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Many thanks to ORNL MDF staff for working with us on this first-of-a-kind project to demonstrate the utility of large area additive manufacturing for small hydro production parts. A special shout out to Alex Roschli (PI) and Katherine Gaul. Looking forward to working with you all in a successful Phase II. The upper right panel shows the BAAM printing […]

So… a colleague pinged me back toward the end of August that he’d checked out our blog on the conveyance adaptor work we did with the great folks at ORNL MDF. It was mentioned that the date of that blog was from February, So… yea it’s been a long time passing since that post! And […]

Setting up the test bed system at the Rome Mill is an opportunity for Cadens to demonstrate the adaptability of additive manufacturing for modular small hydropower ducting and mechanical powertrain components. The wall thimble adaptor (shown below) is a great example of AM’s versatility to produce a one-off, site-specific part; easy and low-cost. The part was made at ORNL MDF […]

Our vision is a world where energy is clean, abundant and virtually free. Progress can be a long arc and making hardware is difficult – knowing when to plow ahead or when to be patient with the process – the key is to be flexible and open while being persistent and consistent with level of effort.  We’ve been hard […]