Manufacturing Demonstration Facility

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The Department of Energy’s first Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, established at ORNL, helps industry adopt new manufacturing technologies to reduce life-cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions, lower production cost, and create new products and opportunities for high-paying jobs.

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  • Additive Manufacturing

    Drawing on its close ties with industry and world-leading capabilities in materials development, characterization, and processing, ORNL is creating an unmatched environment for breakthroughs in both metal and polymer additive manufacturing, or 3D printing.

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  • Carbon Fiber and Composites

    New, innovative manufacturing processes for low-cost precursor development and conversion technologies hold the key to reducing carbon fiber cost for energy applications. Similarly, innovative performance-focused materials and processes can potentially drive significant performance improvements for national security applications.

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MDF Capabilities

Lightweight Metals Processing

using advanced synthesis and processing technologies for low-cost titanium alloys, magnesium alloys, and metal matrix composite products

Roll-to-Roll Processing

developing low-cost manufacturing of flexible electronics, photovoltaics, and energy storage systems using pulse thermal processing and other advanced processing technologies

Magnetic Field Processing

for dramatic enhancement of material properties beyond today's limits, including increased fatigue life and strength and stress relief

Low-Temp Materials Synthesis

for lower energy and processing costs through biosynthesis of unique materials at low temperature

Battery Manufacturing

for innovative processing using ORNL's unique prototyping materials and evaluation facility.

Additive Manufacturing
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Carbon Fiber Technology
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Carbon Fiber Technology
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Virtual Tours

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Polymer Systems
Dr. Lonnie Love

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FDM & Binderjet
Dr. Amy Elliott

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Metals & Materials
Dr. Ryan Dehoff