Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
$75,000.00
Additive Manufacturing of Large Functional Parts Using Wire Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
FY 2024-25
Summary
The global Additive Manufacturing market is increasing and on track to reach $41 billion USD by 2027. The design flexibility associated with additive manufacturing allows for industries to lower manufacturing costs, reduce GHG emissions and foster a net-zero emission economy. Exergy Solutions is an Alberta-based energy and climate technology solutions provider, and one of the pioneers in employing metal additive manufacturing as an advanced technique. They have discovered a currently unmet customer demand to employ additive manufacturing for much larger parts than what can be printed with existing equipment. To meet this demand, Exergy and SAIT are collaborating on an emerging additive manufacturing technology as a solution: wire fed directed energy deposition (DED). The use of wire DED to replace castings eliminates the high cost and associated lead time, and introduces the flexibility to rapidly design, print, test and improve. The knowledge and data acquired during this project will strengthen Canada's expertise in a key emerging manufacturing area of additive manufacturing of large complex functional parts using wire DED systems. The optimization methodology developed in this project can be used by sectors such as energy and aerospace and will accelerate novel additive manufacturing initiatives in Canada.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
571100-2021
Name nom
McInnis, Jamie J
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
10
Institution établissement
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2021
Award amount
75000
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
510
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Fabricated metal products
Area of application fr
Produits métalliques usinés
Research subject code
1702
Research subject group en
Design and manufacturing
Research subject group fr
Conception et fabrication
Research subject en
Advanced manufacturing
Research subject fr
Méthodes de fabrication avancées
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Additive Manufacturing of Large Functional Parts Using Wire Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
Keywords
17-4 ph stainless steel; 4340 high strength low-alloy steel; additive manufacturing; advanced manufacturing; materials characterization; materials optimization; process parameters optimization; stellite 6; wire directed energy desposition (ded)
Application summary
The global Additive Manufacturing market is increasing and on track to reach $41 billion USD by 2027. The design flexibility associated with additive manufacturing allows for industries to lower manufacturing costs, reduce GHG emissions and foster a net-zero emission economy. Exergy Solutions is an Alberta-based energy and climate technology solutions provider, and one of the pioneers in employing metal additive manufacturing as an advanced technique. They have discovered a currently unmet customer demand to employ additive manufacturing for much larger parts than what can be printed with existing equipment. To meet this demand, Exergy and SAIT are collaborating on an emerging additive manufacturing technology as a solution: wire fed directed energy deposition (DED). The use of wire DED to replace castings eliminates the high cost and associated lead time, and introduces the flexibility to rapidly design, print, test and improve. The knowledge and data acquired during this project will strengthen Canada's expertise in a key emerging manufacturing area of additive manufacturing of large complex functional parts using wire DED systems. The optimization methodology developed in this project can be used by sectors such as energy and aerospace and will accelerate novel additive manufacturing initiatives in Canada.
