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Ink Jet Deposition of Ceramic Suspensions: Modeling and Experiments of Droplet Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

N. Reis  and
B. Derby
N. Reis
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, UMIST, Grosvenor St., Manchester, M1 7HS, U.K.
B. Derby
Affiliation:
Manchester Materials Science Centre, UMIST, Grosvenor St., Manchester, M1 7HS, U.K.
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Abstract

We have successfully printed green ceramic objects from slurries of Al2O3 dispersed in paraffin wax using a commercial ink-jet printer developed for pattern making (Sanders Prototype MM6PRO). Concentrated suspensions are generally more viscous than the fluids normally passed through ink jet heads. This may alter the response of the printing system to its process parameters, e.g. driving voltage and frequency. We have explored the influence of fluid properties on the ink jet behaviour using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling and a parallel experimental study to determine the optimum printing conditions for particulate suspensions.

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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 , 117
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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