Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing

Open Opportunities

SLS powder flowability ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing See attached document Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Printing Technology Bachelor Thesis, ETH Organization's Labels (ETHZ), IDEA League Student Grant (IDL), Lab Practice, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Effective beam shaping for metal selective laser melting additive manufacturing ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Metal selective laser melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing technique that fuses together many thin layers of metal powder to form a three-dimensional part. To date, most SLM machines use lasers with a Gaussian beam profile, which is suboptimal for this process and limits the build rate. In thi Alloy Materials, CAD/CAM Systems, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Printing Technology, Robotics and Mechatronics, Welding Technology Master Thesis, Semester Project

Development of instrumentation and analytics for powder bed quality for additive manufacturing ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing The quality of powder bed-based additive manufacturing processes is heavily dependent on the uniformity and repeatability of the powder spreading process. Left undetected, deviations in the powder bed can result in defective parts, which may lead to catastrophic failures. This project is to develop instrumentation and signal processing algorithms that can detect and classify anomalies in the powder bed of a metal 3D printer. Alloy Materials, Control Engineering, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Printing Technology, Robotics and Mechatronics, Safety and Quality Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Design and fabrication of thermally tunable metallic structures ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Certain design applications require structures that remain dimensionally stable despite large swings in ambient temperature. Typically, these make use of exotic materials that are highly toxic and challenging to machine. In this project, we will investigate the producibility of dimensionally stable metallic structures that are produced from conventional materials via a novel additive manufacturing (i.e. 3D printing) process. Alloy Materials, CAD/CAM Systems, Composite Materials, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Printing Technology, Process Metallurgy, Robotics and Mechatronics Master Thesis, Semester Project

Investigation of the effects of foreign contaminants on mechanical properties of additively manufactured alloy 316L ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Selective laser melting (SLM) of metals is a process where three dimensional parts are manufactured by sequentially spreading thin layers of metal powder feedstock and melting portions with a laser. Byproducts of the process, such as soot and spatter, as well as foreign contaminants, such as abraded Alloy Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Printing Technology, Process Metallurgy, Robotics and Mechatronics Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project

High-strength aluminum alloy powders for Selective Laser Melting ETH Zurich Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing A new aluminum alloy meeting typical mechanical and physical requirement profiles of relevant industries and being reliably processable by Selective Laser Melting (SLM), should be developed. Materials Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Metallurgy Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project