Selective Laser Sintering of Alumina Using Aluminum Binder

Electrophoretic deposition as rapid prototyping method

“…For ceramic systems, either a sintering process takes place or aluminum powder acts as metal binder that is oxidized during sintering. 6 Both methods are nowadays used for fabricating microstructures 7 or for manufacturing composites. 8 A similar RP technique is stereolithography (SL).…”

Net‐Shape Alumina Microcomponents by Conversion of Al Powder

“…There are also some techniques which can be traced from the current ceramic forming techniques, such as co-extrusion, [4] slip casting, [5] rapid prototyping, [6,7] and selective laser sintering (SLS). [8,9] Although the above-mentioned techniques are in development and in use, they are limited by the small dimensions they can be applied to. For example, a pressure-assisted slip casting was used for the microfabrication of columns and nozzles of 10 mm in size and high aspect ratio, but only suitable for thin wall thickness structures and disk-like substrates.…”

Making Alumina Microcomponents From Al Powder

“…Screen printing can be used to pattern thicker micro patterns, but its lateral resolutions are generally limited to 100 µm. There are also some techniques which are scaled down from the current ceramic forming techniques, such as co-extrusion [4], slip casting [5], rapid prototyping [6,7] and selective laser sintering (SLS) [8,9]. Although the above mentioned techniques are in development and in use, they are limited by the small dimensions they can be applied to.…”