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Binder Jetting: A Review Of Process, Materials, And Methods, Mohsen Ziaee, Nathan B. Crane Aug 2019

Binder Jetting: A Review Of Process, Materials, And Methods, Mohsen Ziaee, Nathan B. Crane

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Binder Jet printing is an additive manufacturing technique that dispenses liquid binding agent on powder. Layers are formed repeatedly to build up a physical article. Binder jetting (BJ) can be adapted to almost any powder with high production rates. The BJ process utilizes a broad range of technologies including printing methods, powder deposition, dynamic binder/powder interaction, and post-processing methods. A wide variety of materials have been demonstrated including polymers, metals, and ceramics, but a common challenge is developing printing and post-processing methods that maximize part performance. This article presents a broad review of technologies and approaches that have been applied …


Experimental And Theoretical Investigation Of Mechanical Response Of Laser-Sintered Diamond Lattice Structures, Clayton Neff, Neil Hopkinson, Nathan B. Crane Aug 2018

Experimental And Theoretical Investigation Of Mechanical Response Of Laser-Sintered Diamond Lattice Structures, Clayton Neff, Neil Hopkinson, Nathan B. Crane

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Typically additive manufacturing (AM) processes are limited to a single material per part while many products benefit from the integration of multiple materials with varied properties. To achieve the benefits of multiple materials, the geometric freedom of AM could be used to build internal structures that emulate a range of different material properties such as stiffness, Poisson’s ratio, and elastic limit using only one build material. This paper examines the range of properties that can be simulated using diamond lattice structures manufactured from Nylon 12 with a commercial laser sintering process. Diamond lattices were fabricated with a unit cell length …