Journal
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adem.201801352
Keywords
additive manufacturing; aluminum oxide; oxide ceramics; pulsed laser; selective laser melting (SLM)
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- ETH Board within the SFA (Strategic Focus Areas) Advanced Manufacturing
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Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology is successfully applied to manufacture aluminum oxide parts. The obtained samples are presented and characterized in terms of density, mechanical properties, and structure. The starting material is a powder composed of aluminum oxide granules doped with a small quantity of iron oxide (hematite) as an absorption additive. A green short-pulsed nanosecond (ns) laser is used in the experimental in-house designed and built SLM machine. The absorption, reflectance, and transmittance of the starting powder for a laser with wavelength of 532 nm are evaluated using an integrating sphere and it is found that absorption of 68% is sufficient for the established process. Various laser and scanning parameters are studied and a process window is found. Densities above 90% are achieved in the one step process. Bi-axial flexural strength of 25 MPa in average is recorded in the ball on 3 balls test. Finally, powder diffraction measured in a synchrotron beamline shows the presence of less than 0.6% of hercynite after laser processing.
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