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Additive Manufacturing by the Selective Paste Intrusion Method: Effect of the Distance of the Print NozzIe to the Particle bed on the Print Quality

Version 1 : Received: 10 March 2023 / Approved: 13 March 2023 / Online: 13 March 2023 (15:35:22 CET)

How to cite: Straßer, A.; Haynack, A.; Kränkel, T.; Gehlen, C. Additive Manufacturing by the Selective Paste Intrusion Method: Effect of the Distance of the Print NozzIe to the Particle bed on the Print Quality. Preprints 2023, 2023030236. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0236.v1 Straßer, A.; Haynack, A.; Kränkel, T.; Gehlen, C. Additive Manufacturing by the Selective Paste Intrusion Method: Effect of the Distance of the Print NozzIe to the Particle bed on the Print Quality. Preprints 2023, 2023030236. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0236.v1

Abstract

The Selective Paste Intrusion (SPI) method is a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing technique that allows for the production of complex geometries in concrete elements by selectively bonding aggregates with cement paste in a particle bed. To create reinforced concrete, the Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) process shall be integrated into SPI. This technique allows the production of almost free-formed reinforcement and thus complements the advantage of SPI to produce free-formed structures of almost any geometry. However, integration of WAAM into SPI poses a considerable challenge, as high temperatures are generated during the welding process. These temperatures can negatively affect the rheological properties of the cement paste, in turn the penetration behavior of the paste in the particle bed and, subsequently, the mechanical properties of the hardened concrete. A possible passive cooling strategy is to increase the protruding length of the reinforcement bars out of the particle-bed. This requires that the distance of the print nozzle to the particle bed is as well increased, since it must be possible to move it across the reinforcement. The objective was thus to investigate the effect of that distance on print quality and to quantify a maximum allowable distance for an adequate print quality (for the printer setting used) in terms of shape accuracy and concrete strength. Compressive and flexural strength tests as well as geometrical measurements using a 3D scanning method were performed on specimen, printed with varying print nozzle to particle bed distances. It can be stated that for the used SPI print-heads, nozzle-types and parameter settings, the distance between the nozzle and the particle bed should not exceed 50 mm to ensure sufficient print quality in both shape accuracy and mechanical strength.

Keywords

Additive Manufacturing; Selective Paste Intrusion; Print Quality; Print Nozzle to Particle Bed Distance; Shape accuracy; 3D scanning

Subject

Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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