Binder Jet Tooling for Automotive Lighting Industry. CRADA Final Report
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The goal of this collaborative project between Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) and Grote Industries, LLC was to develop additively manufactured tooling to produce lighting products in a production environment. The project explored the use of metal powder bed systems to rapidly manufacture moderately sized injection molding tools (less than 8” x 8” x 2”) for automotive lamps. The team designed the mold (male and female), manufactured the mold using the binder jet process, experimented with finishing processes, manufactured parts using the molds, and monitored the wear on the mold to predict life.
- 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:
- 1615209
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2020/1489; CRADA/NFE-18-07277
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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