Metallurgy, Vol. 57 No. 1-2, 2018.
Original scientific paper
3D printing conditions determination for feedstock used in fused filament fabrication (FFF) of 17-4PH stainless steel parts
J. Gonzalez-Gutierez
; Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
D. Godec
; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
R. Guráň
; Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
M. Spoerk
; Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
C. Kukla
; Industrial Liaison, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
C. Holzer
; Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Abstract
Fused filament fabrication combined with debinding and sintering could be an economical process for 3D printing of metal parts. In this study, compounding, filament making and FFF processing of a feedstock material containing 55 vol. % of 17-4PH stainless steel powder and a multicomponent binder system are presented. For the FFF process, processing windows of the most significant parameters, such as range of extrusion temperatures (210 to 260 °C), flow rate multipliers (150 to 200 %), and 3D printing speed multipliers (60 to 100 %) were determined for a constant printing bed temperature of 60 °C.
Keywords
stainless steel; powder; additive manufacturing (AM); FFF; scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Hrčak ID:
189379
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2018.
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