Aerospace & Defense Technology - December 2024 - 18

These Speedy Cold Spray
Machines Can 3D Print
Vehicle Parts in War Zones
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s " point of need " additive manufacturing emerges
as a priority for the Department of Defense (DoD),
Australian 3D printing provider SPEE3D is one of
several companies demonstrating that its machines
can rapidly produce castings, brackets, valves, mountings and
other common replacement parts and devices that warfighters
often need in an on-demand schedule when deployed near
or directly within combat zones. DoD officials describe point
of need manufacturing as a concept of operations where
infantry and squadron have the equipment, machines, tools
and processes to rapidly 3D print parts and devices that are
being used in combat.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, SPEE3D provides cold spray
additive manufacturing (CSAM) machines that use a combination
of robotics and high-speed kinetic energy to assemble and
quickly bind metal together into 3D-printed parts without the
need for specific environmental conditions or post-assembly
cooling or temperature requirements. Over the last two years,
the company has participated in military point of need manufacturing
challenges and demonstrations with military units
from the U.S., UK, Australia and Japan among others.
How does SPEE3D's cold spray additive manufacturing process
work? According to an explanation provided on their website,
each 3D printer uses a rocket nozzle that is capable of
accelerating air up to three times the speed of sound to bind
metal powders together into usable parts.
" Injected powders are deposited onto a substrate that is
attached to a six-axis robotic arm. In this process, the sheer
kinetic energy of the particles causes the powders to bind
together to form a high-density part with normal metallurgical
properties, " SPEE3D's website notes.
SPEE3D pairs its advanced CSAM machines with their TwinSPEE3D
computer aided design (CAD) software that automates
tool path development, processes 3D geometries, identifies
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