UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PROFILE
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Background - MSAM
The Faculty of Engineering’s Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Laboratory, hosted at the University of Waterloo, is one of the largest research and development additive manufacturing facilities in the world:
http://msam-uwaterloo.ca/
The University of Waterloo, on behalf of MSAM, has entered into the Collaborative Science Technology & Innovation Program with the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada to research the development and characterization of metal additive manufacturing powders and parts.
Project Overview -
This collaboration proposes an investment in equipment that will extend the University of Waterloo’s Multi-scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) lab’s capabilities in metal additive manufacturing, powder processing and process characterization, and includes the acquisition of plasma equipment for the synthesis and treatment of powders.
This equipment is required as an entirely integrated turn-key system, providing the flexibility to process different materials (metal, ceramic, composites) from different sources (solid, gas, potentially liquid and suspensions if the appropriate system is added), switching easily from one material to another, ensuring the compatibility with NRC existing instrument, satisfying stringent safety requirements on material containment, collection, and handling, and providing the possibility to transfer treatment and fabrication process to the industry on similar or larger systems.
The project budget for this piece of equipment/system is less than $565,000 CAD, not including HST.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted via email to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP, Senior Buyer - Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
