Rapid manufacturing of metal-ceramic composites

Fwu Hsing Liu, Tsui Yen Ni, Yunn Shiuan Liao, Yung Kang Shen, Kuen Ting

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Abstract

This paper presents a layer manufacturing technology called selective laser gelling (SLG) to fabricate metal-ceramic composites green parts which are difficult to construct using traditional methods for fabricating composites. When a layer of metal-ceramic slurry is scanned via Nd: YAG laser radiation, the metal particles are gelled together by the silica sol to form a composites part. In comparison with other composites processes, the features of this process include lower laser forming energy, faster fabrication speed, less dimensional variations. The material composition is mixing by the stainless steel powder and a silica sol in a proportion of 75 to 25 wt. %. A series of experiments was conducted to obtain the smallest pave-able layer thickness of 50 uμ on an experimental rapid prototyping (RP) machine. The feasibility of this process was demonstrated by manufacturing a gear shaped prototype with a surface finish of 18μm under a laser energy density of 3.5 J/mm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)485-488
Number of pages4
JournalKey Engineering Materials
Volume419-420
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Composites
  • Forming
  • Laser gelling
  • Rapid prototyping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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