Feasibility of Using Additive Manufacturing to Produce Automotive Tooling

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1463997· OSTI ID:1463997

Love, Lonnie J. ^[1]; Noakes, Mark W. ^[1]; Post, Brian K. ^[1]; Rhyne, Breanna J. ^[1]; Gaul, Katherine T. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) worked with Diversified Tooling Group (DTG) in phase I of this technical collaboration to determine the feasibility of using additive manufacturing to produce automotive tooling using polymer Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) systems and will potentially work with DTG in phase II on metal BAAM systems. The following phase I goals in polymer BAAM were met: a polymer sheet metal check fixture and a polymer foundry casting pattern were completed and shipped to DTG.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1463997
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2018/848; CRADA/NFE-17-06828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English