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Ceramic-Based 4D-Components: Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Ceramic-Based Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) by Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (T3DP)

Version 1 : Received: 10 October 2017 / Approved: 10 October 2017 / Online: 10 October 2017 (03:21:04 CEST)

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Scheithauer, U.; Weingarten, S.; Johne, R.; Schwarzer, E.; Abel, J.; Richter, H.-J.; Moritz, T.; Michaelis, A. Ceramic-Based 4D Components: Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Ceramic-Based Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) by Thermoplastic 3D Printing (T3DP). Materials 2017, 10, 1368. Scheithauer, U.; Weingarten, S.; Johne, R.; Schwarzer, E.; Abel, J.; Richter, H.-J.; Moritz, T.; Michaelis, A. Ceramic-Based 4D Components: Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Ceramic-Based Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) by Thermoplastic 3D Printing (T3DP). Materials 2017, 10, 1368.

Abstract

In our study we investigated the additive manufacturing (AM) of ceramic-based Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) by the direct AM technology Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (T3DP). Zirconia components with a varying microstructure were additively manufactured by using thermoplastic suspensions with different contents of pore forming agents (PFA) and were co-sintered defect-free. Different materials were investigated concerning their suitability as PFA for the T3DP process. Different zirconia-based suspensions were prepared and used for AM of single- and multi-material test components. All samples were sintered defect-free and in the end we could realize a brick wall-like component consisting of dense (<1% porosity) and porous (approx. 5% porosity) zirconia areas to combine different properties in one component. The T3DP opens the door to AM of further ceramic-based 4D-components like multi-color or multi-material, especially multi-functional components.

Keywords

additive manufacturing (AM); Functionally Graded Materials (FGM); Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (T3DP; ceramics; ceramic-based 4D-components; zirconia; graded microstructure

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Ceramics and Composites

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