Nanomicro Project

The process will be able to deliver a layer wise manufacturing approach using highly focalized powder/heat fluxes, with dimensions in the micron range. This will allow to control spatial resolution within the same limit and building up parts with such extreme control of the (fully dense) bulk materials. The S/T objectives of the project will provide:

Several submicron powder grades as aggregates of nanocrystal

Implementation of highly localized powder fluxes to drive high accuracy object fabrication, on the scale of better than 5 µm;

Online monitoring allowing combinations of accuracy and productivity to be achieved at which the technology will become a new production tool, for 3D metal parts integrating nanostructures;

High-precision and High-production (HP2) micro-manufacturing deposition strategie

Multimaterial (gradient) deposition using different powder types on the same layer; Integrated materials and component ecodesign;

Nano(micro)manufacturing principles by allowing integration of nanoscale structures first at powder level (micron agglomerates) and then at 3D part level (m

HP2 microfabrication station capable of enhanced accuracy and faster micro-objects deposition (typically 1x1 mm/each) by using single laser sintering head or microwave parallelized multi- sintering heads;

Make the developed machine available for exploitation primarily within the EU manufacturing industry.