High-Throughput Metal 3D Printing Pen Enabled by a Continuous Molten Droplet Transfer.

ABSTRACT: In metal additive manufacturing (AM), arc plasma is attracting attention as an alternative heat source to expensive lasers to enable the use of various metal wire materials with a high deposition efficiency. However, the stepwise material deposition and resulting limited number of degrees of freedom limit their potential for high-throughput and large-scale production for industrial applications. Herein, a high-throughput metal 3D printing pen (M3DPen) strategy is proposed based on an arc plasma heat source by harnessing the surface tension of the molten metal for enabling continuous material deposition without a downward flow by gravity. The proposed approach differs from conventional arc-based metal AM in that it controls the solidification and cooling time between interlayers of a point-

SUBMITTER: Kim CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature