期刊
出版社
ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4050306
关键词
additive manufacturing; powder processing; binder jetting; mixing; density
资金
- National Science Foundation [1762341]
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
- Directorate For Engineering [1762341] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study found that adjusting the particle size distribution of powders can improve the packing density of mixtures and the tap density, powder bed density, and sintered density. The optimal mixing fraction and maximum mixture packing density are influenced by the component particle size ratio and component packing density ratio.
This paper reports a study on the effects of particle size distribution (tuned by mixing different-sized powders) on density of a densely packed powder, powder bed density, and sintered density in binder jetting additive manufacturing. An analytical model was used first to study the mixture packing density. Analytical results showed that multimodal (bimodal or trimodal) mixtures could achieve a higher packing density than their component powders and there existed an optimal mixing fraction to achieve the maximum mixture packing density. Both a lower component particle size ratio (fine to coarse) and a larger component packing density ratio (fine to coarse) led to a larger maximum mixture packing density. A threshold existed for the component packing density ratio, below which the mixing method was not effective for density improvement. Its relationship to the component particle size ratio was calculated and plotted. In addition, the dependence of the optimal mixing fraction and maximum mixture packing density on the component particle size ratio and component packing density ratio was calculated and plotted. These plots can be used as theoretical tools to select parameters for the mixing method. Experimental results of tap density were consistent with the above-mentioned analytical predictions. Also, experimental measurements showed that powders with multimodal particle size distributions achieved a higher tap density, powder bed density, and sintered density in most cases.
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