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November 12, 2020
  Here the pvc pipe is lifted up and out of the way to facilitate the hoisting and removal of the draft tube from the south end flume outlet. It's a bit of a trick and we'll need a couple of extra hands to pull the draft tube due to constraints…
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3D printed halloween-themed turbine!

November 2, 2020
Last week while wrapping up our I AM Hydro prize submission for advanced manufacturing we finished printing this black and orange turbine runner. It was 3D printed using the power generated by a 3D printed turbine on our 3D printed test bed. Later this…
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ULH test bed – large area additive manufacturing

August 22, 2020
Cadens is proud to present this unique CRADA project with ORNL MDF to demonstrate, test and validate the utility of large area additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies for small and micro-hydropower at our real-world test bed. We…
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BAAM G-Code and Dashboard

June 9, 2020
Many thanks to Lonnie Love, Brian Post, and 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)…
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Blogs – and catching up

November 18, 2019
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…
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Test bed system – wall thimble adaptor

February 13, 2019
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)…
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Cadens’ CRADA with ORNL

October 25, 2018
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…
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Advancements in AM materials

July 5, 2018
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…
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Print orientation

March 2, 2018
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…
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Happy 2018!

January 18, 2018
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…
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