Purchase Order NNX17CM28P
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- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,954.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to LER Technologies Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to conduct a feasibility study on an in-situ inspection unit that can be added to an existing additive manufacturing (AM) tool. The goal is to provide real-time information about part quality and detect flaws during the AM process, enabling immediate feedback and process correction to save...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $129,975.00, seeks to develop a fast predictive model for selective laser melting (SLM) processes and integrate it with an SLM chamber equipped with in-process sensors. This closed-loop system will enable rapid and flexible SLM process development,...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for $124,932.00. The contract aims to develop a non-destructive evaluation method using acoustic signatures to inspect parts manufactured by additive manufacturing (AM) processes, which can be applied both in space and on Earth. The proposed solution combines laser Doppler vibrometry...
- This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $129,946.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a small business. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and focuses on developing real-time monitoring capabilities for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The key innovation is the use of a line-laser profilometer to perform 3D, in-situ, sub-micron profilometry on each...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. (IOSi), a small business manufacturer, to develop a three-step layer-by-layer inspection and validation system for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The $754,974.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will integrate optical profilometry, laser ablation, and laser ultrasonic testing (LUT) to detect,...
- This is a $754,962 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of NASA to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc. (MLPC), a small business. The contract is for in-process monitoring of additive manufacturing (AM) processes, building on prior Phase I work. Under this Phase II effort, MLPC and collaborators at Wright State University (WSU) and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) will develop a low-cost sensor system to track key quality-indicative...
- This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The objective of the research is to use probability theory to combine physics-based models for additive manufacturing processes like selective laser melting (SLM) and electron beam melting (EBM) in order to predict and mitigate defects, achieve...
- This is a $123,687 Phase I STTR contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Advratech, LLC, a small business, for an empirical optimization framework for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The project aims to leverage in-situ sensor data and process parameters to construct a "physics-capturing" empirical model that can be used to quantify AM process uncertainty, analyze sensitivities, and optimize each layer of selective laser melting (SLM) builds in real-time. The...
- This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Quest Integrated, LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $125,000, focuses on developing innovative additive manufacturing technologies for ultra-high temperature strain and temperature sensors. These sensors are intended to enable non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring of atmospheric and space flight vehicles...
- This federal contract award to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC, a small business, is for the implementation of novel techniques for feedforward and feedback control to improve the control, validation, and documentation of selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing (AM). The key innovations include integrating fringe pattern projection profilometry (FPPP) into the SLM process to capture high-resolution dimensional measurements, and developing integrated computational adaptive AM...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Flightware Inc., a Subchapter S Corporation, to develop a novel in-process inspection (IPI) method called Layer Topographic Mapping (LTM) for laser powder bed forming (LPBF) metal additive manufacturing. The objective is to address low process maturity and part-to-part inconsistencies in LPBF by using a laser profilometer sensor to create high-accuracy 3D surface maps of each layer, enabling real-time detection and classification of defects like pores and unfused powder. The contract has a firm fixed price of $122,011 and a completion date of December 8, 2017. Flightware partnered with Edison Welding Institute, which operates an LPBF test bed, to develop the IPI methods and closed-loop process control.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $122.0k | 5/30/17 |