Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions
Suspensions of fine alumina powder in a paraffin wax have been successfully formulated with viscosity values sufficiently low to allow ink-jet printing using a commercial printer. A commercial-grade paraffin wax, with stearylamine and a polyester, were used as the dispersant system. Suspensions with...
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| author | Seerden, K Reis, N Evans, J Grant, P Halloran, J Derby, B |
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| description | Suspensions of fine alumina powder in a paraffin wax have been successfully formulated with viscosity values sufficiently low to allow ink-jet printing using a commercial printer. A commercial-grade paraffin wax, with stearylamine and a polyester, were used as the dispersant system. Suspensions with powder loadings up to 40 vol% were passed through the ink-jet printer head. Unfired ceramic bodies with a feature size of <100 μm have been successfully fabricated with waxes that had a powder loading of 30 vol%. The influence of suspension fluid properties on the ink-jet printing process has been studied, and the importance of the acoustic resonance within the ink-jet printing apparatus has been demonstrated. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:93bb347d-db47-4a2e-8076-b021a622b7792022-03-26T23:34:16ZInk-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:93bb347d-db47-4a2e-8076-b021a622b779Symplectic Elements at Oxford2001Seerden, KReis, NEvans, JGrant, PHalloran, JDerby, BSuspensions of fine alumina powder in a paraffin wax have been successfully formulated with viscosity values sufficiently low to allow ink-jet printing using a commercial printer. A commercial-grade paraffin wax, with stearylamine and a polyester, were used as the dispersant system. Suspensions with powder loadings up to 40 vol% were passed through the ink-jet printer head. Unfired ceramic bodies with a feature size of <100 μm have been successfully fabricated with waxes that had a powder loading of 30 vol%. The influence of suspension fluid properties on the ink-jet printing process has been studied, and the importance of the acoustic resonance within the ink-jet printing apparatus has been demonstrated. |
| spellingShingle | Seerden, K Reis, N Evans, J Grant, P Halloran, J Derby, B Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions |
| title | Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions |
| title_full | Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions |
| title_fullStr | Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ink-jet printing of wax-based alumina suspensions |
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