Additive Manufacturing of ceramics and hardmetals via Fused Filament Fabrication (CerAM FFF)

Fused Filament Fabrication (CerAM FFF) uses homogeneous, highly filled thermoplastic materials. The process convinces with a large installation space, a high productivity, a large variety of materials, the possibility of a multi-material construction as well as the low acquisition costs for the necessary equipment.

We have summarized an overview of the available material systems, technical equipment as well as our range of services in the area of CerAM FFF in our industrial solutions.

Public projects

• Innovative meta-materials made of superelastic nickel-titanium FGL by 3D printing technology "Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)" (Initiate).
• Programmable superelastic clamping elements in mechanical engineering (ProSpann)
• Additively manufactured ceramic nozzles for application in space (Macaronis)
• Development of additive and subtractive restoration methods for historically valuable porcelain objects (RestaurAM)
• Increasing energy efficiency along the process chain for the production of hard metal tools (AM Werkzeuge)

Publications

• Non-oxide CMC fabricated by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
• Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) of Metal-Ceramic Components 
• Fused Filament Fabrication of NiTi Components and Hybridization with Laser Powder Bed Fusion for Filigree Structures
• Additively manufactured, all-ceramic infrared radiant heaters
• Additively manufactured components made of fiber-reinforced ceramics
• Saving energy with additively manufactured cutting tools, VDI News, VDI-Z 9/2022 Special Section Machine Tools, pp. 48-50.
• Reducing the Distortion in Particle Filled Material Extrusion (MEX)-Based Additive Manufacturing (AM) by Means of Modifying the Printing Strategy