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Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing of a deep throttling methane injector.
Completed
TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)
Description
Design and manufacture of a Liquid fuel injector optimized for Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing. UAM delivers aerospace parts today at 97% of bulk material property and foil laydown rates at speeds significantly better then powder or filament process. UAM has traditionally been applied to 2-D planar surfaces. We will extend UAM into complex geometries and constructs suitable for rocket engine injectors.
Benefits
Combustion research, low cost engines, low cost exploration programs.
Military field manufacturing, Civil manufacturing.
Details
| Technology area | Propulsion Systems > Chemical Space Propulsion > Cryogenic Propulsion |
| Program | Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR) |
| Lead organization | TGV Rockets, Inc., Washington, DC |
| Start date | 2018-07-27 |
| End date | 2019-08-26 |
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