3D printer for the production of ceramic materials at the ISFK.
New functionalities usually require the combination of different materials, or material classes (e.g. metal, polymer, ceramic), which are very difficult to process together due to their different thermo-physical properties. In particular, the realization of components with complex geometries represents a major challenge. Only the development of "additive manufacturing processes" such as stereolithography enables the processing of different material combinations for the production of complex components.
With the acquisition of a 3D printer CeraFab 7500 (company Lithoz GmbH), manufactured in Austria, the production of complex, stable and high-resolution 3D objects from different materials is made possible. This includes different ceramics, but also filled and unfilled polymers and generally high viscosity formulations, which makes it suitable for use in other research areas and groups (e.g. ceramics, metal or material combinations).
The modelling, fabrication and characterization of functional components made of different materials represent key strategic goals of the professorship "Advanced Ceramics and Micro-electronic Systems" at our Chair of Structural and Functional Ceramics, which will now be strengthened with the 3D printer system.
