TY - JOUR A1 - Baesso, Ilaria A1 - Karl, D. A1 - Spitzer, Andrea A1 - Gurlo, A. A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Characterization of powder flow behavior for additive manufacturing N2 - The flow behavior of powders has an essential role in many industrial processes, including powder bed additive manufacturing. The characterization of the flow behavior is challenging, as different methods are available, and their suitability for an application in additive manufacturing is still controversial. In this study, six standardized methods (measurement of bulk density by ISO 60 and by ASTM B329, angle of repose by ISO 4324, discharge time by ISO 6186 and by ASTM B964-16, and Hausner Ratio by ASTM 7481 – 18), the rotating drum method (by GranuDrum) and powder rheometry (Anton Paar powder cell), were applied to five size fractions of a crushed quartz sand powder and compared. A statistical approach is proposed and discussed to correlate the obtained flowability indexes with the packing density of powder beds deposited layer-by-layer, and these correlations are compared between methods. Overall, the measurement of bulk density by ASTM B329 that showed the best correlation with the powder bed density. Advanced methods such as the rotating drum method and powder rheometry did not demonstrate particularly good correlations, however they provided complementary information which can be useful to assess the dynamic behavior of powders. KW - Powder flow KW - Flowability KW - Powder bed additive manufacturing KW - Powder rheology PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102250 SN - 2214-8604 VL - 47 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-53229 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brandić Lipińska, M. A1 - Davenport, R. A1 - Imhof, A. B. A1 - Waclavicek, R. A1 - Fateri, M. A1 - Meyer, Lena A1 - Gines-Palomares, J. C. A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Makaya, A. A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - PAVER - Contextualizing laser sintering within a lunar technology roadmap N2 - The Global Exploration Strategy of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) describes a timeframe of 2020 and beyond with the ultimate aim to establish a human presence on Mars towards the 2040ies. The next steps lie on the Moon with a focus on the coming 10 years. Early lunar surface missions will establish a capability in support of lunar science and prepare and test mission operations for subsequent human exploration of Mars and long-duration human activities on the Moon. Given the extreme costs involved in the shipping of material from Earth, a prerequisite for future human exploration is the manufacturing of elements directly on the Moon’s surface. Unlike the equipment, which at the beginning will have to be brought from Earth, raw materials and energy could be available following the concept of In-Situ Resource Utilization. The ESA OSIP PAVING THE ROAD (PAVER) study investigates the use of a laser to sinter regolith into paving elements for use as roadways and launch pads thus mitigating dust issues for transport and exploration vehicles. The ESA-funded study examines the potential of using a laser (12 kW CO2 laser with spot beam up to 100 mm) for layer sintering of lunar and martian regolith powders to manufacture larger 3D elements and provide know-how for the automatic manufacture of paving elements in the lunar environment. The project contributes to the first step toward the establishment of a lunar base and will lead to the construction of equipment capable of paving areas and manufacturing 3D structures. PAVER project sets the starting point for an examination of the larger context of lunar exploration. Mission scenarios will look at different phases of lunar exploration: Robotic Lunar Exploration, Survivability, Sustainability, and Operational Phase. A proposed Technology Roadmap investigates the mission scenario and analyses how, and to which extent, laser melting/sintering will play a role in the various phases of exploration. The paper contextualizes laser sintering within selected mission scenarios and discusses the different kinds of infrastructure that can be produced at each phase of the mission. The outcome of the study includes the detailing of the TRL steps in the project and an outline of a timeline for the different elements. Covered aspects include terrain modelling such as operation pads, roadways, or towers, non-pressurized building structures to protect machinery, and habitat envelopes, to protect and shield humans against dust, micrometeoroids, and radiation. T2 - 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) CY - Paris, France DA - 18.09.2022 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Solar sintering KW - ISRU KW - Infrastructure KW - Lunar habitat KW - Paving PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-56519 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cestari, F. A1 - Yang, Y. A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Motta, A. A1 - Sglavo, V. T1 - Powder 3D printing of bone scaffolds with uniform and gradient pore sizes using cuttlebone-derived calcium phosphate and glass-ceramic N2 - The pore geometry of bone scaffolds has a major impact on their cellular response; for this reason, 3D printing is an attractive technology for bone tissue engineering, as it allows for the full control and design of the porosity. Calcium phosphate materials synthesized from natural sources have recently attracted a certain interest because of their similarity to natural bone, and they were found to show better bioactivity than synthetic compounds. Nevertheless, these materials are very challenging to be processed by 3D printing due to technological issues related to their nanometric size. In this work, bone scaffolds with different pore geometries, with a uniform size or with a size gradient, were fabricated by binder jetting 3D printing using a biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) nanopowder derived from cuttlebones. To do so, the nanopowder was mixed with a glass-ceramic powder with a larger particle size (45–100 µm) in 1:10 weight proportions. Pure AP40mod scaffolds were also printed. The sintered scaffolds were shown to be composed mainly by hydroxyapatite (HA) and wollastonite, with the amount of HA being larger when the nanopowder was added because BCP transforms into HA during sintering at 1150 ◦C. The addition of bio-derived powder increases the porosity from 60% to 70%, with this indicating that the nanoparticles slow down the glass-ceramic densification. Human mesenchymal stem cells were seeded on the scaffolds to test the bioactivity in vitro. The cells’ number and metabolic activity were analyzed after 3, 5 and 10 days of culturing. The cellular behavior was found to be very similar for samples with different pore geometries and compositions. However, while the cell number was constantly increasing, the metabolic activity on the scaffolds with gradient pores and cuttlebone-derived powder decreased over time, which might be a sign of cell differentiation. Generally, all scaffolds promoted fast cell adhesion and proliferation, which were found to penetrate and colonize the 3D porous structure. KW - Bioactivity KW - Cuttlefish KW - Biphasic calcium phosphate KW - Binder jetting KW - Scaffold geometry KW - Hausner ratio PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-553627 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155139 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 15 IS - 15 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-55362 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chi, J. A1 - Agea Blanco, B. A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Self-Organization Postprocess for Additive Manufacturingin Producing Advanced Functional Structure and Material N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) is developing rapidly due to itsflexibility in producing complex geometries and tailored material compositions. However, AM processes are characterized by intrinsic limitations concerning their resolution and surface finish, which are related to the layer-by-layer stacking process. Herein, a self-organization process is promoted as an approach to improve surface quality and achieve optimization of 3D minimal surface lightweight structures. The self-organization is activated after the powder bed 3D printing process via local melting, thereby allowing surface tension-driven viscous flow.The surface roughness Ra (arithmetic average of the roughness profile) could bedecreased by a factor of 1000 and transparent lenses and complex gyroid structures could be produced for demonstration. The concept of self-organization is further elaborated by incorporating external magnetic fields to intentionally manipulate magnetic particles, which are mixed with the polymer before printing and self-organization. This concept can be applied to develop programmable materials with specific microtextures responding to the external physical conditions. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Self-organization KW - Triply Periodical Minimal Surface PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-540588 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101262 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Wiley VCH AN - OPUS4-54058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chinellato, Fabio A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik A1 - Colombo, P. A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Gas flow assisted powder deposition for enhanced flowability of fine powders: 3D printing of alpha-tricalcium phosphate N2 - The possibility of creating patient-specific individual implants makes Additive Manufacturing technologies of special interest for the medical sector. For substitution of bone defects, powder based Additive Manufacturing by Binder Jetting is a suitable method to produce complex scaffold-like structures made of bioceramics with easily adapted geometries and controlled porosity. The process inherent residual porosity in the printed part, even though desired as it supports bone ingrowth, also leads to limited mechanical strength. Currently, bioceramic scaffolds made by Binder Jetting feature suitable biocompatible and biodegradable properties, while a sufficient mechanical stability is rather challenging. The purpose of this work is to apply the gas flow assisted powder deposition introduced in 2014 by Zocca et al., to the powder bed during printing of bioceramic tablets and scaffolds using α-TCP powder as feedstock. This enables exploiting the advantages of an increased powder bed density, thereby improving the mechanical properties of the printed parts. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Binder Jetting KW - Gas flow assisted powder deposition KW - Alpha-tricalcium phosphate KW - Scaffold PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-510138 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2020.100003 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 1 SP - 100003 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-51013 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chouquet, Xavier A1 - Bolten, Julia A1 - Prinz, Carsten A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea ED - Vincenzini, P. T1 - Direct ink writing of zeolite-like AQSOA Z02 for envisioned applications in solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting: Paste formulation and effect of thermal treatments on the water sorption propertie N2 - This work presents the development of porous water adsorbent bodies with complex geometries shaped by direct ink writing additive manufacturing. AQSOA FAM Z02 (Z02), a commercial material similar to SAPO-34 with chabazite structure, was selected as sorbent material. Dynamic vapor sorption analysis demonstrated that Z02 adsorbs and desorbs up to 30 % of its own mass in each cycle, highlighting its potential for this application. To optimize its printability for direct ink writing, aqueous pastes composed of Z02 and bentonite were formulated. Bentonite served as the inorganic binder and was responsible for the mechanical stability of the printed porous bodies after heat treatment. The most suitable paste composition was identified and used to fabricate scaffold structures. These structures were then subjected to different heat treatments at 650 °C, 750 °C and 850 °C to find a suitable compromise between mechanical stability and retention of the sorption properties. Scaffold structures printed with a 20 wt% of bentonite binder were mechanically stable (1.9 ± 1.1 MPa compressive strength) and retained a maximum water uptake of ca. 25 wt% after heat treatment at 750 °C for 1 h. KW - Direct ink writing KW - Zeolite KW - Direct ink wriDynamic vapor sorption KW - Bentonite Water harvesting PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-643150 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.09.314 SN - 0272-8842 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-64315 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - de Melo Bernardino, Raphael A1 - Valentino, S. A1 - Franchin, G. A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Manufacturing of ceramic components with internal channels by a novel additive/subtractive hybridizazion process N2 - A new approach for fabrication of ceramic components with inner channels is proposed, as a result of the combination of two additive and one subtractive manufacturing processes. In this project, porcelain parts are manufactured by the Layerwise Slurry Deposition (LSD) process, meanwhile end milling and Direct Ink Writing (DIW) are applied to create channels on the surface of the deposited ceramic. Unique to the LSD process is the Formation of a freestanding powder bed with a mechanical strength comparable to conventional slip casted ceramic green bodies. Combining these three processes allows the manufacturing of ceramic objects containing an internal path of ink, which in this case was a graphite-based ink that can be further eliminated by heat treatment to obtain a porcelain object embedded with channels. The results show the capabilities of this method and its potential to fabricate not only parts with inner channels, but also multi-material and multi-functional components (such as integrated electronic circuits). KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Layerwise Slurry Deposition KW - Hybrid Manufacturing PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-510012 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666539520300109?via%3Dihub DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2020.100010 VL - 2 SP - 100010 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-51001 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diener, S. A1 - Schubert, Hendrik A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Ink development for the additive manufacturing of strong green parts by layerwise slurry deposition (LSD-print) N2 - Obtaining dense fine ceramics by the binder jetting additive manufacturing process is challenging. A slurry-based binder jetting process, such as the layerwise slurry deposition (LSD-print) process, can enable the printing of dense ceramic parts. This work describes a procedure to develop and qualify a suitable ink to manufacture silicon carbide green parts by LSD-print. Not only the printability but also the compatibility of the ink with the powder bed and the effect of the binding agent on the properties of the green parts are considered. Both aspects are important to obtain high green strength, which is necessary for printing large or thin-walled parts. Characterization methods, such as rheological and surface tension measurements, are applied to optimize three selected inks. The interplay between ink and powder bed is tested by contact angle measurements and by comparing the biaxial strength of cast and additively manufactured specimens. Out of the three binding agents tested, a polyethyleneimine and a phenolic resin have a high potential for their use in the LSD-print of silicon carbide green bodies, whereas a polyacrylate binding agent did not show the required properties. KW - Silicon carbide KW - Binders/binding KW - Inkjet KW - Printing PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-567911 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18951 SN - 0002-7820 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Wiley online library AN - OPUS4-56791 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diener, S. A1 - Schubert, Hendrik A1 - Held, A. A1 - Katsikis, N. A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Zocca, Andrea T1 - Influence of the dispersant on the parts quality in slurry-based binder jetting of SiC ceramics N2 - Binder jetting is establishing more and more in the ceramic industry to produce large complex shaped parts. A parameter with a great impact on the quality of the parts is the binder–powder interaction. The use of ceramic slurries as feedstock for this process, such as in the layerwise slurry deposition–print technology, allows a great flexibility in the composition. Such slurries are typically composed of ceramic powder, water, and small amounts of various additives. The understanding of the effect of these components on the printing quality is thus essential for the feedstock development. Four models were developed regarding the impact of additives, such as dispersants on printing. These models were confirmed or rebutted by experiments performed for an SiC slurry system with two different concentrations of a dispersant and a commercial phenolic resin used as a binder. It is shown that for this system the influence of the dispersant on the curing behavior and the clogging of the pores by dispersant can be neglected. The redispersion of the dispersant after the curing of the resin has no or only a minor effect. However, the wetting behavior determined by the surface energies of the system seem to be most crucial. In case the surface energy of the slurry additive is significantly lower than the surface energy of the binder, the strength of the green parts and the printing quality will be low. This was shown by inverse gas chromatography, contact angle measurement, rheological characterization, and mechanical tests with casted samples. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Binder Jetting KW - Layerwise slurry deposition KW - Silicon carbide KW - Wetting PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18693 SN - 1551-2916 VL - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-55542 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Diener, S. A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - Literature review: Methods for achieving high powder bed densities in ceramic powder bed based additive manufacturing N2 - In additive manufacturing the powder bed based processes binder jetting and powder bed fusion are increasingly used also for the production of ceramics. Final part properties depend to a high percentage on the powder bed density. Therefore, the aim is to use the best combination of powder deposition method and powder which leads to a high packing of the particles. The influence of flowability, powder properties and deposition process on the powder bed density is discussed and the different deposition processes including slurry-based ones are reviewed. It turns out that powder bed density reached by slurry-based layer deposition exceeds conventional powder deposition, however, layer drying and depowdering are extra steps or more time-consuming for the slurry route. Depending on the material properties needed the most suitable process for the part has to be selected. KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Powder-based processes KW - Powder bed density PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-534992 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2021.100191 VL - 8 SP - 100191 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-53499 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -