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LaPlant, Steven Todd

Publications and source records attributed to LaPlant, Steven Todd.

2 records

DOE OSTI2024

System and method for additively manufacturing porous parts via salt micro-spheres

A system and method of additively manufacturing a part via salt micro-spheres. The method includes mixing salt micro-spheres with an additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture. The additive manufacturing material mixture is deposited on a build platform layer by layer and cured so as to create a structure having pores formed by the salt micro-spheres. The salt micro-spheres may then be dissolved and flushed from the pores.

LaPlant, Steven Todd↗

DOE OSTI2021

Assembly and method for microdrilling a tube

An assembly and method for drilling micro holes in a tube including an outer wall having opposing open ends and forming an inner channel. The method includes the steps of submerging the tube in water so the water fills the inner channel, retaining the water in the inner channel, freezing the water in the inner channel so as to form an ice backing in the inner channel, and drilling through the outer wall such that the ice backing supports the outer wall and prevents the outer wall from deforming or distorting near the hole location.

LaPlant, Steven Todd↗