| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Symposium
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2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Presentation Title |
Investigation of Multi-Material Liquid Metal Jetting with Copper Materials |
| Author(s) |
Maximilian Ploetz, Florian Heckmeier, Benedikt Kirchebner, Wolfram Volk, Philipp Lechner |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Maximilian Ploetz |
| Abstract Scope |
Components are typically subject to a variety of requirements that may be in conflict with each other. Multi-material components can be a way to overcome such conflicting goals. For the manufacturing of multi-material copper components with high geometric complexity, Liquid Metal Jetting (LMJ) can be a promising additive manufacturing process. Since LMJ builds up a part droplet by droplet, there are no mixed powders after the building process. In addition, LMJ offers the possibility of changing materials from droplet to droplet. In previous studies, we have shown that it is possible to produce copper alloy components using LMJ. To investigate the manufacturing of multi-material copper components, we developed a duplex print head that can eject droplets of two different copper materials and produced multi-material copper parts. The investigations show that the quality of the compound and the microstructure depend significantly on the thermal process parameters used. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |