3D Printing of Hardmetals
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2022) | Viewed by 665
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hardmetals; cemented carbides; cermets; thermal analysis; gas analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Tools made from hardmetals, cemented carbides, and/or cermets are essential for the industrial fabrication of many products in life science, automotive, oil and gas, and other areas of manufacturing. With increasing changes in production and the need to machine and shape new materials, new challenges for tool materials are also arising. To address many of them, additive manufacturing or 3D printing of hardmetals and cermets will be a solution to shorten the developing time for new tools, for on-site production, and to allow new geometrical freedom to increase performance in cutting, drilling, shaping, and all the other applications where hardmetals and cermets are used. However, hardmetals and cermets are quite unique in their microstructure and composition and work done in their additive manufacturing in the past has often resulted in insufficient material properties, which are not good enough for most applications. Thus, new and advanced additive manufacturing approaches and techniques are sought after in the industry.
Dr. Johannes Pötschke
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- additive manufacturing
- hardmetals
- cermets
- cemented carbides
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