Performance of Gears Manufactured Through Additive Manufacturing
Bound metal deposition (BMD) additive manufacturing technique was used to fabricate gears of PH 17-4 stainless steel material. The gears were fabricated with different layer heights (namely 150 μm and 50 μm) and also subjected to post-fabrication machining. Each gear was tested against commercially...
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| description | Bound metal deposition (BMD) additive manufacturing technique was used to fabricate gears of PH 17-4 stainless steel material. The gears were fabricated with different layer heights (namely 150 μm and 50 μm) and also subjected to post-fabrication machining. Each gear was tested against commercially available gear in a high-precision control test rig. The operational temperature and noise level were measured during the test, while the material loss due to wear was evaluated at the end of the test. The 50 μm layer height gear performed the best with the least wear loss, minimum noise generation, and temperature rise. The 150 μm layer height gear, which was mechanically polished, performed very similarly to it (50 μm layer height gear) and cost 33% less to print; thus, it was considered the best performing when cost was incorporated. The conclusions found that post machining of printed parts greatly impacts their performance, and thus, the post-print conditions should be considered just as much as the printing conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-76f1f9541d31436692ee3afbdb5fdbc32025-01-24T13:41:33ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012025-01-011516310.3390/met15010063Performance of Gears Manufactured Through Additive ManufacturingAnimesh Kumar Basak0Jack Ghasseb1Alokesh Pramanik2Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, AustraliaSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, AustraliaSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, AustraliaBound metal deposition (BMD) additive manufacturing technique was used to fabricate gears of PH 17-4 stainless steel material. The gears were fabricated with different layer heights (namely 150 μm and 50 μm) and also subjected to post-fabrication machining. Each gear was tested against commercially available gear in a high-precision control test rig. The operational temperature and noise level were measured during the test, while the material loss due to wear was evaluated at the end of the test. The 50 μm layer height gear performed the best with the least wear loss, minimum noise generation, and temperature rise. The 150 μm layer height gear, which was mechanically polished, performed very similarly to it (50 μm layer height gear) and cost 33% less to print; thus, it was considered the best performing when cost was incorporated. The conclusions found that post machining of printed parts greatly impacts their performance, and thus, the post-print conditions should be considered just as much as the printing conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/15/1/63bound metal deposition (BMD)gearlayer heightnoisetemperaturewear |
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| topic | bound metal deposition (BMD) gear layer height noise temperature wear |
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