Additive Manufacturing – Metals & Plastics

Your Complex Challenges. Our Infinite Possibilities.

At CCAT, we apply innovation in our world-class Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) using additive manufacturing with metals and 3D printing with plastics to help solve your complex and varied challenges.

Produce prototypes

Create your ultra-high resolution parts with nearly infinite degrees of transparency, shading, and flexibility using plastic resins — ABS-like, polycarbonate and elastomer.
Develop solutions with metals including steels (mild, tool, and stainless); alloys of aluminum, nickel, titanium, cobalt, and copper; and refractory metals.

Repair components

Add materials to your existing part for unique repairs or modifications.
Enhance your materials with fully dense metals using laser powder directed energy deposition.
Research and test your repair process.

Build new parts

Fabricate your parts with integrated features and properties rapidly.
Blend materials seamlessly during the build cycle.
Print pre-production parts.

Technology that delivers

Add/subtract material with DMG Mori LASERTEC 65 3D5 hybrid manufacturing 5-axis machine
Controlled atmosphere builds with Optomec 850R LENS system using multiple hopper powder metal feeds (35x59x35 inch environment)
ProJet 5500X with multi-jet 3D printing for plastics (750X750X890 DPI resolution)

Count on CCAT

Contact us today to talk about your challenges and how we can help you succeed. Discounts and grant opportunities for Connecticut and Massachusetts companies with fewer than 500 employees may be available.

Tell us what you need

Simply complete the technology demonstration and adoption support form and indicate what areas you are interested in. We will contact you to talk more about possible funding and grant opportunities.

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I want to thank you on behalf of Barnes Aerospace for the laser cladding studies performed at CCAT. The studies provided Barnes Aerospace with enough evidence to invest in Laser Cladding equipment. Additionally, we very much appreciate your guidance, suggestions and comments during our equipment assessment meeting you participated in at one of our Connecticut divisions. I am quite certain we would have gone down a less rewarding path without your guidance.

Allan Dygon, Director of Engineering, Barnes Aerospace

Produced two excellent parts for us, using the ProJet 5500X which is a unique capability only accessible thanks to CCAT. The fact that CCAT can work with student SolidWorks files which are not always the highest quality is greatly appreciated.

Allan Penda, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hartford

I greatly appreciate the quality support given to University of Hartford student projects and look forward to working in the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 projects. Already have a project that will need CCAT's expertise in 3D printing using the ProJet 5500X.

Allan Penda, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Technical Assessment highlighted opportunities for improvement that will help my company be more competitive and grow.

Anonymous Customer Survey

The turnaround was great. I couldn't be happier with my parts and the service they provided! Special thanks to the CCAT team for working so hard to ensure my project moved along as quickly as possible.

Erik Herold, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Dynamo Micropower

Not only do they have access to the latest technology and manufacturing processes but also have the technical staff to help figure out what it is you actually need.

Erik Herold, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Dynamo Micropower

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Michael Goldstein, Ph.D., Rx Analytic, Inc.

The Technical Assessment process CCAT conducted has allowed our organization to clearly identify the key points that will allow us to run more lean and efficient by highlighting improvement areas in our process.

Michael C. Malota, CFO, Windmade Products, LLC

As a company known for innovation in the development of advanced manufacturing systems, we recognize CCAT's research and manufacturing technology expertise.

Richard Grylls, Ph.D., LENS General Manager, Optomec

The Technical Assessment CCAT conducted was an eye-opener and stimulated some really good discussion with my staff.

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