SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Al-Ce Alloy for Additive Manufacturing
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT Battelle LLC (DOE Contractor), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192
- ZIP Code
- 37831-6192
- Solicitation Number
- ORNL-TT-2017-ID201603698
- Archive Date
- 11/2/2017
- Point of Contact
- Nestor Franco, Phone: 8655740534, Michael J Paulus, Phone: 8655741051
- E-Mail Address
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francone@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov
(francone@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a commercialization partner for a novel 3D printing process for aluminum-cerium alloys. This promising technology was selected as a participant in the ORNL Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP is a royalty-funded technology maturation program designed to accelerate the commercial adoption of high potential ORNL technologies. ORNL Science and Technology Partnerships Office is now accepting licensing applications through November 1, 2017. Prospective licensees are invited to attend the ORNL TIP Showcase On October 3, 2017, which will feature technical presentations and laboratory tours. ORNL has recently developed novel cerium-containing aluminum alloys that offer weight, strength and temperature performance characteristics with the potential to compete with titanium-based alloys at a fraction of the cost. The high strength / high temperature characteristics of the alloys are due to the formation of ultra-fine nanostructures in the material when the alloy melt is rapidly cooled. Because additively manufactured (i.e. 3D printed) components are created by locally melting and rapidly cooling layers of material, the performance of these alloys is optimized in additive manufacturing processes. Furthermore, because the cooling rate of the alloy can be controlled during the additive manufacturing process, the strength / temperature characteristics of the material can be optimized locally within components as they are fabricated. Near term opportunities for the alloy include automotive heat exchangers and turbo charger impellers where the added design flexibility of additive manufacturing (e.g. complex internal cooling features impossible to manufacturing by traditional methods) may provide performance characteristics unavailable with traditional manufacturing processes. Technology Innovation Program: This technology was originally developed using federal funds and selected for further development under the laboratory's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP supports technology development using royalties from existing technology licenses to accelerate the market readiness of high potential technologies. If your organization is interested in exploiting/utilizing this technology, we encourage you to do so via a licensing agreement. ORNL is accepting licensing applications for review from all interested parties, and license applications will be evaluated based on prospective partners' ability and commitment to successfully commercialize the technology. If a license agreement is executed, the ORNL researchers developing the technology will be eligible to compete for additional TIP funding to assist in the transfer of the technology to the licensee. Timeline: October 3, 2017 - TIP Showcase at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Interested Parties can come to ORNL for a conference wherein presentations will be given by inventors highlighting these licensing opportunities, laboratory visits will be possible demonstrating the technologies, and breakout sessions time will be available with commercialization/licensing associates. November 1, 2017 - Deadline for receipt of licensing applications. November 15, 2017 - Notice of selection of candidates invited to license. January 30, 2018 - Final Negotiations of Licensing Agreements. Intellectual Property: Invention Disclosure No. 201603698; Provisional US Patent Application 62/396,490: High Temperature Al Alloys for Additive Manufacturing Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under its Prime Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. Additional Information: Technology Overview: https://www.ornl.gov/partnerships/thermally-stable-aluminum-cerium-alloys-3d-printing Additional background on the Technology Innovation Program and technical business opportunities may be found on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory website: https://www.ornl.gov/partnerships/technology-innovation-program. R.R. Dehoff, M.M. Kirka, W.J. Sames, H. Bilheux, A.S. Tremsin, L.E. Lowe, S.S. Babu, “ Site specific control of crystallographic grain orientation through electron beam additive manufacturing ”. Materials Science and Technology. R.R. Dehoff, M.M. Kirka, F.A. List, K.A. Unocic, W.J. Sames. “ Crystallographic texture engineering through novel melt strategies via electron beam melting ”. Materials Science and Technology. National Laboratory Licensing Guide: https://www.ornl.gov/partnerships/licensing-guidelines. ORNL License Application: https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/license_application_0.pdf. Please contact Nestor Franco, Commercialization Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 865-574-0534, francone@ornl.gov with any questions on the opportunity or to obtain a license application. Please contact Ryan Dehoff, Deposition Science and Technology Leader for Oak Ridge National Laboratory., 865-946-3114, dehoffrr@ornl.gov with any questions about the alloy technology.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Oak Ridge, TN, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831, United States
- Zip Code: 37831
- Zip Code: 37831
- Record
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