Additive / Process Development / Control
The projects that fall under this thrust area have an emphasis on additive / process development / control.
About Our Additive/Process Development/Control-Focused Projects
The aim is to promote innovation and development in additive manufacturing and joining processes. Areas of interest and focus include: Metal additive manufacturing, brazing, advanced arc welding, solid-state joining, sensors, process monitoring and control, and the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve these processes.
Thrust Committee Chair:Andrzej Nycz ORNL (UTK mentor) Stephen Tate EPRI (OSU, CSM, UTK mentor) Foss Jiao, Huys Industries
Thrust Committee Co-Chair: Bradley Jared, UTK
Projects:
- Adaptive Welding for Power Plant Piping and Pressure Vessels
- Anviloy Die Hardfacing Development for Aluminum Die Casting Heat Checking Resistance
- Controlling Solidification and Selective Alloying Element Vaporization in the Additive Manufacturing of High Strength Aluminum Alloys
- Corrosion Resistant Weld Overlays for Pipelines, Oil and Gas, and Petrochemical Installations
- CrFeCoNi Medium Entropy Alloy Coatings Via Electrospark Deposition
- Development of Interlayer Technology to Join Advanced Materials for the Transportation Industry
- Friction Stir Welding for High Performance Vehicle Manufacturing
- High Melting Rate Tandem GMA Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
- Role of Beam Manipulation on Enhancing Keyhole Stability and Producing Defect-Free Laser Welds in Aluminum Alloys
- Understanding Nugget Formation and Microstructure evolution in Multilayer Welds of Battery Foils