GE Additive has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy ‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( ORNL ).

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The agreement focuses on processes, materials and software to drive industrialization and encourage the broader adoption of additive manufacturing technology. For more information see the IDTechEx report on 3D Printing 2019-2029 . The agreement supersedes an existing CRADA in place since 2012 between ORNL and GE Additive Arcam EBM.

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ORNL purchased its first Arcam EBM system in 2009 for the US Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since that time, ORNL and the Arcam EBM teams have worked together to create opportunities for companies, in multiple US manufacturing sectors, to adopt electron beam melting technology (EBM). The research objectives of CRADA with Arcam EBM focused on: improving the process reliability of EBM technology through the use of in-situ process […]

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