South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Additive Manufacturing Laboratory SDSM&T South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Dr. James Sears Director, Additive Manufacturing Laboratory             Laser-Powder Deposition (LDP) Equipment TRUMPF HL3006D 3 kW Nd: YAG Laser Fanuc M16i Robot - 6 axis robot 2.5 - D gantry motion system with a CAD/CAM interface Four metal powder-feed systems with integrated CID and CCD cameras Labview Melt Pool Controller Non-Contact NDT Containment & Gas Recirculation Precitec YC50 Annular Nozzle Cladding Head MTS Discrete Nozzle LPD Head Annular and Discrete Powder Delivery Parker-Hannifin High-Precision Stages Environmental Chamber w/ VAC Atmospheres Controller, with < 5 ppm O2, and < -50 deg. C dew point            Direct Write Laboratory (DWL) Equipment The DWL supports the direct printing of mesoscale materials, such as metals and ceramics for conductors, dielectrics, ferreolectrics, and ferromagnetics through use of several DW techniques. The DW technologies available in the DWL include: Maskless Mesoscale Materials Deposition (M3D), Ink Jet from MicroFab, n-Scrypt from Sciperio, and micron scale laser sintering and ablation. With the materials handling capability and the precision of the DW technology, the SDSM&T researchers are able to: manufacture conformal antennas; integrate circuitry with bio-materials; perform research involving tissue engineering, integrated lightweight electronics, and support development of products that are difficult and expensive to construct with conventional technologies. The developed applications will find use in a wide range of end users from the DoD for troop suport communications, improving space optics, developing new sensors for Home Land Security, providing support for cardiovascular research and aid in improving tissue growth for accelerating healing and appendage reconstitution. AML Personnel         AML Sponsors

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