Additive Manufacturing of Multi-material Polymer Parts Within the Collaborative Research Center 814

  • Robert Setter
  • , Thomas Stichel
  • , Thomas Schuffenhauer
  • , Sebastian Paul Kopp
  • , Stephan Roth
  • , Katrin Wudy

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Abstract

During the past years additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized the manufacturing world by enabling rapid generation of geometrically-intricate designs. However, up to now in laser and beam-based AM of polymers only single powder materials whether filled or pure plastics can be processed. One aim of the Collaborative Research Center 814 (CRC 814) – Additive Manufacturing is to establish new process technologies to produce multi-material polymer parts in AM. Therefore, two different strategies basing on Laser Sintering (LS) will be explored: On the one side, selective powder deposition technologies like vibrating nozzles or electrophotography are investigated, which enable to lay down different powders beside each other in one process. On the other side, a liquid reactive UV-curing thermoset is implemented into the LS process chamber. After curing of the UV-curing thermoset the powder beside the cured thermoset is molten by the use of the CO2 laser. Both strategies allow the generation of multi-material parts consisting of material regions with different functional properties.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnhanced Material, Parts Optimization and Process Intensification - Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Conference on Enhanced Material and Part Optimization and Process Intensification, EMPOrIA 2020
EditorsUwe Reisgen, Dietmar Drummer, Holger Marschall
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages142-152
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030703318
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event1st International Joint Conference on Enhanced Material and Part Optimization and Process Intensification, EMPOrIA 2020 - Aachen, Germany
Duration: 19 May 202020 May 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference1st International Joint Conference on Enhanced Material and Part Optimization and Process Intensification, EMPOrIA 2020
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityAachen
Period19/05/2020/05/20

Keywords

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Binder Jetting
  • Laser Sintering
  • Multi-material parts

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