EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

Die forging is a manufacturing process for the industrial and economical serial production of metal components. Forging dies are subject to high mechanical, thermal, tribological and chemical loads. These loads can lead to deterioration of the tool surface in form of abrasive wear, plastic deformation and crack formation. The reduction of tool wear and increase of tool lifetime are major...

The work presented was carried out in the course of a research project aiming at establishing a 3D printing center at the clinic for the in-house production of patient specific medical products, such as implants, anatomic models, and any kind of tools. Establishing a 3D printing center in a clinic poses many challenges. One of these challenges is the seamless integration in the existing...

Pure polylactic acid (PLA) and PLA composite with graphene (GPLA) were used for the production of parts by additive manufacturing via 3D printing. Samples were produced by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), with the aid of the Repetier-Host V2.1.6 software and the processor of 3D printing models (Cura Engine). The PLA samples were printed varying the printing parameters: percentage of filling...

In multi-stage deep drawing, the local temperature development during forming and the mechanical stress on the active parts of tools and sheets are important factors for their tool life. As a result, the quality of deep-drawn parts is also affected. Additive manufacturing (AM), especially selective laser melting, offers the possibility of manufacturing tools adapted to the respective process...

Polymer fiber composites are ideal for lightweight construction applications due to their high strength and low specific weight. A major problem in industrial use is the labor-intensive manufacturing process, which leads to long production times and high unit costs. One approach to the fully automated production of fiber composite structures are 3D printing processes. In recent years, these...

Introduction/Purpose
Development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and ,in particular, Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) opens new horizons allowing the fabrication of parts, are limited or can not be produced in any conventional way.
Additive manufacturing presents the advantage of producing RF components with a high freedom of design while enabling the production of mm-wave (e.g....

Nanoparticles are known to play a crucial role in helping achieve excellent mechanical properties in advanced metal matrix composites fabricated by emerging selective laser melting (SLM) technology. Despite this, the understanding of their impacts on the evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties remains nebulous. In the present study, we adopted the SLM process to fabricate in-situ...