| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Symposium
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2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Presentation Title |
Hybrid Metalized Polymer Core (HMPC), Initial Concept and Design of Lightweight Additively Manufactured Hardware |
| Author(s) |
Shaun Whetten, Charles Rose, Michael Kracum, Jacob Mahaffey, David Saiz, Joseph Padilla, Levi Van Bastian, John Cochrane, Raymond Puckett, Brian Hutsel |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Shaun Whetten |
| Abstract Scope |
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) builds and maintains some of the world’s most complex testbeds which are reliant on advanced hardware. Given one of the main thrusts at SNL is stockpile stewardship, production of these testbeds is both paramount and incredibly difficult. Traditionally hardware has been designed and manufactured with the classical reductive processes yielding undesirably large amounts of waste material. Further, some hardware cannot be classically machined, and hardware overall is becoming increasingly complex. Given this, we present initial concept design and results of our additively manufactured (AM) Hybrid Metalized Polymer Core (HMPC) concept hardware. Our hybrid design approach is rooted in AM and well suited for mass optimized (lightweight) applications and dramatically increases geometric possibilities. Current research includes directly replacing mission critical hardware for pulsed power applications.
SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NA0003525 |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |