Sophisticated Equipment, Unique Materials
The Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML) is a 14,000-square-foot facility where Lawrence Livermore scientists and engineers are working side-by-side with partners to develop new materials and technologies. AML brings together science and engineering expertise, leading-edge technology, academic partners, and industry experience under one roof.
The AML is part of the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC)—a 110-acre open and unclassified innovation hub for collaborative projects located physically outside LLNL's fence. This allows partners to work within Livermore boundaries without security access, facilitating collaboration and communication.
Research and development at AML results in technologies that Livermore can use to advance its national security missions and its partners can turn into products and services for the marketplace, a process called “spin-in/spin-out technology development.”
Volumetric additive manufacturing at the AML.
AML Capabilities
The AML houses some of the most sophisticated and capable equipment in the field of advanced/additive manufacturing, some of which are not yet commercially available. AML’s facilities include equipment for direct ink writing, powder bed fusion, electrophoretic deposition, projection microstereolithography, and laser-based processes such as two-photon lithography and selective laser melting. Additional resources include material evaluation and characterization equipment, access to high-performance computing (HPC) modeling and simulation capabilities, and manufacturing systems from several active LLNL research programs.
What We’re Working On
A recent industry partnership involved the AML, LLNL researchers, and Silicon Valley-based biotech startup Artveoli. It resulted in a project whose aim is to freshen indoor air and improve health by combining CO2-devouring photosynthetic algae and LLNL’s carbon capture microcapsules into a flat panel device disguised as a work of art.
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