| Title: | RTO-MP-AVT-139 - Cost Effective Manufacture via Net Shape Processing
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| Description: | This specialists’ meeting brought together technical experts in net shape manufacturing to share experiences and lessons learned, obtain a better understanding of the state of the art and assess the technology readiness of competing manufacturing processes. One goal was to identify the benefits of net shape technologies for military applications in terms of cost, lead time and environmental impact. Other goals included spotlighting gaps in existing technology and identification of future military requirements with an overall objective to reduce manufacturing costs for existing and future military systems.
The scope of the meeting primarily encompassed net shape technologies applicable to metallic components with some technologies applicable to ceramic components and to a lesser extent to composite components. Processing categories included both mature powder metallurgy hot isostatic pressing (PM/HIP) and powder injection molding and relatively immature additive manufacturing (AM) deposition processes using laser or electron beams. Improved non-destructive inspection technology was identified as a major need for use of PM/HIP for critical components, and automatic processing control was cited as a key to realizing the great potential of AM deposition processes.
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| Date: | Thursday, May 18, 2006
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| URI: | http://www.rta.nato.int/Pubs/RDP.asp?RDP=RTO-MP-AVT-139 |
| Other Identifiers: | N/A
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| Keywords: | Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Working Group
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| Reference: | RTO-MP-AVT-139
AC/323(AVT-139)TP/105
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| Rights: | NATO PFP UNCLASSIFIED
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| Publisher: | Research and Technology Organisation (NATO). BP 25, F-92201 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France
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| Editor: | Papers presented during the AVT-139 Specialists’ Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-19 May 2006.
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