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Erie, Colorado<\/b> \u2013<\/span> Elementum 3D<\/span><\/a>, a developer and supplier of groundbreaking metal additive manufacturing (AM) materials, earned first place at the inaugural <\/span>U.S. Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Olympics (AMO)<\/span><\/a>. The company won the event\u2019s <\/span>\u201cMaterial Hurdles\u201d technical challenge<\/span><\/a> with its A7050-RAM2 high-strength aluminum alloy, beating eight other finalists.<\/span><\/p>\n Sixty-four teams participated in the AMO competition, hosted by the <\/span>USAF\u00a0Rapid Sustainment Office\u00a0(RSO)<\/span><\/a>. Each team completed five technical challenges judged by 25 experts from academia, the U.S. military, and aerospace and defense companies, the FAA, Ford, and Amazon. Each team was required to accurately recreate 3D printed parts from an existing Technical Data Package using innovative materials and techniques while demonstrating accuracy, skill, completeness, ease of use, and speed of production.<\/span><\/p>\n The RSO \u201cMaterial Hurdles\u201d challenge saw teams compete to accurately recreate 3D printed parts in their own specialized material. <\/span>Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein, president and founder of Elementum 3D<\/span><\/a>, explained, \u201cWe entered our\u00a0<\/span>A7050-RAM2\u00a0aluminum alloy<\/span><\/a> to deliver on the AMO event\u2019s initiative to obtain a material capable of being 3D printed into components for use in demanding Air Force conditions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The USAF is implementing additively manufactured aluminum alloys because they can be produced quickly and on-demand while reducing component weights and raw material requirements. Employing advanced manufacturing can also reduce the sustainment costs of the RSO, which currently make up 70 percent of the USAF budget. Elementum 3D\u2019s printable A7050-RAM2 feedstock supports these goals by allowing the USAF to 3D print components out of an aluminum material that is lightweight, high-strength, and offers both excellent fatigue life and stress corrosion cracking resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are honored to have our commercially available high-strength A7050-RAM2 aluminum alloy selected as the AM material to best meet the USAF\u2019s challenge goal of demonstrating advances in AM aluminum material properties to address sustainment of traditionally manufactured 7075 and 7050 aluminum parts,\u201d said Nuechterlein.<\/span><\/p>\n The U.S. Air Force has a long history of fostering innovative solutions and these AM Olympics technical challenges were the latest means in generating transformative opportunities within advanced manufacturing. It sets in motion the USAF\u2019s willingness to embrace leading-edge solutions making for a more sustainable Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n About Elementum 3D<\/b><\/p>\n Elementum 3D was founded by Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein in 2014. Elementum 3D\u2019s mission is to significantly expand the selection of metals additive manufacturing materials by introducing advanced metal alloys, superalloys, and composites, optimized printing processes, performance data, and expert guidance that saves time and money and reduces AM frustration. Find more on Elementum 3D at <\/span>elementum3d.com<\/span><\/a>, and on<\/span> LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Facebook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Twitter<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>For more Elementum 3D news, visit <\/span>https:\/\/www.elementum3d.com\/news<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n ###<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Erie, Colorado \u2013 Elementum 3D, a developer and supplier of groundbreaking metal additive manufacturing (AM) materials, earned first place at the inaugural U.S. Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Olympics (AMO). The company won the event\u2019s \u201cMaterial Hurdles\u201d technical challenge with its A7050-RAM2 high-strength aluminum alloy, beating eight other finalists. 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