Amy Smotherman Burgess/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Tyler Smith, a technical staff member at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, operates a Juggerbot 3D printer at the MDF on ORNL’s Hardin Valley campus. Juggerbot 3D is collaborating with ORNL to pioneer systems that print both thermoset and thermoplastic polymers.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and JuggerBot 3D, an industrial 3D-printer equipment manufacturer, have launched their second research and development collaboration through the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) Technical Collaboration Program.
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The two organizations aim to expand the possibilities for large-format 3D printing into a new set of materials—thermoset polymers, such as epoxies, vinyl esters, and polyurethanes—and develop systems that can print both thermosets and thermoplastics. The new project will build on the production-ready technologies developed during an earlier collaboration, which ended in February.
“Creating innovative solutions with industry partners is what the MDF does best,” says MDF director Ryan Dehoff. “Our strengths in digital, materials, and additive manufacturing, combined with the expertise and interesting challenges industry brings, allow us to advance U.S. competitiveness.”
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