Optimisation of eco-friendly binary binder system for powder injection moulding Articles uri icon

publication date

  • July 2014

start page

  • 196

end page

  • 203

issue

  • 3

volume

  • 57

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0032-5899

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1743-2901

abstract

  • In recent years, many efforts have been made to obtain more environmentally acceptable powder injection moulding processes. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to optimise an eco-binder based on polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a water soluble component and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) as a natural backbone polymer derived from cellulose for powder injection moulding of zirconium silicate powders until a solvent debinding stage. Four different feedstocks have been investigated. As well as, a volume fraction of PEG and CAB 70/30 (vol.-%) and a solid loading of 57.5 (vol.-%) were maintained,molecular weights of polymers were combined in order tominimize distortion during binder solvent extraction. Water solvent debinding was carried out at three temperatures stepwise during 5 h. As a result, efficient removal of the PEG as well as free defects samples were obtained after solvent debinding for binder systems based on low molecular weight of PEG.

subjects

  • Materials science and engineering

keywords

  • water solvent debinding; polyethylene glycol (peg); cellulose acetate butyrate (cab); zircon (zirconium silicate); rheology; powder injection moulding; molecular weight