Academic Research
Power an additive manufacturing revolution through experimentation, validation, and knowledge transfer.
Leverage the world’s most flexible metal AM research platform
It’s true that Cold Spray has been used for over a century for coatings and repairs, but our system is the only true end-to-end Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing (CSAM) solution, enabling you to build parts directly from a CAD file or scan. Additionally, our open-system philosophy provides academic researchers with nearly unlimited avenues of inquiry.
Help us push the boundaries of CSAM
We’re actively looking for academic partners interested in taking full advantage of CSAM’s speed and flexibility to drive groundbreaking innovation. Our open systems enable you to accelerate research and publish more data.
- Reach deposition rates of up to 100g/minute (3.5oz/minute)– a faster process means quicker results and more data to publish
- Lower operating costs by sourcing metal powders from 3rd parties and eliminating the need for expensive gases
- Minimize post-processing requirements down to heat treating and/or aging in electric furnaces
Accelerate training and workforce development
As industries continue to embrace additive manufacturing, the need for a skilled workforce will continue to rise. Because our printers operate at fast speeds and low operating costs, they provide a unique opportunity to maximize hands-on training in the classroom—and help fill this critical pipeline.
- Enable students to make mistakes without exhausting your budget
- Translate powder handling skills and safety training to LPBF and binder jetting
- Access workforce development grants by teaching transferable skills across AM technologies
Academic work featuring SPEE3D
Explore peer-reviewed work featuring SPEE3D technology and our patented process, and how SPEE3D, and our partners, are leading ground-breaking discoveries in Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing research.
| Name | Date Published | Free Access | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repeatability and reproducibility of liquid-phase sintered Al-bronze 3D-printed parts using cold spray additive manufacturing | 2025 | Yes | Read more |
| A Residual Stress-Based Model for Viscoplastic Self-Consistent Simulation of Cold-Sprayed Al6061 | 2024 | Yes | Read more |
| Corrosion Behaviour of Heat-Treated Cold Spray Nickel Chromium/Chromium Carbides | 2024 | Yes | Read more |
| 3D printing austenitic stainless steel 316L by cold spray process: optimum post-spraying heat treatment conditions | 2024 | Yes | Read more |
| 11 – Applications of cold spray | 2023 | No | Read more |
| Life Cycle Assessment of Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing and Conventional Machining of Aluminum Alloy Flange | 2023 | Yes | Read more |
| Advances in Cold Spray: A Coating Deposition and Additive Manufacturing Process [book] | 2023 | Yes | Read more |
| Barriers to sustainable innovation adoption: A qualitative investigation of metal additive printing from supply and demand perspectives | 2023 | Yes | Read more |
| Antimicrobial property, corrosion resistance and tarnish resistance of cold-sprayed additive manufactured copper-nickel alloy | 2023 | Yes | Read more |
| Environmental impact of cold sprayed 3D-Printed aluminium metal parts | 2022 | Yes | Read more |
| Thermal spray copper-based coatings against contamination of thermoplastic surfaces: A systematic review | 2022 | Yes | Read more |
| COVID-19: Current challenges regarding medical healthcare supplies and their implications on the global additive manufacturing industry | 2022 | Yes | Read more |
| Metal Additive Manufacturing Technology Applications in Defense Organizations | 2021 | No | Read more |
| The Impact of Post Processing Heat Treatments on Elemental Distribution and Corrosion Properties of Cold Spray Printed Al Alloys | 2021 | Yes | Read more |
| Sintering of Cold Spray Additively Manufactured Aluminum 6061 | 2021 | Yes | Read more |
| 3D Printing Solutions in the Fight Against Covid-19 Pandemic | 2021 | No | Read more |
| Antimicrobial 3D Printed Objects in the Fight Against Pandemics | 2021 | No | Read more |
| Effect of build orientation and post-build heat treatment on the mechanical properties of cold spray additively manufactured copper parts | 2020 | Yes | Read more |
| Particle Velocimetry, CFD, and the Role of Particle Sphericity in Cold Spray | 2020 | Yes | Read more |
| Correction to: Effect of build orientation and post-build heat treatment on the mechanical properties of cold spray additively manufactured copper parts | 2020 | No | Read more |
| Application of a Cold Spray Based 3D Printing Process in the Production of EDM Electrodes | 2020 | Yes | Read more |
| Residual Stress Distributions in Cold-Sprayed Copper 3D-Printed Parts | 2020 | Yes | Read more |
| Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) inactivation capability of copper-coated touch surface fabricated by cold-spray technology | 2020 | Yes | Read more |
| Dimensional comparison of a cold spray additive manufacturing simulation tool | 2018 | Yes | Read more |
| Characterization of Cold-Sprayed Copper Coatings and comparison with Wrought Copper using Miniaturized Shear Punch Tests (SPT) | 2018 | Yes | Read more |
SPEE3D partners
This investment emphasizes the importance of workforce development and collaboration between Missouri universities and manufacturers to embrace advanced manufacturing technologies.
—Missouri S&T
