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Method for Increasing the Green Strength of 3D-Printed Metal Components by Modification of Metal Powder

Ferrand-Drake del Castillo, Ragnar LU (2017) FKM820 20162
Materials Engineering
Abstract
3D printing of metal components is a growing industry where the demand of highly precise and complicated geometrical metal structures are met. Höganäs is with its Digital Metal department one of the few companies that do 3D-printing by powder bed ink-jet technique. In this technique a binding material is needed in order to retain the designated structure until sintering.
In this project a 316 L gas atomized stainless steel metal powder was modified in its surface structure by using two materials, (a binder and a surface modifying material “Surfmod”), and used to make TRS-bars and print components. It was shown that it is possible to increase the binder and Surfmod contents of TRS-bars and printed components. By testing the green... (More)
3D printing of metal components is a growing industry where the demand of highly precise and complicated geometrical metal structures are met. Höganäs is with its Digital Metal department one of the few companies that do 3D-printing by powder bed ink-jet technique. In this technique a binding material is needed in order to retain the designated structure until sintering.
In this project a 316 L gas atomized stainless steel metal powder was modified in its surface structure by using two materials, (a binder and a surface modifying material “Surfmod”), and used to make TRS-bars and print components. It was shown that it is possible to increase the binder and Surfmod contents of TRS-bars and printed components. By testing the green strength, (GS), it was proven that in a lab environment it is possible to create TRS-bars with the help of modified powders that have a higher GS than the TRS-bars made from non-modified powders. In order to achieve a higher GS for printed parts further testing is needed. (Less)
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In this report an investigation has been conducted on the possibility to make the printing process of 3D metal objects in a more effective manner. Today the ink-jet powder bed 3D printing of metal components, demands elaborate post-processing operations that could go quicker if the printed objects were to be more robust. In lab-scale it has been proven that printing stronger parts than as of today is possible, but has yet to be proven in a printing operation.
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author
Ferrand-Drake del Castillo, Ragnar LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKM820 20162
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Metal 3D-Printing, Powder bed Ink-Jet 3D-Printing, Green Strength, Additive Manufacturing, Metal Powder
language
English
id
8907567
date added to LUP
2017-09-19 09:03:32
date last changed
2017-09-19 09:03:32
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  abstract     = {{3D printing of metal components is a growing industry where the demand of highly precise and complicated geometrical metal structures are met. Höganäs is with its Digital Metal department one of the few companies that do 3D-printing by powder bed ink-jet technique. In this technique a binding material is needed in order to retain the designated structure until sintering. 
	In this project a 316 L gas atomized stainless steel metal powder was modified in its surface structure by using two materials, (a binder and a surface modifying material “Surfmod”), and used to make TRS-bars and print components. It was shown that it is possible to increase the binder and Surfmod contents of TRS-bars and printed components. By testing the green strength, (GS), it was proven that in a lab environment it is possible to create TRS-bars with the help of modified powders that have a higher GS than the TRS-bars made from non-modified powders. In order to achieve a higher GS for printed parts further testing is needed.}},
  author       = {{Ferrand-Drake del Castillo, Ragnar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Method for Increasing the Green Strength of 3D-Printed Metal Components by Modification of Metal Powder}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}