Funded by a $3M grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Auburn University’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) is set to commence a two-year project to improve air travel. The NCAME engineers will use industrial 3D printers to produce metal components for commercial aircraft, delving deeper into the process and materials to fine-tune […]
Additive manufacturing put to the test by new $1.5M x-ray CT system at Auburn University
The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University, Alabama, is now home to a $1.5 million x-ray CT system. The new machine is to be applied to the nondestructive testing (NDT) of 3D printed parts, essential to the university’s programs to produce “mission critical” parts for aerospace and aviation industries. The system was […]
Auburn receives $5.2M NASA contract, seeks to make Alabama the “go-to-state” for additive manufacturing
The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University, Alabama, has been awarded a $5.2 million contract from NASA. Under this contract, the NCAME will apply its expertise to help improve the performance of liquid rocket engines, like the RS-25 Space Shuttle main engine (SSME). Christopher B. Roberts, dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, home […]