Fused Filament Fabrication for the production of metal and/or ceramic parts and feedstocks therefore

Christian Kukla, Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Santiago Cano Cano, Carlo Burkhardt, Stefan Hampel, Tassilo Moritz, Clemens Holzer

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Abstract

Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), also known under Stratasys’ trademark name Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), is a widely used thermoplastic-based additive manufacturing method for polymer parts. FFF could be used to shape parts with Powder Injection Moulding (PIM) feedstocks instead of/ or in addition to injection moulding and after debinding and sintering to obtain solid parts with complex geometry. Currently used PIM feedstocks do not necessarily meet the requirements of the majority of FFF machines available in the market, which rely on the use of flexible filaments.
In this paper, the specific properties needed by the FFF feedstock materials are discussed. Different feedstocks with powders of 316L, NdFeB , titanium, strontium ferrite and zirconia powders were characterised ( mechanical properties) and tested regarding printability using a conventional FFF machine. Therefrom the most important requirements for printable PIM feedstocks are deduced.
Additionally an overview of the state-of-the-art of the equipment, respective processing parameters and examples for currently achieved sinter shrinkage; densities and other mechanical properties as well as achievable surface quality are given.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication19th Plansee Seminar
Place of PublicationReutte, Austria
PublisherPlansee AG
Number of pages9
Volume19
Publication statusPublished - 29 May 2017
Event19th Plansee Seminar - Reutte, Austria
Duration: 28 May 20172 Jun 2017

Conference

Conference19th Plansee Seminar
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityReutte
Period28/05/172/06/17

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Fused Filament Fabrication
  • metals
  • ceramics
  • Sintering
  • debinding

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