ICME Method for Additively Manufacturing Electronic Heat Exchangers Navy STTR FY2015.A Sol No.: Navy STTR FY2015.A Topic No.: N15A-T019 Topic Title: ICME Method for Additively Manufacturing Electronic Heat Exchangers Proposal No.: N15A-019-0047 Firm: Faraday Technology, Inc. 315 Huls Drive Englewood, Ohio 45315-8983 Contact: Timothy Hall Phone: (937) 836-7749 Web Site: http://www.faradaytechnology.com Abstract: The proposed program will develop an integrated computational material engineering (ICME) toolbox that can enable improved heat exchangers (HX) designs by utilizing the design and manufacturing flexibility offered by use of additive manufacturing (AM). To accomplish this goal Faraday has composed a team of experts in AM (NC State and CalRAM), non-destructive evaluations (NDE) analysis (UC), ICME preparation techniques (UES, Inc.), and surface finishing (Faraday). In Phase I, the team will design, build, evaluate, finish, and apply ICME methodologies to establish the efficacy of an AM approach to produce HX components. Processing parameters for developing the ICME toolbox including test vehicles to improved AM process control, surface finish, and NDE analysis techniques, will be considered. It is envision that the Phase I base program will provide an excellent launching point into the Phase I option and the Phase II period such that the process can be further optimized toolbox that can be tested within the Phase II program. This knowledge could enable commercialization of AM technologies through any number of OEMs within the defense, energy, and aerospace industrial sectors due to their desire to reduce material costs, decrease labor content, and increase availability of parts at point of use. Benefits: At the successful completion of the Phase I and II programs, a ICME based toolbox will have been developed that enables heat exchanger structures to be produced via additive manufacturing. We envision this toolbox can also be applied in other areas including: space re-entry vehicles, diver and attitude control systems, gun barrels, hypersonic propulsion, nuclear reactors, gas turbines, or any other technology that suffers from high manufacturing cost due to the large amount of material consumption and extensive machining steps. Return