Mohawk College Additive Manufacturing Resource Centre (AMRC)
Support industry innovation using new manufacturing technologies
Provide a test bed for industry to develop new products and processes
Host additive manufacturing training, conferences and workshops
Partner with industry on applied research projects
Additive Manufacturing Resource Centre (AMRC) Supporting Industry Innovation Additive manufacturing- sometimes known as 3D printing - is a technique that integrates digital technology with machine equipment to build 3D models, prototypes, tooling, and production parts, layer by layer. Additive manufacturing builds parts up from powder material rather than cutting, grinding or machining materials as is done in conventional manufacturing. The AMRC at Mohawk offers designers, start-ups and manufacturers one of the first collaborative, low-risk environments in Canada in which to explore additive manufacturing. For plastics, we offer standard Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) as well as high repeatability industrial Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) equipment. We also offer Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) equipment, which uses a high-powered laser to fuse layers of powdered metal as directed by input from digital CAD design. At the AMRC, a team of researchers, staff and students work with industry to de-risk the adoption of these cutting edge technologies by collaborating on applied research activities. The AMRC also provides a test bed that can be utilized by industry and academia for the development of new additive manufacturing/3D materials and processes. The AMRC hosts
weekly tours and annual conferences to advance industry knowledge and understanding of best practices in additive manufacturing technology. The AMRC has received funding to support industry projects and its infrastructure development from NSERC, CFI and OCE.
A Wide Range of Materials The AMRC is equipped with industrial strength, state-of-the-art machines to manufacture products from various materials including metals and plastics. These machines allow for variation in part shape, weight, thickness and density, as well as type of material. For DMLS, the metal powder alloy used include titanium, aluminum, and stainless steel. The lab is also actively involved in developing new metal alloys and new process parameters. For SLS, the plastic materials include Polyamine and polystyrene. The AMRC has sophisticated pre- and post-processing technologies for design, structural topography, finite element analysis (FEA), computation fluid dynamics (CFD), and design for additive manufacturing (DFAM). Finished part post-processing includes heat treatment and stress relieving, surface preparation and secondary machining.
Mohawk College is the second academic institution in Canada with a DLMS technology (metal 3D Printing) and overall is the best equipped facility of its kind.
Mohawk College thanks the following funders for their support of the AMRC:
For more information, visit www.mohawkcollege.ca/amrc or contact us at andrea.johnson4@mohawkcollege.ca.
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