Material development for additive manufacturing

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Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), is a method of additive manufacturing for the production of components, models and prototypes, which are built up layer by layer from meltable plastic. The most common materials are listed on the page for commercial materials.

At the IAM-WK, this approach was adapted to the replication of ceramic and metallic components. The process chain required for this includes the development of ceramic and metallic molding compounds for the production of filaments, the 3D printing of green parts and the subsequent heat treatment (debinding and sintering).The scalability and production of complex components with individual dimensions can be adjusted depending on the molding compound composition (ratio of powder to binder system) and the nozzle diameter used.

In addition to molding compounds for the production of pure ceramics and metals, powder-plastic mixtures are also developed that are not thermally post-treated.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Dorit Nötzel