Powder bed fusion of pure copper using an electron beam – achieving high conductivity by real-time process monitoring and control

Autor: Ortmann Robert, Hankel Jonas, Grimm Tobias, Röttger Arne, Sehrt Jan T.
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 406, p 05001 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-236X
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/202440605001
Popis: Powder bed fusion of metals using an electron beam (PBF-EB/M) has reached market maturity. While most parts manufactured with PBF-EB/M are titanium-based, the rising interest in highly conductive pure copper is attracting attention from both industry and research across all additive manufacturing methods. Due to its scalable beam power and processing in a high-temperature vacuum atmosphere, PBF-EB/M is considered one of the most promising additive manufacturing technologies. This study presents a real-time process monitoring and control approach to manufacture pure copper from a feedstock with 99.95 % purity via PBF-EB/M. Manufactured samples achieve high electrical conductivities of over 102 % IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard).
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