术性。魁北克冶金中心（CMQ）提出沿着两个不同的研究方向发展金属增材制造沿着的专业知识：（1）超声波增材制造（UAM）的发展和（2）激光工程网状（透镜）的发展。