Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)
Contacts
Staff
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Barber-Tournaud
Executive Program Director
- terry@engr.uconn.edu
860.486.3576
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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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Arcam Electron Beam Melting A2X Machine
Capable of manufacturing large, complex metal parts at high temperatures
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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