Metal powder composite for additive manufacturing and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeUniversity-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
InventorsBin Lee, Uk Joo Kim, Se Hun Kim, Tae Hoo Kang, Jong Ik Lee
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Abstract
A metal powder composite for additive manufacturing includes non-spherical metal powder and hydrophobic nanoparticles surface-treated on the non-spherical metal powder. By surface-treating hydrophobic nanoparticles on non-spherical metal powder, which typically exhibits low flowability and is difficult to use in additive manufacturing, flowability is improved, thereby enabling the metal powder composite to be applied to additive manufacturing.
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A metal powder composite for additive manufacturing, comprising:
- non-spherical metal powder;
- and
- hydrophobic nanoparticles surface-treated on the non-spherical metal powder.
A method for manufacturing a metal powder composite for additive manufacturing, comprising:
- preparing non-spherical metal powder;
- and
- surface-treating hydrophobic nanoparticles on the non-spherical metal powder.
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