NiTi parts have been produced by two net-shape manufacturing techniques: metal injection moulding (MIM) and three-dimensional printing (3DP). MIM parts were processed by using pre-alloyed powders, and two layer-manufacturing techniques: dropping of a binder on powder beds, and dropping of a solvent on powder-polymer granule beds. Both MIM and 3DP sintered parts are porous, and exhibit shape memory behaviour. MIM parts processed from Ni and TiH2 based feedstocks show a shape memory effect of more than 4%.
Title
Net-shape manufacturing of NiTi shape-memory parts
Date
2008-06
Published in
Proceedings of the 2008 World Congress on Powder Metallurgy Particulate Materials, 8-12 June 2008, Washington, D.C., USA ; Advances in powder metallurgy particulate materials-2008
Volume
2008, vol. 4
Publisher
Wahington, D.C., USA, 8-12 June 2008
Princeton, MPIF Metal Powder Industries Federation
Pagination
9 p.
Presented at
World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Washington, D.C., USA, 2008-06-08, 2008-06-12
Paper type
published full paper
Faculty
Ingénierie et Architecture
School
HEI-VS
Institute
Institut Systèmes industriels