Recycling & Reusing Aerospace Materials for Additive Manufacturing (R2AM2)

该项目的目的是探索在增材制造（AM）中使用回收金属材料的可行性和实际可能性。该项目旨在研究在AM中使用更便宜的原料的潜在好处，因为传统的原料，如粉末，线材和棒材比它们的锻造变体更昂贵。虽然使用增材制造的成本有时可以通过提高性能或简化物料清单和零件数量来抵消，但成本因素有时可能过于强大，导致组织转向高废物产生方法。为了支持AM的潜在原料机会，该项目将研究回收零件转化为金属AM原料的能力。选择零件作为起点是因为航空航天废弃零件的准备，来自回收印刷后废物（如支撑结构），以及退役产品再生的潜力。该项目将提供转换过程输出的技术概述，并尝试使用新工艺进行雾化。雾化试验的结果将通知项目团队，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。

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.