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Review of additive manufacturing methods for high-performance ceramic materials

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Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a versatile and diversified technology that has made a huge difference in how things are being manufactured. Substantial growth has been observed in the development of ceramic materials for AM processes. However, ceramic parts manufactured by AM methods often exhibit deficiencies in mechanical properties and performance. Recent research developments have included improvement of performance and mechanical properties by introducing a material preparation process and additional post-processing techniques to improve the fabrication process. This paper contemplates and reviews the advancements made in AM techniques to fabricate high-performance ceramic (HPC) materials, also known as advanced ceramics. AM processes are classified as per ASTM standards and the technologies implemented are sub-listed. The principles, mechanical properties, advantages, disadvantages, applications, and limitations of each technology are described in detail.

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This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C, for providing funds for projects MOST 104-2622-E-027-005-CC and 105-2221-E-027-036-MY2. This work was also financially supported by the “Additive Manufacturing Center for Mass Customization Production” from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jia-Chang Wang

  2. Additive Manufacturing Center for Mass Customization Production, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jia-Chang Wang & Sheng-Jen Hsieh

  3. College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hitesh Dommati

  4. Department of Engineering Technology and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Sheng-Jen Hsieh

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Wang, JC., Dommati, H. & Hsieh, SJ. Review of additive manufacturing methods for high-performance ceramic materials. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 103, 2627–2647 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-03669-3

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