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• A NASA-funded collaboration between the University of Utah, the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and Colorado-based Elementum 3D is working to unlock reliable manufacturing and repair pathways for GRX-810, a high-performance alloy designed for the extreme heat and reactive conditions inside rocket engines. The project is supported through NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I…
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A NASA-funded collaboration between the University of Utah, the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), and Colorado-based Elementum 3D is working to unlock reliable manufacturing and repair pathways for GRX-810, a high-performance alloy designed for the extreme heat and reactive conditions inside rocket engines.
The project is supported through NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program, a federal funding mechanism designed to accelerate early-stage technology development. At its technical core is cold spray additive manufacturing, a process that propels metal particles at high velocities to progressively build dense coatings or bulk structures without the thermal damage associated with fusion-based methods.
The industries with the most direct stake in this research a