Design and Testing of a Top Mask Projection Ceramic Stereolithography System for Ceramic Part Manufacturing

<p>Ceramic manufacturing is an expensive process with long lead times between</p> <p>the initial design and final manufactured part. This limits the use of ceramic as a viable material unless there is a large project budget or high production volume associated with the part. Ceramic stereolithography is an alternative to producing low cost parts through the mixing of a photo curable resin and ceramic particles. This is an additive manufacturing process in which each layer is built upon the previous to produce a green body that can be sintered for a fully dense ceramic part.</p> <p>This thesis introduces a new approach to ceramic stereolithography with a top mask projection light source which is much more economical compared to current vector scanning methods. The research goes through the design and development of a stereolithography printer prototype capable of handling ceramics and the testing of different mixtures to provide the best printing results with varying viscosities. The initial testing of this printer has created a starting point for top mask projection as an economical alternative to current ceramic manufacturing techniques.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS in Industrial Engineering

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• De Caussin, Dylan Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Xuan Wang

• ceramic
• stereolithography
• alumina
• green body
• mask projection
• Ceramic Materials
• Computer-Aided Engineering and Design
• Manufacturing
• Polymer and Organic Materials

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2016.93

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-2737