Projects
Development of an extrusion-based multimaterial (metal/ceramic) additive manufacturing technology for electrical machine components KU Leuven
The geometry of electrical machine components has been constrained due to limitations of conventional manufacturing techniques, while one possible solution to this issue is to resort to additive manufacturing. This project aims to develop metal and ceramic filaments for fused filament fabrication (FFF), along with the related printing and post-processing techniques for the purpose of electrical machines. The doctoral program will start with ...
Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Materials KU Leuven
Selective laser melting (SLM) is a powder-bed additive manufacturing process in which an object is built by selectively melting the fine powder by high-power laser in a layer-wise manner. It holds the advantage of producing complex-shaped parts with high density. For the concern of powder cross-contamination, the commercial SLM enables mostly the fabrication of single-material components in a single manufacturing operation. Recently, ...
Powder bed multi-material additive manufacturing process KU Leuven
Digital, intelligent manufacturing and the application of new materials represented by additive manufacturing will reshape the relationship between manufacturing and service industries, reshape the comparative advantages of countries and regions, reshape the economic development pattern, and accelerate the process of the third industrial revolution. Multi-material additive manufacturing represents the forefront and future direction of ...
MULTIMAT: multi-material additive manufacturing through laser powder bed fusion KU Leuven
Powder-based additive manufacturing techniques are evolving rapidly during the last 10 years. A recently emerging trend is the use of more than one material in a single production run. This is mainly driven by the industrial demand to add more functionalities and hence more value in the produced parts to offset the relatively high (additive) manufacturing costs. Especially in powder-based manufacturing routes, multi-material manufacturing ...
Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing for Electrical Machines with increased performance (AM4EM) KU Leuven
AM4EM will investigate the use of additive manufactured (AM) parts into electrical machines (EM). In particular, we aim at additively manufactured parts that are in the electromagnetic path of the machine, like the windings or elements of the stator/rotor core. In order to do so, there is a need for additive manufacturing processes that are able to print multi-materials (MM). Multimaterials means that we can combine the following materials in ...
Structural and surface integrity assessment of multi-material components produced via wire and arc additive manufacturing KU Leuven
Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) stands out by providing high production capacity and manufacturing flexibility for additive manufacturing of large components. As-built and machined multi-material components are in demand. Multi-material additive manufacturing is always a challenge due to structural and surface integrity limitations and the difficulty of machining. Consequently, it is imperative to interpret the results of the ...
Multi-material Additive Manufacturing KU Leuven
Fundamental Study on Next Generation Multi-Material Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing KU Leuven
Process control and basic mechanisms in Multi-Material Laser Additive Manufacturing of Cu/Ni-alloy/Steel System KU Leuven
Currently, direct net shaping of metal parts is one of the hot topics in Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) with two main development directions: Laser Melting Deposition (LMD) and Selective Laser Melting (SLM). LMD is based on the laser powder feeding method, showing the superior capability in printing large-sized 3D parts, while its working accuracy of parts is relatively lower than the parts from SLM; SLM is based on the laser powder bed ...