Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b
John robinson university of wolverhampton
1. Developments in Metal Additive
Manufacturing Materials
John Robinson – j.robinson12@wlv.ac.uk
Senior Engineering Technician
PhD Researcher
11th July 2019
2. CALMERIC
Composites & Additive Layer Materials Engineering Research & Innovation Centre
University of Wolverhampton
School of Engineering Facilities
Developments in Metal AM Materials
Application Specific Materials
3. • CALMERIC is University of Wolverhampton and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
project.
• CALMERIC enables local companies to access advanced engineering facilities and
expert staff to aid in the development of high performance materials and components.
• The CALMERIC project is supporting Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) based within the
Shropshire and Staffordshire counties.
• The CALMERIC project is based at the School of Engineering Telford Innovation
Campus.
CALMERIC
Composites & Additive Layer Materials Engineering Research & Innovation Centre
9. CT Scanning - X ray Microscopy
• None Destructive 3D Analysis
• Micron Resolution
10. • Powder Bed Fusion
EOS M270
EOS M290
• Meltpool Monitoring
In Process
monitoring
EOS Metal Materials
• Aluminium – AlSi10Mg
• Cobalt Chrome – MP1 and SP2
• Nickel – HX, IN625 and IN718
• Steel – MS1, 316L, PH1, 174PH, CX
and GP1
• Titanium – Ti6Al4V, ELI and TiCP
• Tungsten – W1
Metal Additive Manufacture:
11. Launcher CuCrZr alloy rocket
engine chamber and injector
manufactured by 3T
Application Specific AM Materials – Copper
Pure copper heat exchanger
produced by Farsoon
Technologies
Complex geometries
0.5 mm wall thickness
30% Weight Reduction
35% Cost Reduction
20 times higher heat transfer
than Inconel
12. Application Specific AM Materials – Pure Silver ?
Pure Silver
Highest thermal conduction
Highest electrical conduction
Bio inert
Highly reflective
Sterling Silver ring
fabricated using an EOS M080
Sterling Silver finger print
pendant fabricated using an
EOS M080
13. Microscopy – Optical and Scanning Electron – Pure Silver Powder
Optical microscopy images (a, b) pure silver 99.9%
(c, d) sterling silver 92.5%.
SEM images of (a, b) pure silver 99.9% (c,d) sterling
silver 92.5%.
14. AM Material Research
Powder Particle Size and Shape Analysis
Particle analysis of atomised pure silver sieved
between 10µm and 50 µm (a) Particle Volume
Distribution (PVD) and (b) Particle Size
Distribution (PSD).
15. Pure silver track produced using EOS M290.
Application Specific AM Materials – Pure Silver
EOS M290
X1 30 Micron Layer Thickness
X1 Laser Pass
A Range of Laser Powers
A Range of Scan Speeds
16. Pure Silver tensile and biomedical lattice
samples designed and fabricated by University
of Wolverhampton using EOS M290.
Application Specific AM Materials – Pure Silver
EOS M290
30 and 60 Micron Layer
Thicknesses
A range of Hatch Distances
A range of Scan Speeds
17. X ray Microscopy
• None Destructive 3D Analysis
• Micron Resolution
CT Scan - Pure
Silver Lattice
Structure
Pure Silver Lattice
Structure as Built
Application Specific AM Materials – Pure Silver
18. Optimised AM parameters for none AM materials
High strength Aluminium (Al7075)
Metal Matrix Composites - TiSiC
Research Commercialisation
Application Specific Materials
AM Materials – What’s Next?
Aluminium 7075 – Additive Manufactured microstructure.
Fabricated by University of Wolverhampton using EOS M270.
19. CALMERIC
Composites & Additive Layer Materials Engineering Research & Innovation Centre
Enabling local companies to access advanced engineering facilities and expert staff.
University of Wolverhampton
School of Engineering Facilities - Manufacture and Validate
Manufacture - CNC, SLS, SLA and Metal AM
Validation - Microscopy, Powder, Mechanical Testing, 3D Scan, CMM,Wind Tunnel
Developments in Metal AM
Application Specific Materials
AM Material Research – Pure Silver
Research Commercialisation – Optimised parameters and application
specific materials
20. John Robinson – j.robinson12@wlv.ac.uk
Senior Engineering Technician
PhD Researcher
2nd July 2019
Questions ?