Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions

被引:193
作者
Seerden, KAM
Reis, N
Evans, JRG
Grant, PS
Halloran, JW
Derby, B
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Mat, Oxford OX1 3PH, England
[2] UMIST, Manchester Mat Sci Ctr, Manchester M1 7HS, Lancs, England
[3] Univ London Queen Mary & Westfield Coll, Dept Mat, London E1 4NS, England
[4] Univ Michigan, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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D O I
10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb01045.x
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Suspensions of fine alumina powder in a paraffin wax have been successfully formulated with viscosity values sufficiently low to allow ink-jet printing using a commercial printer. A commercial-grade paraffin wax, with stearylamine and a polyester, were used as the dispersant system. Suspensions with powder loadings up to 40 vol% were passed through the ink-jet printer head. Unfired ceramic bodies with a feature size of < 100 mum have been successfully fabricated with waxes that had a powder loading of 30 vol%. The influence of suspension fluid properties on the ink-jet printing process has been studied, and the importance of the acoustic resonance within the ink-jet printing apparatus has been demonstrated.
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页码:2514 / 2520
页数:7
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