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TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Automated Arc Melting

Department of Energy · ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF · Special Notice · S-195376

posted 19 February 2026 · closed 11 March 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AJ12

Summary

The Department of Energy is offering a licensing opportunity for an Automated Arc Melting system that integrates an industrial robot with a metal‑melting platform to produce alloy samples without human intervention. The notice highlights faster, more consistent and safer production as well as generation of clean data suitable for machine‑learning‑driven materials research.

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