Project Grant 693JF71817024

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $514,263, was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814). The grant funding is supporting C & C Marine & Repair LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, to purchase and install a Messer Titan III CNC plasma cutting table. This capital equipment acquisition is intended to increase efficiency,...

Metalcraft Marine US, Inc. received a $554,237 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration on April 26, 2021 to support the purchase of a CNC cutting table, three rotating jig positioners, and a blasting booth. The funding will facilitate these capital improvements through April 25, 2023. The award was provided under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814), which aims to enhance the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship...

This Project Grant award of $584,563 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, under the Assistance to Small Shipyards program (CFDA 20.814), will enable Marisco, Ltd., a small business shipyard in Kapolei, Hawaii, to acquire a 335-HP electric air compressor and a Lincoln Electric Fineline 300D plasma cutter. These equipment upgrades are intended to increase efficiency, competitiveness, and productivity within the shipyard, supporting its work in ship repair,...

This $6 million project grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, will expand the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance qualifications framework for additive manufacturing materials and processes. Funded under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program, Wichita State University will purchase, install, and receive training for an RPMI Standard 557XR 4kW fiber laser to extend lab capabilities. A steering committee of subject matter...

Blue Atlantic Fabricators LLC received a $692,826 project grant award from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The award will fund the purchase of an abrasive blast machine and conveyor, two 15-ton overhead cranes, and a telescopic paint booth with air filtration. These capital equipment acquisitions will support the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship construction at Blue...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $219,900.00 to Purdue University to acquire an advanced metal additive manufacturing (AM) system. The acquired equipment will support interdisciplinary research to advance knowledge in metal AM, contributing to scientific progress and enhancing national economic prosperity. Key focus areas include developing qualification and certification methods to enhance the reliability...

The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded Great Lakes Towing Co, doing business as Great Lakes Shipyard, a $781,627 Project Grant under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The funding will support capital improvements including material handling equipment, welding packages, boomlifts, blasting equipment, compressors, heating equipment, forklifts, portable welders, torque wrenches, power distribution panels, machining equipment, and an...

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation was awarded a $1,114,539 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Maritime Administration under the Assistance to Small Shipyards federal grant program (CFDA 20.814). The grant will fund the acquisition of a CNC MESSER SYSTEM PLASMA TABLE, 30 TON MOBILE TRAVELIFT CRANE, and CNC 250-TON, 14 FOOT PRESS BRAKE to facilitate ship construction and repair activities at Chesapeake Shipbuilding's facility in Salisbury, MD. The Assistance to Small Shipyards...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program grant, awarded to Oregon State University (OSU), supports fundamental research on a novel metal cutting method called constrained cutting. This $630,687 Project Grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027, aims to investigate how constraining the chip formation process can improve the efficiency of machining difficult-to-cut materials. The research focuses on analyzing the mechanics, dynamics, and surface...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), awarded a $75,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to American Cast Iron Pipe Company (AMERICAN) to retrofit its Birmingham, Alabama facility. The project will install four 35-MT 20.8-MW electric induction melting furnaces and three 165-MT 2-MW electric induction holding furnaces to replace existing furnaces, enabling AMERICAN to produce ductile iron pipe (DIP) with at least 50% lower carbon intensity...