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Freeform Fabrication of Ceramics by Hot-Melt Ink-Jet Printing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

B. Derby ,
N. Reis ,
K.A.M. Seerden ,
P.S. Grant  and
J.R.G. Evans
B. Derby
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, UMIST, Grosvenor St., Manchester, UK
N. Reis
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, UMIST, Grosvenor St., Manchester, UK Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Rd., Oxford, UK
K.A.M. Seerden
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Rd., Oxford, UK
P.S. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Rd., Oxford, UK
J.R.G. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Rd., London, UK
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Abstract

Ink-jet printing is a versatile freeform fabrication technique with a high spatial resolution. By suspending ceramic particles in low melting point organic materials and printing above the melting point, rapid cooling on impact after printing results in rapid layer growth. Current results from a collaborative programme studying the hot wax ink-jet printing of structural ceramic components will be reported. The influence of key fluid properties on the ink-jet deposition process are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 625: Symposium Y – Solid Freeform & Additive Fabrication – 2000 , 2000 , 195
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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