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Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 21/2023

20-01-2023 | Technical Article

Evaluation of Different Sintering Agents for Binder Jetting of Aluminum Alloy

Authors: Solgang Im, Morteza Ghasri-Khouzani, Waqas Muhammad, Rasim Batmaz, Khadijeh Esmati, Apratim Chakraborty, Arunkumar Natarajan, Étienne Martin

Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | Issue 21/2023

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Abstract

Recently, the automotive and aerospace industries have shown a growing interest to implement the binder jetting (BJ) on fabrication of lightweight aluminum products. However, the surface oxide layer on the aluminum particles presents a feasibility challenge as the thermal stability of the oxide layer often hinders the sintering. This study evaluates the effect of three different sintering agents including the oxide and metallic nanoparticles on the sintering of AlSi10Mg specimens. The sintering agents were introduced to the specimens using a polymeric binder to disrupt the oxide layer by locally infiltrating the powder layers. Microstructural characterization coupled with compositional analysis were used to examine densification and phase transformation. The specimens containing the alumina nanoparticles exhibited an incomplete sintering due to the undisrupted oxide layers. In contrast, the added copper oxide nanoparticle significantly enhanced densification by disrupting the oxide layer through a spinel formation. Among the considered sintering agents, the copper nanoparticle yielded sintered components with the greatest relative density (99.9%) by inducing liquid phase sintering.
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Metadata
Title
Evaluation of Different Sintering Agents for Binder Jetting of Aluminum Alloy
Authors
Solgang Im
Morteza Ghasri-Khouzani
Waqas Muhammad
Rasim Batmaz
Khadijeh Esmati
Apratim Chakraborty
Arunkumar Natarajan
Étienne Martin
Publication date
20-01-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance / Issue 21/2023
Print ISSN: 1059-9495
Electronic ISSN: 1544-1024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-07829-1

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