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On June 9-10, 2016 a workshop was held at NIST to develop a roadmap to identify the measurement science research and standards needed to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of polymers-based additive manufacturing. There is great current interest in further commercialization of polymeric and soft matter additive manufacturing because their great processability and range of properties enable applications across numerous industrial sectors.
This workshop was a follow-up to one held in 2012 entitled Measurement Science Roadmap for Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing with the goal of understanding and addressing the hurdles faced by the metals community from the perspective of measurement science. The resulting roadmap played an important role in setting research priorities and funding by entities involved in Additive Manufacturing, such as America Makes. The 2016 workshop on polymers is intended to play a similar role for the community.
Approximately 100 representatives from industry, academia and government agencies engaged in presentations, panel discussions and breakout groups organized around the following topics:
- Materials characterization needs
- In-situ process measurements
- Process Modeling
- Performance
This workshop identified and prioritized the measurement science needs that must be addressed to enable development of optimized materials and feedback-enabled manufacturing processes. This workshop encompassed measurement needs for a range of polymers-based AM materials, manufacturing technologies and end-uses. The preliminary "report outs" from the four topical areas can be found below. A final roadmap report will be issued in Fall 2016 and will be publically available.
Steering Committee:
K. Jurrens, K. Migler & R. Ricker (NIST); Z. Pei (NSF); S. Schmid (ND); L. Love (ORNL); R. Resnick (NCDMM); K. Vorvolakos (FDA)
Meeting Sponsors:
NIST and NSF
Meeting Organizers:
NIST, NSF, University of Notre Dame, FDA, NCDMM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Meeting Handout (Posters, Presenter & Moderator Bios, Abstracts) Updated 6/9
| Opening Plenary Session Moderator: ZJ Pei, National Science Foundation ► Welcome, Mike Molnar, Advanced Manufacturing Program Office, NIST ► Workshop Scope and Objectives, Kalman Migler, NIST ► Current Status of Polymers Roadmapping, Rob Gorham, America Makes |
Panel Session: Characterization of Materials Throughout Their Lifecycle Moderator: Mark Dadmun, University of Tennessee-Knoxville ► FDA's Perspective on 3D Printing of Medical Devices ► Building to last: challenges in additive manufacturing going from prototype to functional component ► 3D Printed Polymers for Biomedical Applications |
Panel Session: Process Models Moderator: Kalman Migler (NIST) ► Elements of Generative Design Driving the Future of Process Modeling ► Roadmapping Workshop: Measurement Science for Polymer- Based Additive Manufacturing ► David Roberson, University of Texas-El Paso |
Panel Session: In Situ Processing Measurements Moderator: Robert Maxwell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ►3-D Constructs--Molded vs. Printed: The differences from a cell based perspective ► Thermal and facture characterization of welding zones produced by polymer extrusion 3D printing ► Molecules to Manufacturing: Expanding the Polymeric Materials Toolbox |
Panel Session: Performance Moderator: Greg Kittlesen, FDA ► Functional Prototyping with Polymeric Materials ► FDM from a Polymer Processing Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities ► Use of additive manufacturing in reconstruction and rehabilitation |
Panel Session: Integration and Standards Moderator: Carl Dekker, Met-L-Flo ► Polymer AM Integration and Standards ► Factors Affecting the Adoption of 3D Printing Technologies (SLS) as Manufacturing Platforms – Role of Standards for Adoption ► AM-Bench: A proposed benchmarking series for additive manufacturing |
Report Outs from Breakout Groups: MaterialsProcess Modeling In Situ Measurements Performance |