{"title":"Near-infrared surface sensitizing of PA12 to enable diode laser-based Powder Bed Fusion","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.073","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Laser-based powder bed (PBF-LB) fusion of polymers has emerged as a versatile technique for additive manufacturing (AM), offering laynew processing freedom through promising beam-shaping techniques. This study explores a novel approach to overcome the NIR absorption limitations of the market-dominant standard material polyamide 12 (PA12) by increasing the sensitivity for effective diode laser processing through surface modification with NIR-absorbing nanoparticles (NPs). The investigation encompasses nano sensitization strategies and theoretical analysis of energy input to the polymer, alongside comparisons with volume-modified polymer feedstocks, demonstrating that diode laser printing of surface-modified (s-mod) PA12 is possible with a macroscopic quality comparable to a commercially available volume-modified (v-mod) feedstock.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221282712400427X/pdf?md5=8078832767b6713422169d3578fc0561&pid=1-s2.0-S221282712400427X-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Procedia CIRP","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221282712400427X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Laser-based powder bed (PBF-LB) fusion of polymers has emerged as a versatile technique for additive manufacturing (AM), offering laynew processing freedom through promising beam-shaping techniques. This study explores a novel approach to overcome the NIR absorption limitations of the market-dominant standard material polyamide 12 (PA12) by increasing the sensitivity for effective diode laser processing through surface modification with NIR-absorbing nanoparticles (NPs). The investigation encompasses nano sensitization strategies and theoretical analysis of energy input to the polymer, alongside comparisons with volume-modified polymer feedstocks, demonstrating that diode laser printing of surface-modified (s-mod) PA12 is possible with a macroscopic quality comparable to a commercially available volume-modified (v-mod) feedstock.