Advanced Multi-materials Processing

By combining fundamentals of material science and process engineering, the Advanced Multi-materials division Processing enables new applications for advanced ceramics and multi-material composites. To this end, we develop innovative manufacturing processes that unify discoveries from the scientific community with industrial demands on component specifications. We adapt known, and invent new processes, which we combine with tailored feedstock engineering. Our core skills are in the area of powder processing and additive manufacturing, with a focus on ceramics. Recently, we have expanded this expertise to develop novel multi-material processes for both polymers and metals. All these efforts yield real engineering components with unique structural and functional properties.

The research programme of the Advanced multi-material processing division can currently be subdivided into three major thrusts:

1. The development of additive manufacturing processes for ceramic and multi material components
2. Additive manufacturing in space and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU)
3. Enabling new functional materials and artificial structures via process innovation.

Whilst our work relies on fundamental concepts of phase formations and processing-structure-property relations, we constantly thrive to create industrially viable solutions. This driving force continues to generate research-driven technology transfer – success stories that we are proud of.

In the database PUBLICA you will find publications by BAM employees.

Publications of the division Advanced Multi-materials Processing in PUBLICA

PUBLICA

• Smelting and sintering facilities
• Laser sintering facilities
• Identification of specific surface using BET
• Chemical analysis using ICP
• Investigation of solubility of bioceramic materials
• Determination of porosity using pycnometer
• Particle size determination
• DSC thermal analysis
• µCT structural analysis
• Spray drying, agglomeration
• Powder and slip-based 3D printing of ceramic and polymer materials
• Powder and slip-based selective laser sintering of ceramics

• Additive manufacturing of ceramics
• Process development for the additive manufacturing of ceramics and multi-material components
• Laser-sintering of lunar dust simulant (regolith)
• Additive manufacturing at micro gravity
• Nanoscale manufacture of ceramics via 2-photon-polymerization
• Synthesis and characterization of bioceramic

• Additive manufacturing
• Process development
• Powder processing: raw materials synthesis and processing, forming, sintering
• Synthesis and characterization of bio-ceramic materials, bone replacement structures, scaffolds, bone cements.
• Materials characterization: powder particle size, porosity, density, compressive and bending strength, solubility, setting behavior of cements, structural analysis.