About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2021 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2021)
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Symposium
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Materials
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Presentation Title |
Mapping the Process Window for Reliable Metal Droplet-on-demand Manufacturing |
Author(s) |
Nicholas Watkins, Eric Elton, Victor Beck, Aiden Martin, Phillip Paul, Andrew Pascall, Jason Jeffries |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nicholas Watkins |
Abstract Scope |
Metal droplet on demand (DoD) additive manufacturing (AM) is an attractive alternative to the industry standard, laser-based techniques: low feedstock footprint, low overbuild quantity, less contamination and inclusions, and compatible with a larger range of materials. Although there has been a substantial amount of research in ink jetting in the past, there has been little effort in understanding the operational margins to reliably create stable, satellite-free droplets with liquid metals. In response, we probe the unexplored extremities of DoD printability using a custom liquid metal DoD system. The findings of this study will pave the way to faster design and implementation of reliable metal DoD systems that can significantly benefit the metal AM industry.
Prepared by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.
LLNL-ABS-820119 |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |