About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation and Artificial Intelligence
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| Presentation Title |
F-35: Optimization of Binder Jet Printing Parameters of an Irregular, Non-Spherical Copper Powder Manufactured Via Solid-State Machining and Comparison to a Simplified DEM Simulation |
| Author(s) |
Mahsa Beyk Khorasani, Eric Rhodes, John E. Barnes, Markus Chmielus |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Mahsa Beyk Khorasani |
| Abstract Scope |
The effects of binder type, binder saturation, layer thickness, roller traverse speed and roller rotation speed on the surface quality and dimensional uniformity of binder jet printed copper parts were studied. Irregular, non-spherical copper powders were printed using varying binder saturation levels (30%–60%) and layer thicknesses (150–250 m). Roller dynamics were systematically altered to evaluate their influence on powder bed topography. Surface unevenness was characterized using profilometry, revealing higher waviness and roughness at both low and high saturation levels due to fragile layer cohesion and lateral binder bleed, respectively.
Optimal saturation near 40% and layer thickness of 200 m produced minimal topographical variance. Higher roller rotation speed combined with lower roller traverse speed resulted in the highest green density as has been proved by Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) simulation via Rocky software. Regarding binder type, solvent-based binder resulted in higher green density, about 4%, compared to water-based binder. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Powder Materials, |