Binder Jet Printing of H13 Tool Steel
ORNL and Carpenter worked on evaluating H13 powders with different powder size distributions for deposition via binder jet additive manufacturing (AM). Binder jet AM has the potential to be a costeffective technique for fabrication of near net shaped tools with complex geometries and internal features such as cooling channels that can improve the production efficiency of injection/compression molding tools. However, a critical challenge in binder jet AM is the densification of the said tool for it to be usable. Powder size distribution can affect the process settings required to deposit the material and the subsequent sintering behavior. In this collaborative effort ORNL and Carpenter demonstrated that the process variables depend on the powder size distribution while the carbon pickup during sintering depends on the binder burnout atmosphere and temperature. On the other hand, there was no noticeable difference in the microstructural evolution of H13 deposited using the different powder size distributions.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1810015
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2020/1615; CRADA/NFE-18-07240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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