Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Components and Its Potential Application in Aerospace Field
WU Jiamin1,2, CHEN Jingyan1,2, CHEN Annan1,2, CHENG Lijin1,2, XIAO Huan1,2, LIU Rongzhen1,2,SHI Yusheng1, LI Chenhui1, ZHU Xiaogang3, WANG Lianfeng3
(1. State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
2. Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China;
3. Shanghai Aerospace Equipment Manufacturer, Shanghai 200245, China)
Abstract：Ceramic components are expected to be widely used in aerospace field due to their excellent properties,
including high strength, low density, high-temperature capability and corrosion resistance, etc. However, some defects
existing in traditional manufacturing methods for preparing ceramic components, such as long preparation period, high
cost, the dependence on molds and difficulty in manufacturing complex structures, have greatly limited the application of
ceramic components in aerospace field. Additive manufacturing (AM) technology, which is based on the forming principle
of “discrete-accumulation”, is capable of direct fabricating components from three-dimensional data. Compared with the
traditional manufacturing method, AM technology has the advantages of high design freedom, short product development
cycle, low manufacturing cost and so on, which are in favor of quick preparation of complex structural ceramic components
without molds. This review systematically introduces the research status and limitations of the commonly used AM methods,
such as three-dimensional printing (3DP), selective laser sintering (SLS), selective laser melting (SLM), fused deposition
modeling (FDM), laminated objected manufacturing (LOM) and stereo lithography apparatus (SLA), for fabricating
ceramic components on the basis of a brief description of their forming principle and characteristics. Finally, the potential
application of AM technology for fabricating ceramic components in aerospace field is analyzed and forecasted.
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