{"id":852,"date":"2017-01-03T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T23:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannonmarcom.com\/blog\/?p=852"},"modified":"2017-01-03T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T23:54:19","slug":"adapt-membership-yields-dividends-reaction-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannonmarcom.com\/blog\/adapt-membership-yields-dividends-reaction-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"ADAPT Membership Yields Dividends for Reaction Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Certification of 3D printed prototype helps win contract extension<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Golden, CO \u2013\u00a0ADAPT, the Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies<\/a>, a research consortium focused on developing technologies to accelerate the certification and qualification of 3D printed metal parts, has helped member company\u00a0Reaction Systems<\/a>\u00a0win a two-year, $750K SBIR contract extension.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis early success shows the value of collaboration between ADAPT members,\u201d said ADAPT Technical Director Aaron Stebner.<\/p>\n

With a Phase II SBIR project with the\u00a0Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)<\/a>\u00a0to develop a hypersonic jet engine part and a need for specialized additive manufacturing expertise, Reaction Systems turned to founding member company Faustson and ADAPT to create a prototype and keep moving the project forward.<\/p>\n

David Wickham, Reaction Systems\u2019 president and senior project manager, said, \u201cThe part has an intricate interior channel that can only be made this way. As it moves forward, our production volume will grow, and we\u2019ll need ADAPT\u2019s expertise to show the part can withstand rigorous conditions. They\u2019ve already demonstrated they can provide useful data to help us do that, and membership helps us expand our capabilities and expertise in using catalysts on complex surfaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Small manufacturers can\u2019t justify the expense required to adopt emerging additive metal technology without a resource like ADAPT. Real-time monitoring costs hundreds of thousands of dollars they simply don\u2019t have. ADAPT membership and access to shared resources, world-class expertise and peer organizations with complementary needs and services make it affordable for Faustson, Reaction Systems, and other small manufacturers to successfully invest in this emerging technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no experience with additive\u00a0manufacturing,\u00a0and started looking around to find the expertise and resources we needed,\u201d noted Reaction Systems COO Jeffrey Engel. \u201cA contact at Mines connected us with founding member Faustson and ADAPT. That enabled us to quickly manufacture the part with the internal geometry it requires, something we could not have done with traditional machining techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heidi Hostetter, ADAPT Industry Board Chair and VP of Faustson, said, \u201cAFRL was right when they asked it to be made additively. A complex\u00a0part,\u00a0accelerated\u00a0schedule, and low volume was tailor-made for 3D metal printing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faustson worked with Reaction Systems to make the part in a few days on its Concept Laser machine. The R&D team at Mines then used the ADAPT lab equipment to characterize the part to show it met design specifications. The result was a two-year extension of the Reaction Systems contract, worth $750,000, to continue work on the part.<\/p>\n

About ADAPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) is a research and development organization dedicated to the creation of next-generation data informatics and advanced characterization technologies for additive manufacturing technologies. ADAPT uses these tools to help industry and government qualify, standardize, assess, and optimize advanced manufacturing processes and parts. Several levels of membership to the ADAPT consortium are available. Founding industry members include Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Faustson Tool, Lockheed Martin, Citrine Informatics. Grant funding from the Colorado\u00a0Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) was provided to Manufacturer\u2019s Edge and The National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. For more information, find ADAPT on\u00a0the web<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, or\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>About Reaction Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reaction Systems, located in Golden, Colorado, develops leading-edge technologies, creating new products and processes and turning them into real commercial products. Much of this work is done through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and carried out by conducting research, securing patents, and cultivating commercialization partners. The company has developed a way to improve scramjet engine ignition; created a membrane that separates carbon dioxide from a spacesuit environment to enable longer\u00a0space walks; and invented a way to map and remove coke deposits to improve rocket engine performance. For more information, visit\u00a0www.rxnsys.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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