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AdvancedManufacturingforTexas

JosephJBeamanProfessorandDirectorofAdvancedManufacturing&DesignCenter

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AdvancedManufacturing

Theuseofnewtechnologytoimprovehowproductsaremade.Thiscanbethetechnologytoimproveexistingmanufacturingprocessorthedevelopmentofnewmanufacturingprocesses.

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ANationalStrategic PlanforAdvancedManufacturing*

Manufacturingprovidesmanyofthejobsanddrivesmanyofthebusinessesoftoday.Yetitsroleinprovidingjobsandprovidingthebusinessesoftomorrowisevenmoreimportant.Themanufacturingsectoraccountsforabout72%ofallprivatesectorR&Dspendingandemploys60%ofU.S.industry’sR&Dworkforce.Asaresult,themanufacturingsectordevelopsandproducesmanyofthetechnologiesthatadvancethecompetivenessandgrowthoftheentireeconomy,includingmuchoftheservicesector.

*ExecutiveOfficeofthePresident,NationalScienceandTechnologyCouncil,ANationalStrategicPlanforAdvancedManufacturing,Feb.,2012.

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Design(Innovation)GravitatestoWhereThingsAreMade

Design Manufacturing

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ManufacturinginTexas

• In2009,theaveragesalaryinTexasmanufacturingwas$73,319comparedto$43,146forothernon-farmsectors

• Manufacturedgoodsaccountfor93%ofallTexasexports• SecondonlytoCaliforniainManufacturingjobs

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HighValue– LowVolumeasaTexasOpportunity

From:Anderson,C.,WiredMagazine

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HighValue– LowVolume TexasMarketSegments

• ManufacturingforUnique&ExtremeEnvironments–PersonalizedProducts–Medical–OilandGasEquipment–Aerospace–Defense

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VoxelManufacturing- 1985

VoxelManufacturing

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Strength

Accuracy

3DPrinting– ConceptModels

Prototypes

MachiningForms

Patterns Manufacturing

SFFMarkets

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AdditiveManufacturingStartedinTexasin1985

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DirectManufacture

(A) ConventionalDuct fabricated from Vac FormedplasticPart Count=16(plusglue)

(B)Componentmodifiedandconsolidatedforfabrication viaAdditiveRapid Direct Manufacture

Part Count = 1

MadeinTexas

PartCount =1

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IncredibleComplexityDeliveredFast:FineArtandFashion

Harker

Ervinck

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UTDevelops 1st SLSMachine (Deckard&Beaman)

UTCommercializes toDTM

FirstCommercial SLS PartsSold1988

Ti,SuperAlloy SLSParts

SiC LaserSintered Parts(indirect)

CustomNylon Ankle-Foot Orthotics

FlameRetardantNanocomposites SLS Characterization

NextGenerationHighTemperaturePolymer SLSTestbedSilicon InfiltratedSilicon Carbide Fuel Reformer

1987

1989FirstSLSDirectMetalParts&

FirstSLSmachine sold toSandia19921998

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2002

2010

2007

BAMBI

UTHistoricalAMContributions

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FirstSLSMachine

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LaserAdditiveManufacturingPilotSystem- LAMPS• LaboratoryScaleSystem• HighTemperaturePolymerSystem~350°C

• In-SituMeasurement• OpenArchitectureSoftware

• Materials&ProcessControlTestbed

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LAMPSDesignExternal

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DigitalManufacturingandDesign

WhatisDigitalmanufacturing andDesign?Bycapturingdataateverystageoftheproductionprocess—andby deploying

specially-designedsoftwareandotherdigitaltools— manufacturerscanefficientlyshareandrevisetheirdigitaldesigns.Example Affordable

On TimeProductsSystem

Architecture&Integration

DesignManufacturing Processes

Moving Manufacturing Upstream

Prediction withQuantified Uncertainty

GivesModels - Multiphysics, Cost/time, Uncertainty Metrology - As built

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• Cyber-Enabled Manufacturing Systems

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NationalNetworkforManufacturingInstitutes

• Fraunhofer Model• NNMInot-Fraunhofer morelikeRFPhouses• TexasshoulddothiscorrectlyattheStatelevel

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Selective Laser Sintering

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X-Ray Tomography

Scientific Measurement Systems

Telecommunication

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PART

DETECTOR

X-RAY SOURCE

LASER

SCANNER

PARTPART

Complex Engineered System 3D-Fax - Demonstrated in 1992

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