STRATMAN: Micro-constructive Manufacturing

该项目的目标是开发一个微型建设性的 允许设计者指定零件的制造过程 任何几何形状，任何表面纹理，任何材料， 成分和局部微观结构。 这样一个制造过程 将使零件和组件的制造， 使用现有的方法。 该项目将建立在成功的三维 (3D)打印概念，它建立了部分在层，从 使用喷墨打印技术的粉末。 的特定特征 的工作是详细了解的基础 3D过程中粉末和液相的物理行为 印刷过程，目标是控制过程 这足以提供所需的灵活性。 过程 也将用于制造一些演示部件， 有针对性的应用程序，这不能由任何其他制造 手段 这些原型可能构成开发的基础， 先进的模具系统，用于注塑、热成型和 具有集成冷却通道的热压铸 隔离结构和工程表面纹理以及复合材料 元素 ***

The goal of the project is to develop a micro-constructive manufacturing process that will allow a designer to specify parts of any geometry, any surface texture, any material, local material composition and local microstructure. Such a facbriation process would enable the manufacture of parts and assemblies that can not be made by using existing processes. The project will build on the success of the three dimensional (3D) printing concept, which builds up parts in layers, from powders using ink-jet printing technology. A particular feature of the work is the detailed understanding of the underlying physical behavior of the powder and liquid phases during the 3D printing process, with the goal of controlling the process sufficiently to give the desired level of flexibility. The process will also be used to fabricate a number of demonstration parts, with targeted applications, that can not be fabricated by any other means. These prototypes may form the basis for the development of advanced tooling systems for injection molding, thermoforming and die casting which have integrated cooling passages, thermal isolation structures and engineered surface textures and composite elements. ***