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…

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…

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)…

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…

Keeping up with the latest and greatest in AM is a reminder to always be looking for available white papers and publications on your subject of interest.  The progress being made with new techniques and materials is geared toward pushing the…

3D printed components. Ask anyone that's used a desktop 3D printer.  We've all got stories about printing out pieces of the puzzle,  finding the right adhesive and gluing them together.  The fact is, there's rapid innovation and new…

Thanks for visiting the our site. If you've recently taken a deeper dive into some of our past posts, you may have noticed that there's a big gap between May 2016 and November 2017 - what happened to all of our posts?? We did find most of them…

Back just a few years ago the Faye family website, http://frenchriverland.com/, was one of the few solid sources of info on small and micro hydro. They've done some remarkable work over the years and are very accomplished. If you haven't taken a look…

Interesting follow up to June 2017 SMH workshop led by Adam Witt, research scientist at ORNL water power group.…

Getting closer to finalizing a full scale 3D printed powertrain plus conveyance as an integrated system that will be installed at the Rome Mill. The pre-swirl stator housing is designed to bolt onto an off-the-shelf PVC flange. Following some quick…