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Praxair grant to support AM for North American universities

Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced it will offer a limited number of in-kind TruForm™ AMbition grants to select North American universities through its surface technologies business. The grant recipients will receive material and engineering assistance to support metal additive manufacturing (AM) courses and projects from Praxair Surface Technologies (PST).

The grants will provide PST’s TruForm metal powder, which is designed for AM applications. Material testing and consultation from the company also will be provided.

PST currently supplies cobalt, copper, iron, nickel, and titanium-based alloys and offers the associated industrial gases to the AM industry. Its Indianapolis location also operates multiple AM machines in its Additive Manufacturing Lab.

The grant application form is available at www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com/truform-ambition-application. Grant applications will be accepted through Dec. 31, 2017, and winners will be notified by Feb. 28, 2018.