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Experimental study on Selective Laser Sintering/Melting of ceramics
The project will focus on understanding and analyzing the influence of different laser, process and material parameters on ceramics selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM).
Additive manufacturing is a fast growing field: it started with processing of plastic materials in the 80s and it was extended to metals in the late 90s. Ceramics is the next challenge for engineers and re-searchers and this is the reason why a joint project between ETH Zürich, EMPA and PSI started recently. There are multiple applications for which the introduction of additive manufacturing of ceramics may be disruptive, including medical, dental and aerospace industry. This work is aimed at experiment innovative setups for Selective Laser Melting of ceramics, including special laser sources and tailored starting material.
The project will focus on understanding and analyzing the influence of different laser, process and material parameters on selective laser sintering/melting. The final aim is to find an optimal set of pa-rameters which deliver a stable process and maximize the density of the final part. Important challenges to be considered are first the realization of a good setup and later the evaluation and quantitative analysis of the experiments.
Additive manufacturing is a fast growing field: it started with processing of plastic materials in the 80s and it was extended to metals in the late 90s. Ceramics is the next challenge for engineers and re-searchers and this is the reason why a joint project between ETH Zürich, EMPA and PSI started recently. There are multiple applications for which the introduction of additive manufacturing of ceramics may be disruptive, including medical, dental and aerospace industry. This work is aimed at experiment innovative setups for Selective Laser Melting of ceramics, including special laser sources and tailored starting material. The project will focus on understanding and analyzing the influence of different laser, process and material parameters on selective laser sintering/melting. The final aim is to find an optimal set of pa-rameters which deliver a stable process and maximize the density of the final part. Important challenges to be considered are first the realization of a good setup and later the evaluation and quantitative analysis of the experiments.
- Literature review
- Design of Experiment
- Conduction of experiments using the laser facilities in ETH Technopark
- Analysis of the results, including microscope or other measurements
- Literature review - Design of Experiment - Conduction of experiments using the laser facilities in ETH Technopark - Analysis of the results, including microscope or other measurements
Overview of Mechatronics topics and study subjects. Identification of minimum 10 pertinent refereed articles or works in the literature in consultation with supervisor or instructor. After 4 weeks, submission of a 2-page proposal outlining the value, state-of-the art and study plan based on these articles. After feedback on the substance and technical writing by the instructor, project commences.
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