Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production
The aim of this paper focuses on presenting a recent study that describes the fundamental steps needed to effectively scale-up from lab to mass production parts produced from Al powders reinforced with 0.5 wt% of industrial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), with mechanical and electrical conduc...
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| author | Roberto Hernández-Maya Nicolás Antonio Ulloa-Castillo Oscar Martínez-Romero Emmanuel Segura-Cárdenas Alex Elías-Zúñiga |
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| description | The aim of this paper focuses on presenting a recent study that describes the fundamental steps needed to effectively scale-up from lab to mass production parts produced from Al powders reinforced with 0.5 wt% of industrial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), with mechanical and electrical conductivity properties higher that those measured at the lab scale. The produced material samples were produced via a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) process using nanocomposite aluminum powders elaborated with a planetary ball-mill at the lab scale, and high-volume attrition milling equipment in combination with controlled atmosphere sinter hardening furnace equipment, which were used to consolidate the material at the industrial level. Surprisingly, the electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of the samples produced with the reinforced nanocomposite Al powders were made with mass production equipment and were similar or higher than those samples fabricated using metallic powders prepared with ball-mill lab equipment. Experimental measurements show that the hardness and the electrical conductivity properties of the samples fabricated with the mass production Al powders are 48% and 7.5% higher than those of the produced lab samples. This paper elucidates the steps that one needs to follow during the mass production process of reinforced aluminum powders to improve the physical properties of metallic samples consolidated via the SPS process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ce3de9e88a14276a0d91033f367b1ee2023-11-23T09:51:41ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912021-12-011112337210.3390/nano11123372Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass ProductionRoberto Hernández-Maya0Nicolás Antonio Ulloa-Castillo1Oscar Martínez-Romero2Emmanuel Segura-Cárdenas3Alex Elías-Zúñiga4Siemens, Research and Development Department, Libramiento Arco Vial Poniente Km 4.2, Santa Catarina 66350, Nuevo León, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur 2501, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo León, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur 2501, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo León, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur 2501, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo León, MexicoTecnologico de Monterrey, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, School of Engineering and Sciences, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada Sur 2501, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo León, MexicoThe aim of this paper focuses on presenting a recent study that describes the fundamental steps needed to effectively scale-up from lab to mass production parts produced from Al powders reinforced with 0.5 wt% of industrial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), with mechanical and electrical conductivity properties higher that those measured at the lab scale. The produced material samples were produced via a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) process using nanocomposite aluminum powders elaborated with a planetary ball-mill at the lab scale, and high-volume attrition milling equipment in combination with controlled atmosphere sinter hardening furnace equipment, which were used to consolidate the material at the industrial level. Surprisingly, the electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of the samples produced with the reinforced nanocomposite Al powders were made with mass production equipment and were similar or higher than those samples fabricated using metallic powders prepared with ball-mill lab equipment. Experimental measurements show that the hardness and the electrical conductivity properties of the samples fabricated with the mass production Al powders are 48% and 7.5% higher than those of the produced lab samples. This paper elucidates the steps that one needs to follow during the mass production process of reinforced aluminum powders to improve the physical properties of metallic samples consolidated via the SPS process.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/12/3372aluminum nanocomposite materialmulti-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)reinforced Al powdersfrom lab to mass productionscale up processindustrial implementation process |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Hernández-Maya Nicolás Antonio Ulloa-Castillo Oscar Martínez-Romero Emmanuel Segura-Cárdenas Alex Elías-Zúñiga Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production Nanomaterials aluminum nanocomposite material multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) reinforced Al powders from lab to mass production scale up process industrial implementation process |
| title | Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production |
| title_full | Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production |
| title_fullStr | Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production |
| title_short | Spark Plasma Sintering of Aluminum Nanocomposite Powders: Recent Strategy to Translate from Lab-Scale to Mass Production |
| title_sort | spark plasma sintering of aluminum nanocomposite powders recent strategy to translate from lab scale to mass production |
| topic | aluminum nanocomposite material multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) reinforced Al powders from lab to mass production scale up process industrial implementation process |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/12/3372 |
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