All Outputs (33)

Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
He, Y., Begines, B., Luckett, J., Dubern, J., Hook, A., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. D. Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation

We demonstrate the formulation of advanced functional 3D printing inks that prevent the formation of bacterial biofilms in vivo. Starting from polymer libraries, we show that a biofilm resistant object can be 3D printed with the potential for shape a... Read More about Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation.

Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM (2017)
Journal Article
Lemke, J., Simonelli, M., Garibaldi, M., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., Vedani, M., …Tuck, C. (2017). Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 722, 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.085

Innovative Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies like Selective Laser Melting (SLM) could prove to be efficient for the processing of brittle silicon steel (Fe-Si) with high silicon content. This research elucidates the effects of heat-treatment o... Read More about Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM.

Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation (2017)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Beltrametti, L., Gasparre, A., & Hague, R. (in press). Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation. International Journal of Production Research, 55(23), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1334978

Informing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology adoption decisions, this paper investigates the relationship between build volume capacity utilisation and efficient technology operation in an inter-process comparison of the costs of manufacturing a... Read More about Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation.

Environmental Impacts of Selective Laser Melting: Do Printer, Powder, Or Power Dominate? (2016)
Journal Article
Faludi, J., Baumers, M., Maskery, I., & Hague, R. (2017). Environmental Impacts of Selective Laser Melting: Do Printer, Powder, Or Power Dominate?. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 21(S1), S144-S156. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12528

© 2016 The Authors. Journal of Industrial Ecology, published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc., on behalf of Yale University. This life cycle assessment measured environmental impacts of selective laser melting, to determine where most impacts arise: machin... Read More about Environmental Impacts of Selective Laser Melting: Do Printer, Powder, Or Power Dominate?.

A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing (2016)
Journal Article
He, Y., Tuck, C., Prina, E., Kilsby, S., Christie, S. D., Edmondson, S., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 105(6), 1645-1657. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33699

A new type of photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone
(PCL)-based ink that is suitable for three-dimensional (3D) inkjet printing has been developed. Photocrosslinkable PCL dimethylacrylate was synthesized and mixed with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate... Read More about A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing.

Metallurgy of high-silicon steel parts produced using selective laser melting (2016)
Journal Article
Garibaldi, M., Ashcroft, I., Simonelli, M., & Hague, R. (2016). Metallurgy of high-silicon steel parts produced using selective laser melting. Acta Materialia, 110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.03.037

The metallurgy of high-silicon steel (6.9%wt.Si) processed using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is presented for the first time in this study. High-silicon steel has great potential as a soft magnetic alloy, but its employment has been limited due to... Read More about Metallurgy of high-silicon steel parts produced using selective laser melting.

Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing? (2016)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Tuck, C., Wildman, R. D., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (in press). Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing?. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12397

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is capable of building up component geometry in a layer-by-layer process, entirely without tools, molds, or dies. One advantage of the approach is that it is capable of efficiently creating complex product geome... Read More about Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing?.

Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography (2016)
Journal Article
Maskery, I., Aboulkhair, N., Corfield, M., Tuck, C., Clare, A., Leach, R. K., …Hague, R. J. (2016). Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography. Materials Characterization, 111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2015.12.001

We used X-ray computed tomography (CT), microscopy and hardness measurements to study Al–Si10–Mg produced by selective laser melting (SLM). Specimens were subject to a series of heat treatments including annealing and precipitation hardening. The spe... Read More about Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography.

Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Araujo, L., Özcan, E., Atkin, J., Baumers, M., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. J. (2015). Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks.

In many cases, the efficient operation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology relies on build volumes being packed effectively. Packing algorithms have been developed in response to this requirement. The configuration of AM build volumes is partic... Read More about Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks.

A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V (2015)
Journal Article
Hague, R., Tuck, C., Simonelli, M., Tuck, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., …Hague, R. J. (2015). A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(9), 3842-3851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2882-8

The creation of an object by selective laser melting (SLM) occurs by melting contiguous areas of a powder bed according to a corresponding digital model. It is therefore clear that the success of this metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology reli... Read More about A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V.

Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process (2014)
Journal Article
Ziegelmeier, S., Wöllecke, F., Tuck, C. J., Goodridge, R. D., & Hague, R. J. (2014). Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process. Journal of Materials Research, 29(17), 1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.172

It is known that polymers used in laser sintering (LS) change their intrinsic properties due to processing conditions that are close to the crystalline melting temperature. This paper evaluates the aging behavior of a thermoplastic polyurethane powde... Read More about Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process.

An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties (2014)
Journal Article
Ziegelmeier, S., Christou, P., Wöllecke, F., Tuck, C., Goodridge, R. D., Hague, R. J., …Wintermantel, E. (2015). An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2014.07.029

The properties of parts manufactured by laser sintering (LS) are, amongst others, influenced by the packing and flow efficiencies of the powders being processed.

In particular, this study investigated the influence of the bulk and flow characteris... Read More about An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties.

An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures (2014)
Journal Article
Brackett, D., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R., & Hague, R. J. (2014). An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures. Computers and Structures, 138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.03.004

The spatial variation of cell size in a functionally graded cellular structure is achieved using error diffusion to convert a continuous tone image into binary form. Effects of two control parameters, greyscale value and resolution on the resulting c... Read More about An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures.