New process strategies for laser beam melting of polymers (B03)

• Subject Area: Production Automation and Assembly Technology
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 61375930

Within sub-project B3, the basic influences of the process control of selective laser beam melting of polymers on the resulting part properties are analyzed. Therefore, the sub-processes powder coating, laser exposure and consolidation as well as the temperature control are scientifically investigated. Innovative process strategies, which fulfill the material specific requirements of semi-crystalline thermoplastics, are studied to produce parts with reproducible and defined properties.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 814: Additive Manufacturing
• Major Instrumentation: Forschungsbauraum mit Temperierung in z-Richtung
• Instrumentation Group: 2910 Dynamische Prüfmaschinen und -anlagen, Pulser
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Drummer; Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Schmidt, until 6/2015