Sandia National Laboratories
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. Sandia has a long history of pioneering AM technology development. In the mid 1990s, Sandia developed laser-engineered net shaping (LENS), one of the first direct metal AM technologies, which was commercialized by Optomec. Robocast, an extrusion-based direct-write process for 3D ceramic parts, is another technology developed at Sandia. It was commercialized by Robocast Enterprises, LLC. As of January, 2019, Sandia was conducting AM R&D projects valued at about $25 million, with an emphasis on: 1) analysis-driven design, 2) materials reliability, and 3) multi-material AM.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1761886
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2019-2511R; 673218
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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