Multi-material Ceramic-Based Components - Additive Manufacturing of Black-and-white Zirconia Components by
Steven Weingarten1, Uwe Scheithauer2, Robert Johne3
1Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS; steven.weingarten@ikts.fraunhofer.de.
Abstract:
To combine the benefits of Additive Manufacturing (AM) with the benefits of Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) to ceramic-based 4D components (three dimensions for the geometry and one degree of freedom concerning the material properties at each position) the Thermoplastic 3D-Printing (CerAM - T3DP) was developed. It is a direct AM technology which allows the AM of multi-material components. To demonstrate the advantages of this technology black-and-white zirconia components were additively manufactured and co-sintered defect-free. Two different pairs of black and white zirconia powders were used to prepare different thermoplastic suspensions. Appropriate dispensing parameters were investigated to manufacture single-material test components and adjusted for the additive manufacturing of multi-color zirconia components.
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