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Laminated Object Manufacturing of Preceramic‐Paper‐Derived Si?SiC Composites
Author(s) -
Windsheimer H.,
Travitzky N.,
Hofenauer A.,
Greil P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700789
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , silicon carbide , ceramic , pyrolysis , filler (materials) , filtration (mathematics) , rapid prototyping , chemical engineering , statistics , mathematics , engineering
Laminated object manufacturing, a rapid prototyping method , is applied to paper sheets containing SiC filler particles. Upon pyrolysis and melt filtration of Si, the sheets can be transformed into dense ceramic objects with complex shapes such as the 18‐layered gearwheel shown in the figure.