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Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)

Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)

The Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center, a partnership with Pratt & Whitney, uses advanced powder bed manufacturing technologies and high-powered electron beams and lasers to repeatedly melt fine layers of powdered metals like titanium into one solid integrated piece. This layer-by-layer “additive” process allows for the creation of extremely complex three-dimensional objects without the constraints of the traditional manufacturing process.

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Contacts

Staff

Terry Barber-Tournaud on Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Barber-Tournaud

Executive Program Director
terry@engr.uconn.edu
860.486.3576
Mark Biron on Jan. 23, 2020. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Mark Biron

Technical Support
mab12053@engr.uconn.edu
860.486.0818

Faculty Scientific Advisers

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Rainer Hebert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
rainer.hebert@uconn.edu
860.486.3155

Location

Campus Address

Innovative Partnership Building (IPB)
UConn Tech Park

Mailing Address

159 Discovery Drive
Storrs, CT 06269

Instrumentation

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Wire Electrical Discharge (EDM) Machining

CNC controlled. Removes parts from the build plate and performs finish machining

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MRF Arc Melter

MRF arc-melter with single-crystal pulling option, gas purification, oxygen monitoring, vacuum casting

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Furnace Rheometer

Viscosity measurements of liquid metals and alloys

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LECO CS 844

Carbon-sulfur impurity analyzer

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LECO ONH 836

Oxygen-nitrogen-hydrogen impurity analyzer

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TA Instruments ODP 868

Optical determination of thermal expansion, melting, and sample flexure to 1,600 degrees celsius

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TA Instruments EM DLF1600/2800 (Laser Flash)

DLF 1600 with 2800 environmental module for thermal diffusivity measurements

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Camsizer XT

Powder size and shape distribution analysis

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3DSystems ProX300

Laser-based metal additive manufacturing machine

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EOSINT M270

EOS laser sintering system for the production of tooling inserts, prototype parts and end products directly in metal

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Gleeble 3500

Gleeble 3500 with high-temperature mobile conversion unit and HydraWedge mobile conversion unit

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Pegasus DSC

Differential scanning calorimeter designed for determination of thermodynamic properties of ceramics and metallic high-performance materials.

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Agilent ICP 770

Chemical analysis of inorganic materials

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IPG Laser Printer SLM

Laser-based metal additive manufacturing machine with vacuum, pre-heating, fully open architecture and configurable hardware options.

Services and Rates

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Research and Design Assistance

The Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center offers:

  • Assistance with rapid prototyping and testing
  • Assistance with designing and developing complex parts for aerospace and biomedical devices
  • Sponsored R&D of advanced materials having unique properties
  • Custom training programs and workshops