#DidYouHear ?? As Grand Prize winners of @AMCprizes #IAMHydro prize, Cadens is making a splash in #hydropower with advanced #manufacturing! Check out how our innovative concepts will radically reduce LCOE in #hydropower!…

Cadens team is THE grand prize winner of the @AMCprizes #IAMHydro Prize! Join us in celebrating our success as we find solutions for #hydropower! Learn more about our innovative solutions to radically reduce LCOE for small hydropower with…

  Here the pvc pipe is lifted up and out of the way to facilitate the hoisting and removal of the draft tube from the south end flume outlet. It's a bit of a trick and we'll need a couple of extra hands to pull the draft tube due to constraints…

Last week while wrapping up our I AM Hydro prize submission for advanced manufacturing we finished printing this black and orange turbine runner. It was 3D printed using the power generated by a 3D printed turbine on our 3D printed test bed. Later this…

Cadens is proud to present this unique CRADA project with ORNL MDF to demonstrate, test and validate the utility of large area additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies for small and micro-hydropower at our real-world test bed. We…

Many thanks to Lonnie Love, Brian Post, and ORNL MDF staff for working with us on this first-of-a-kind project to demonstrate the utility of large area additive manufacturing for small hydro production parts. A special shout out to Alex Roschli (PI)…

So... a colleague pinged me back toward the end of August that he'd checked out our blog on the conveyance adaptor work we did with the great folks at ORNL MDF. It was mentioned that the date of that blog was from February, So... yea it's been a long…

Setting up the test bed system at the Rome Mill is an opportunity for Cadens to demonstrate the adaptability of additive manufacturing for modular small hydropower ducting and mechanical powertrain components. The wall thimble adaptor (shown below)…

Our vision is a world where energy is clean, abundant and virtually free. Progress can be a long arc and making hardware is difficult - knowing when to plow ahead or when to be patient with the process - the key is to be flexible and open while being…

Keeping up with the latest and greatest in AM is a reminder to always be looking for available white papers and publications on your subject of interest.  The progress being made with new techniques and materials is geared toward pushing the…