10–12 Nov 2026
Arcotel Wimberger
Europe/Vienna timezone

Multiphysics Modeling of Shell Printing in Binder-Jetted 17-4PH Stainless Steel

10 Nov 2026, 16:10
20m
Room 2

Room 2

Oral Presentation Sinter based MAM processes Sinter based MAM Processes

Speaker

Mr Ziping Sang (Institute of Applied Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics at RWTH Aachen e. V. (IAPK), 52062 Aachen, Germany)

Description

Shell printing represents as an alternative binder jetting strategy in which binder is only applied to the outer shell, while the core region remains binder-free. Experiments on shell printed 17-4PH stainless steels showed reduced sintering anisotropy due to elimination of the process-induced layer-wise porosity in the core. In this work, we developed a multiphysics modeling framework to study the interlayer pore formation in the shell and the particle packing during shell printing as well as the subsequent sintering behavior. The former was realized by coupled computational fluid dynamics- discrete element method simulations to analyze the binder infiltration and the binder-driven particle rearrangement during printing. The resulted powder packing was implemented in the kinetic Monte Carlo Potts simulation to study the sintering behavior in the shell, core, and at the shell-core interfaces. The good agreement between the simulated and experimentally obtained microstructure confirms the validity of the framework.

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Author

Mr Ziping Sang (Institute of Applied Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics at RWTH Aachen e. V. (IAPK), 52062 Aachen, Germany)

Co-authors

Dr Anke Kaletsch (Institute of Applied Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics at RWTH Aachen e. V. (IAPK), 52062 Aachen, Germany) Prof. Christoph Broeckmann (Institute for Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering (IWM), RWTH Aachen, 52062 Aachen, Germany) Mr Emil-Elias Breuer (Manufacturing Technology Institute (MTI), RWTH Aachen, 52062 Aachen, Germany) Prof. Thomas Bergs (Manufacturing Technology Institute (MTI), RWTH Aachen, 52062 Aachen, Germany) Mr Yuanbin Deng (Institute for Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering (IWM), RWTH Aachen, 52062 Aachen, Germany)

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