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The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) has been contracted by Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI) to support the development and management of a materials and process database for additive manufacturing (AM). The results are expected to be made public, a move intended to help align qualification efforts across the wider AM industry.
BPMI, a prime contractor for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, is pursuing the database as part of a broader push to shorten manufacturing cycles and reduce the cost of producing certain components.
Nathan Weiderspahn, BPMI Executive Manager for Industrial Base Management, said consistent, high-quality design property data is “essential to rapid application of AM within the maritime industrial base,” and described the database as part of a wider digital manuf