Creating Complex Hollow Metal Geometries using Additive Manufacturing and Electroforming

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dc.creatorMcCarthy, D.L.
dc.creatorWilliams, C.B.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T15:52:50Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T15:52:50Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-22
dc.description.abstractAdditive manufacturing introduces a new design paradigm that allows the fabrication of geometrically complex parts that cannot be produced by traditional manufacturing and assembly methods. In this paper, the authors investigate the combination of laser sintering with an electroforming process using electroless nickel plating to produce complex, thin-walled, hollow, metal geometries. The resulting geometries cannot be produced directly with other additive manufacturing systems. The resulting process is used to produce a cellular nickel structure featuring 800µm walls that is 65 vol% air from a polyamide substrate with 3mm pores.en_US
dc.description.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/88398
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/15337
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
dc.relation.ispartof2012 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposiumen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectadditive manufacturingen_US
dc.subjectelectroless platingen_US
dc.subjectelectroformingen_US
dc.subjectlaser sinteringen_US
dc.titleCreating Complex Hollow Metal Geometries using Additive Manufacturing and Electroformingen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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