Evaluating the performance of Bi58Sn42 mold produced by material extrusion additive manufacturing system for agile manufacturing

Geren N., Delibaş H.

Tübitak Ulakbim Ubyt Programı, Şubat 2025

Ödülün Kapsamı: Diğer Ödüller
Ödül Türü: Diğer
Ödül Veren Ülke: Türkiye
Ödülü Veren Organizasyon: Tübitak Ulakbim Ubyt Programı
Araştırma Alanları: Mühendislik ve Teknoloji
Ödülün Tarihi: Şubat 2025
Açıklama: Purpose – The purpose of this study is to produce a low-cost sheet metal forming mold made from the low melting point Bi58Sn42 (bismuth) alloy by using an open-source desktop-type material extrusion additive manufacturing system and to evaluate the performance of the additively manufactured mold for low volume sheet metal forming. Thus, it was aimed to develop a fast and inexpensive die tooling methodology for low-volume batch production.Design/methodology/approach – Initially, the three-dimensional printing experiments were performed to produce the sheet metal forming mold. The encountered problems during the performed three-dimensional printing experiments were analyzed. Accordingly, both tunings in process parameters (extrusion temperature, extrusion multiplier, printing speed, infill percentage, etc.) and customizations on the extruder head of the available material extrusion additive manufacturing system were made to print the Bi58Sn42 alloy properly. Subsequently, the performance of the additively manufactured mold was evaluated according to the dimensional change that occurred on it during the performed pressing operations.Findings – Results showed that the additively manufactured mold was rigid enough and proved to have sufficient strength in sheet metal forming operations for low-volume production.