- Country: USA
- Summary: TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Electromagnet-SLA Printer
- UST Ref No: 115132627
- Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Government
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: IL-13916
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Opportunity:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its electromagnet-SLA printer.
Background:
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are “smart” materials that have the ability to change their shape or orientation in response to external stimuli such as temperature, light, or mechanical stress. This unique combination of properties makes LCEs suitable for a wide range of applications in diverse industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics, and biomedical. Manufacturing LCEs requires the ability to magnetically manufacture complex structures with programmable material alignment in 3D space.
Description:
This LLNL invention is capable of generating, on-the-fly, tunable magnetic field strengths with voxel-by-voxel alignment. The approach is to use a custom designed Halbach array consisting of permanent magnets or electromagnets to provide a uniform magnetic field in any direction. This Halbach array will then be coupled with a stereolithography (SLA) printer so that locally aligned regions can be “locked into” place by curing during 3D printing. A key feature of this invention is the ability to generate relatively large magnetic field strengths (Advantages/Benefits:
Value Proposition: Increased performance to enable a bigger market Tunable magnetic field strength Varying directions of magnetic fieldPotential Applications:
Reversible and repeatable 3D-to-3D shape change Tunable stiffness architectures Cellular fluidics Light-weight, high-strength applicationsDevelopment Status:
Current stage of technology development: TRL 3
LLNL has filed for patent protection on this invention.
LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demonstrated abilit... - Documents:
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CLICK HERE TO LOGINTECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Electromagnet-SLA Printer - USA Tender
The ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF, a Government sector organization in USA, has announced a new tender for TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Electromagnet-SLA Printer. This tender is published on USARFP under UST Ref No: 115132627 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-03-20.
The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.
