The University of British Columbia (UBC) has become the first Canadian university to install an Arcam EBM Q20plus 3D printer in a research setting. The installation of the GE additive metal (AM) system at UBC was enabled by investments from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to address the hurdles slowing the adoption of metal AM in Canadian industries.
The goal of the network is to find solutions that will promote the use of metal AM across Canadas various industries and to facilitate collaborations between research groups working in advanced materials processing and characterization, powder synthesis, alloy development, advanced process simulation and modeling, tool-path planning, controls, sensing and applications.
The HI-AM group, which brings together metal additive manufacturing experts from seven Canadian universities, is focused on four main research pillars:
Material development tailored with optimum process parameters
Advanced process modeling and couple component/process design
In-line monitoring/metrology and intelligent process control strategies
Innovative additive processes and additively manufactured parts
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