Additive Manufacturing Options Ltd. (AMS) has introduced it’s working with the UK’S Ministry of Defence (MOD) Defence Gear & Assist (DE&S) to discover the technical feasibility of recovering crucial supplies from surplus defence property.
The partnership goals to help the MOD’s efforts to construct a resilient and sustainable provide chain for the UK, significantly for the sourcing of in-demand supplies equivalent to titanium. The information follows the same announcement from AMS earlier this yr relating to an Innovate UK funded mission that goals to research the potential to recycle excessive worth scrap aerospace components into steel additive manufacturing (AM) feedstock for customers within the UK. AMS will recycle scrap aerospace components into powder which can then be examined and used to fabricate new components.
AMS Director & CEO Robert Higham mentioned: “AMS has tirelessly constructed momentum and experience inside the additive powder market, with a pointy concentrate on offering recycled feedstocks. This settlement represents the subsequent part in our mission to commercialise recycled supplies inside the additive manufacturing feedstock market. It stands as a crowning achievement in AMS’ historical past. Supporting the MOD in addressing crucial mineral accessibility and functionality is an honour and a testomony to the efforts of your entire AMS crew.”
The preliminary part will embody a complete functionality evaluation for the MOD, incorporating trials of atomisation, AM feasibility, and exploration of future supplies. AMS goals to ship demonstrative geometry utilising recycled feedstocks, by collaboration with a major MOD provider. The end result will advance in direction of subsequent phases specializing in materials qualification and industrialisation.
Thomas Powell, S’s Submarine Recycling, Sustainability & Innovation Programme Supervisor at DE&S commented: “This modern technical feasibility research, to be delivered by Additive Manufacturing Options Ltd., is one other assured step forwards on MOD’s sustainability and round financial system journey. It’s a delight to have the ability to associate with Additive Manufacturing Options Ltd. and UK Strategic Command Defence Assist to advance the MOD’s understanding as as to if redundant and surplus Defence Property will be upcycled into new capabilities thereby lowering prices, growing resiliency, maximising operational availability and enabling MOD to capitalise on and exploit new and rising applied sciences for optimum operational benefit.”
