克莱姆森大学已经与美国战斗能力发展司令部建立了1100万美元的合作协议，称为Devcom Arl，创建新技术，以加快美国军方地面车辆，空中平台和弹药的新3D印刷组件的开发。
在整个项目中，克莱姆森大学将利用3D打印机制造商的直接金属印刷，高级塑料和复合材料技术3D系统。
The project will involve the creation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered “digital lifecycle platform” to enable the army’s engineers to design and test new components without physically building them, and the formation of a raw materials database for new potential 3D printing feedstock materials.
克莱姆森总裁吉姆·克莱门茨（Jim Clements）表示：“这项协议是克莱姆森（Clemson）越来越强调与工业和政府合作，以利用大学的研究专业知识来使我们的州和国家受益。”
“I am very proud of the work being done by our faculty that will allow this cutting edge technology to play an important role in the creation of next-generation vehicles and other vital equipment for our military.”
创建数字生命周期平台
该项目的主要目的之一是创建一个数字生命周期平台，该平台使用AI来帮助生产工程师设计，分析和建立组件以较低的成本更快。
一旦生产，该平台将使用户能够开发具有复杂几何形状和嵌入式多功能性的各种大型组件。这些组件可能包括具有功率传输，能源存储，传感和自我监控功能的车辆零件，并且该平台将有助于优化其整体尺寸，重量，功率和成本（SWAP-C）效率。
该平台的最终目的是使工程师能够设计和测试新组件，而无需实际构建它们。
该项目的第一阶段将获得630万美元的资金，以支持位于格林维尔技术学院制造创新中心的克莱姆森复合材料中心正在进行的研究。在这里，克莱姆森研究人员将利用“世界上最大的金属3D打印机”3D系统正在为Devcom ARL创建。
The printing system, which is配备9个激光器武装部队的弹药，地面车辆，直升机和导弹防御需求将使用尺寸为1M x 1m x 600mm的大型建筑室。
3D系统was recently chosen by DEVCOM ARL to take part in a separate research project that aims to develop3D打印拓扑优化的热交换器for the US Army using its DMP Factory 500 3D printer.
3D Systems高级研发总监Jose Doval表示：“ 3D系统是基于创新精神的，我们的客户的独特应用程序推动了我们创建新技术的努力。”“通过与美国陆军研究实验室的合作，我们在开发世界上最大，最快的金属粉3D打印机方面取得了长足的进步。与克莱姆森大学（Clemson University）扩展这项工作使我们能够进一步推动技术的限制。
“这包括研究新的原位检测方法，以及从每一层收集的数据实时可视化构建的方法。”
开发原材料数据库
克莱姆森研究人员还将寻求建立由金属，塑料和复合材料组成的原材料数据库，以帮助研究3D打印原料的性能。
The researchers will print samples of the raw materials and carry out a series of tests to measure their chemical, mechanical, and thermophysical properties in order to create digital models of potential new feedstock materials. In the future, subcomponents will be 3D printed that take into account the complex geometries of full-size components and the observed properties of the database materials.
“The database development as well as validation of the digital life cycle through experimental characterization and testing are enabled using the state-of-the-art infrastructure available at the Clemson Composites Center which includes 3D printers, thermophysical testing equipment, optical metrology, quasi-static and dynamic drop-tower test infrastructure, accelerated aging equipment, high-speed cameras and spectroscopic equipment,” said Srikanth Pilla, Professor within the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences and founding director of the Clemson Composites Center.
Collaborating on themXInitiative
克莱姆森大学is also collaborating with the ARL on another project known as the MX倡议汇集了一支由教职员工组成的多学科团队，以进行基础和应用研究，以支持美国陆军的现代化和未来能力。
根据Devcom Arl的说法，与Clemson的合作将帮助它找到新的方法来推进添加剂制造的科学，同时帮助创建该行业内的新人才管道。雷电竞充值该协作还将有助于进一步扩展3D Systems的金属3D打印技术的应用。
州长亨利·麦克马斯特（Henry McMaster）说：“在过去的几年中，南卡罗来纳州的投资和增长创下了创纪录的投资和增长，其中很大一部分可以得到我们的大学和大学与新的和现有企业合作的意愿。”
“This project between Clemson and 3D Systems highlights the success and the continued commitment of our higher education system to not only provide a highly skilled workforce but to forge important partnerships with our business community that ultimately lead to a stronger South Carolina.”
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特色图片显示克莱姆森大学project leaders Srikanth Pilla, Fadi Abdeljawad and Gang Li (left to right) as well as Shunyu Liu and Rahul Rai (not pictured) will drive research from the Clemson Composites Center in Greenville. Photo via Clemson University.
