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Canada Scandium Partners with University of Waterloo to Advance Cost-Reduction Research in Al-Sc Alloy Additive Manufacturing
2026-06-01
Canada Scandium has signed a mutual non-disclosure agreement with the University of Waterloo to collaborate on additive manufacturing research for aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloys, initially focusing on reducing production costs using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technology. The agreement formally links Canada Scandium's Scandium+ division with the university's Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab, which boasts over CAD 25 million in research facilities as one of Canada's leading metal 3D printing research centers. Simultaneously, Scandium is advancing its Crater Lake scandium mining project in Quebec—the largest primary scandium source in North America—alongside the commercialization of Al-Sc alloys. The essence of this industry-academia alliance is to combine North America's largest scandium resource with Canada's top metal printing research capacity on a single testbed, with the core focus being whether LPBF parameter optimization can lower the cost of Al-Sc alloys to the critical threshold for commercialization.
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加拿大Scandium携手滑铁卢大学，推进铝钪合金增材制造降本研究
加拿大Scandium与滑铁卢大学签署双向保密协议，围绕铝钪合金的增材制造开展研究合作，初期聚焦于利用激光粉末床熔融（LPBF）技术降低生产成本。该协议正式联结Scandium Canada旗下Scandium+部门与滑铁卢大学多尺度增材制造实验室（MSAM），后者配备超过2500万加元的研究设施，是加拿大领先的金属3D打印研究中心之一。Scandium正在同步推进魁北克Crater Lake钪矿开发项目与铝钪合金商业化工作，该矿是北美最大的原生钪来源。此次产学研结盟的实质，是把北美最大的钪矿资源和加拿大顶级的金属打印研究能力放在同一个实验台上，核心看点是LPBF参数优化能否将铝钪合金成本拉低至商业化的临界点。