NEW: Tech Project Call on Robotic Inspection for Casting & Forging
The ARM Institute is proud to announce the availability of our NEW Project Call on Robotic Inspection for Casting & Forging. The ARM Institute is soliciting submissions that respond to specific needs of the manufacturing industry and the Department of Defense (DoD). Cast and forged components lie at the heart of critical commercial and defense systems, providing a vital contribution to warfighter readiness for the United States. This problem is particularly exacerbated by the nature of legacy platforms, whose designs and processes were largely conceived, defined, and stored on paper. In tandem with the pervasive challenge of workforce availability, the challenges for the United States to produce low-volume cast and forged components pose a critical and enduring issue.
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Project Call Objectives
This Project Call centers on two objectives:
Objective One: Develop, integrate, and demonstrate an autonomous scalable dimensional and thermal inspection system for high-mix, low volume casting and/or forging processes
Objective Two: Develop requirements to expand this capability from manual relocation to autonomous mobile platform.
The developed system will demonstrate the following capabilities in a forge or foundry environment:
- Conducts rapid in-process scans of small/medium, and large parts under hot and ambient temperatures. Discrepancies are identified for rework.
- Conducts detailed dimensional inspection of small, medium, and large parts at hot and ambient temperatures. Discrepancies are identified for rework.
Timeline at a Glance
Draft Project Call Released to Members Only: April 4
Project Call Webinar with Q&A: April 11 at 1 PM ET
Final Project Call Publicly Released; Black-Out Period Begins: April 11
Submission Deadline for Full Proposals: May 2
Submission Deadline for Supporting Docs: May 6
Final Selections Released; Subaward Negotiations Begin: On or about May 8
Subaward Execution Deadline: May 29
Target Project Start Date: On or Before May 30, 2025
Project Period of Performance End Date: May 29, 2026
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