ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROJECT CLUSTER MEETING AM for Metal Parts Fundació CIM C/Llorens i Artigas, 12 Parc Tecnològic de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain 2 May 2016 Jeff Grabowski Manager of Applications and Product Commercialization QuesTek Innovations (Chicago, USA)

Design of new alloys specifically tailored for AM Use of traditional wrought/cast alloys to AM processing has limitations (e.g., forging alloys not meant for casting) New alloys designed specifically for AM need to consider: Rapid solidification Intense residual stresses Non-equilibrium microstructures QuesTek has demonstrated ability to modify alloys across Al, Ni, Ti and W to improve properties and processibility vs “off the shelf” alloys

Exploitable results (ERs) Scale up and commercialize QuesTek’s Al alloy for AM, combining processing of AlSi12/AlSi10Mg but with performance of 6061/7050 Further development and commercialization of QuesTek-designed Ti-6-4 Mod, which has demonstrated capability to outperform traditional Ti-6-4 Design of entirely new alloys tailored for AM, based on Ni, Ti, Co, Fe, or other elements, achieving a set of performance requirements defined by an end-user QuesTek has already shown success in designing new alloys that are aerospace approved (AMS and MMPDS) and are being used in demanding aerospace and other applications.

Improved Al alloy (slide 1 of 2) Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation Scale up and commercialize QuesTek’s Al alloy for AM, combining processing of AlSi12/AlSi10Mg but with performance of 6061/7050 Potential customers Aerospace Defense Automotive Customer Benefits Lightweight components Existing low strength Alloy. No cracking. Existing high strength Alloys. Cracks. New QuesTek alloys have unique combination of high strength and good process ability

Improved Al alloy (slide 2 of 2) Technological Readiness Level TRL 4 (100 lb powder run, properties demonstrated on AM builds) Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9 TRL 5: 5,000-10,000 lb powder production run at interested licensee TRL 6: material characterized, creation of design minimum mechanical properties TRL 7: build prototype component and rig test TRL 8: build prototype and demonstrate function in system TRL 9: build component and use in product Main technical challenges in this result Material and component qualification Time to market: 2 years non aero; >3 yrs aero IPRs: US patent pending

Improved Ti-6-4 Mod Alloy (slide 1 of 2) Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation Further development / commercialization of QuesTek-designed Ti-6-4 Mod, which has outperformed traditional Ti-6-4 in AM (EBAM) builds Potential customers Aerospace Defense (ground and air) Automotive / racing Customer Benefits Stronger, tougher, longer lasting components Lower cost (due to ability to use high $ scrap) Lightweighting

Improved Ti-6-4 Mod Alloy (page 2 of 2) Technological Readiness Level TRL 4 as AM alloy, TRL 5 as casting alloy Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9 TRL 5: 5,000-10,000 lb powder production run at interested licensee TRL 6: material characterized, creation of design minimum mechanical properties TRL 7: build prototype component and rig test TRL 8: build prototype and demonstrate function in system TRL 9: build component and use in product Main technical challenges in this result Need to optimize alloy for fatigue crack growth performance Compensate for Al loss during builds Time to market: 2 years for non aero, >3 for aero, >5 years for medical IPRs - Have you protected or will you protect this result before disclosing it? Yes, covered by US Patent US B2

Design of other new alloys meeting end-user defined performance requirements (slide 1 of 2) Describe the type of result and the resulting innovation Development of advanced materials tailored specifically for AM processing, designing using Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, based on Ni, Ti, Co, Fe, Cu, other. Potential customers Aerospace Medical Heavy industry Customer Benefits Improved performance Lighter weight components Lower cost

Design of other new alloys meeting end-user defined performance requirements (slide 2 of 2) Technological Readiness Level TRL 1 Milestones in the TRL progression up to TRL9 ID of alloy performance of interest Full development: from small scale atomization through full scale and testing Main technical challenges in this result Thermodynamic / kinetic limitations of materials Time to market: 2 years+ IPRs - Have you protected or will you protect this result before disclosing it? Some IP in place for certain alloy systems, others not

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