HRL Laboratories, LLC , one of the most innovative labs working on ceramics 3D printing, has developed a novel method used to additively manufacture components made from fracture-resistant ceramic matrix composites (CMCs).

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Published in The Journal of the American Ceramic Society, this technique makes possible a new range of complex designs with these durable materials. Ceramic parts resist corrosion and wear, and have excellent high-temperature capabilities that make them desirable for application in propulsion and energy generation systems as well as chemical processing equipment and medical implants.

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However, their use has been limited by the difficulties of shaping ceramic materials, a problem solved by 3D printing. With properties commensurate with traditionally processed technical ceramics, HRL’s technique allows free-form fabrication of high-performance CMC components. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are a subgroup of composite materials as well as a subgroup of ceramics . They consist of ceramic fibers embedded in a […]

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