Design For Sintering 2 Club Project - Anisotropy Of Dimensional Changes In The Compaction Plane As Affected By Compaction Strategy

Design for Sintering 2 is an EPMA Club Project aimed at improving the previously developed design procedure accounting for anisotropic dimensional changes on sintering. Goal of the project is both enlarging the reference database through the fruitful cooperation of the industrial partners and investigating in depth the mechanisms responsible for anisotropic dimensional changes. This work is focused on the second part of the project, aimed at studying the influence of compaction parameters. Axi-symmetric parts characterized by different materials and geometrical parameters were produced at different green densities with different compaction strategies. Focusing the attention on the anisotropy in the compaction plane, dimensional changes were measured and evaluated, also relating them to the attainable dimensional tolerances. The influence of compaction strategy was analyzed in depth, and for the different materials and geometries the more robust process conditions for dimensional precision were highlighted.