TY - JOUR

T1 - Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) of Metal-Ceramic Components

AU - Abel, Johannes

AU - Scheithauer, Uwe

AU - Janics, Thomas

AU - Hampel, Stefan

AU - Cano Cano, Santiago

AU - Müller-Köhn, Axel

AU - Günther, Anne

AU - Kukla, Christian

AU - Moritz, Tassilo

PY - 2019/1/11

Y1 - 2019/1/11

N2 - Technical ceramics are widely used for industrial and research applications, as well as for consumer goods. Today, the demand for complex geometries with diverse customization options and favorable production methods is increasing continuously. With fused filament fabrication (FFF), it is possible to produce large and complex components quickly with high material efficiency. In FFF, a continuous thermoplastic filament is melted in a heated nozzle and deposited below. The computer-controlled print head is moved in order to build up the desired shape layer by layer. Investigations regarding printing of metals or ceramics are increasing more and more in research and industry. This study focuses on additive manufacturing (AM) with a multi-material approach to combine a metal (stainless steel) with a technical ceramic (zirconia: ZrO2). Combining these materials offers a broad variety of applications due to their different electrical and mechanical properties. The paper shows the main issues in preparation of the material and feedstock, device development, and printing of these composites.

AB - Technical ceramics are widely used for industrial and research applications, as well as for consumer goods. Today, the demand for complex geometries with diverse customization options and favorable production methods is increasing continuously. With fused filament fabrication (FFF), it is possible to produce large and complex components quickly with high material efficiency. In FFF, a continuous thermoplastic filament is melted in a heated nozzle and deposited below. The computer-controlled print head is moved in order to build up the desired shape layer by layer. Investigations regarding printing of metals or ceramics are increasing more and more in research and industry. This study focuses on additive manufacturing (AM) with a multi-material approach to combine a metal (stainless steel) with a technical ceramic (zirconia: ZrO2). Combining these materials offers a broad variety of applications due to their different electrical and mechanical properties. The paper shows the main issues in preparation of the material and feedstock, device development, and printing of these composites.

KW - Additive Manufacturing

KW - Fused Filament Fabrication

KW - Ceramic

KW - Metal

KW - Multi-material

KW - Zirconia

KW - stainless steel

KW - Composite

KW - FFF

KW - FDM

KW - T3DP

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060614912&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3791/57693

DO - 10.3791/57693

M3 - Article

VL - 2019

SP - 1

EP - 13

JO - JoVE

JF - JoVE

SN - 1940-087X

IS - 143

ER -