Polymer Blends for Selective Laser Sintering: Material and Process Requirements

Dietmar Drummer; Katrin Wudy; Florian Kühnlein; Maximilian Drexler

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2012.10.067

Polymer Blends for Selective Laser Sintering: Material and Process Requirements

Dietmar Drummer, Katrin Wudy, Florian Kühnlein, Maximilian Drexler

Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Abstract

If material systems, consisting of at least two different components, are processed by powder- and beam-based additive manufacturing techniques, this could allow manufacturing of products with graded and tailored properties. To provide for process-secure production, the employed materials need to fulfil certain requirements. This article looks into the manufacturing and analysis of components made from polymer blends by means of powder- and beam- based additive manufacturing techniques. The test specimens were generated at varied laser power and consist of an immiscible PP/PA12 blend. Their thermal and mechanical properties were examined, in addition to their morphologies. The investigations finally showed that a polymer blend is generally suitable as a material for additive manufacturing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	509-517
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.10.067
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference on Laser Assisted Net Shape Engineering. LANE 2012 - Furth, Germany Duration: 12 Nov 2012 → 15 Nov 2012

Keywords

Blend technology
PP/PA12
Polymer blend
Selective laser sintering

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