Efficient additive manufacturing of multi-material-parts (B06)

• Subject Area: Production Automation and Assembly Technology
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 61375930

Aim of the sub-project is the development of a fabrication technology based on laser beam melting of polymers and electrophotographic powder deposition for the manufacturing of thermo-plastic multi-material parts. The application of electrophotography for the rapid and high-precision preparation of multi-material powder layers requires the mutual adaption of process and material properties taking into account the boundary conditions of the realized (quasi-) simultaneous, intensity-selective irradiation strategy, which allows the simultaneous consolidation of materials with significantly different thermal property profiles.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 814: Additive Manufacturing
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Project Heads: Dr.-Ing. Thomas Frick, until 6/2015; Dr.-Ing. Stephan Roth; Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt, until 6/2019