{"title":"Material-tailored tool inserts for injection moulding using material extrusion multi-material Additive Manufacturing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.106","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tool inserts for injection moulding must serve various requirements being contradictive to each other. The best approach to enhance the functionality of a tool insert, i.e., providing good wear and corrosion resistance as well as good toughness, is to employ a multi-material approach. This study investigates a concept for manufacture of a material-tailored multi-material tool insert using Material Extrusion additive manufacturing of metals (MEX/M). The processing of AISI A2 (1.2363) and AISI 420 (1.2083) steel as a wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant material, respectively, in combination with AISI H11 (1.2343) as a tough bulk material were investigated. The eligibility of these materials for co-sintering was evaluated based on shrinkage and resulting density after sintering. A material-tailored tool insert was manufactured by means of MEX/M demonstrating its capability for multi-material additive manufacturing. Elemental distribution at the interface was analysed. Surface quality of the multi-material tool insert was evaluated taking into account extruder trajectories.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827124004608/pdf?md5=b386cb0bdaa5983980a885169080bfbd&pid=1-s2.0-S2212827124004608-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Procedia CIRP","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827124004608","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tool inserts for injection moulding must serve various requirements being contradictive to each other. The best approach to enhance the functionality of a tool insert, i.e., providing good wear and corrosion resistance as well as good toughness, is to employ a multi-material approach. This study investigates a concept for manufacture of a material-tailored multi-material tool insert using Material Extrusion additive manufacturing of metals (MEX/M). The processing of AISI A2 (1.2363) and AISI 420 (1.2083) steel as a wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant material, respectively, in combination with AISI H11 (1.2343) as a tough bulk material were investigated. The eligibility of these materials for co-sintering was evaluated based on shrinkage and resulting density after sintering. A material-tailored tool insert was manufactured by means of MEX/M demonstrating its capability for multi-material additive manufacturing. Elemental distribution at the interface was analysed. Surface quality of the multi-material tool insert was evaluated taking into account extruder trajectories.